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For Guljeren Agajanova, a senior exchange student from Turkmenistan attending Mingus Union High School this year, the biggest cultural shift was the homes. “In my country, the floors, a simple example, are covered with carpets,” she said....
Registration has opened, with programs for youngest players Brandon Kent, the regional commissioner for the American Youth Soccer Organization, said learning soccer can start as simple as balancing on one foot. “This doesn’t look like it’s soccer related,”...

Friends of the Verde River offers $230K for watershed grants

Applications are now open for the Friends of the Verde River’s River Friendly Living grant program that is slated to award $230,000 in water...

W. David Gressly brings talents to Verde Valley

After a career spanning 45 years overseas, including work in 16 countries across Africa and Asia, Friends of the Verde River Executive Director W....

VVBNF talks basic & bizarre bird behavior

Birder Kathe Anderson hosted a talk on “Basic and Bizarre Bird Behavior” as part of the Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival on Thursday,...

Verde Valley Birding & Nature Fest returns

The Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival will return to Dead Horse Ranch State Park from Thursday to Sunday, April 25 through 28.  The annual...

Friends of the Verde River pass on the gavel

Friends of the Verde River recently welcomed Jeanne Swarthout as the organization’s new president of the board of directors. Swarthout will take over the...

Friends publish kids book on the Verde River

The Friends of the Verde River nonprofit is publishing its first book, “On the Verde River,” a children’s book intended to raise awareness of...

Participate in community science 

The Friends of the Verde River recently received a $5,000 grant from OneAZ Credit Union’s Community Impact Grant initiative to help them continue the...

Nancy Steele to retire from Friends of the Verde River

Nancy Steele, Ph.D., the executive director of Friends of the Verde River, will be retiring at the end of the year after spending six...

Help spot river otters on the Verde

Friends of the Verde River, in conjunction with the River Otter Ecology Project and Fieldscope, hosted a river otter webinar on Thursday, May 18,...

How to ID ‘little bitty gray birds’

Birder Kathe Anderson hosted a workshop on bird identification titled “Little Bitty Gray Birds” on April 27 as part of the Verde Valley Birding...

Opening eyes about bats

Janie Agyagos of the district wildlife staff for the Coconino National Forest presented a lecture titled “Mysterious, Furry and Agile: Untangling the Mystery of...

Cottonwood Supports Verde River as ‘Wild & Scenic’

The Cottonwood City Council approved a resolution supporting the designation of the Upper Verde as a Wild and Scenic River at its meeting on...

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