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With the bulk of Yavapai County’s $46 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act money now either spent or committed to projects, officials say about $3.3 million remains as “unassigned.”

By By CINDY BARKS, The Daily Courier November 5, 2023
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The Maid Fire, located on Apache Maid mountain north of the Wet Beaver Creek Wilderness, has grown to more than 200 acres as crews have worked overnight to protect Apache Maid lookout tower and used surrounding forest roads as control features.

November 5, 2023
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With the Nov. 7 special election around the corner, Verde Valley and Flagstaff residents are possibly going to see a change, depending on the fate of Proposition 480 for a new hospital off interstates 17 and 40.

By Paige Daniels November 5, 2023
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On Friday, Oct. 13, at 2:45 a.m., Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) responded to a report that James Haynes, 48 years-old from Prescott, had violated a civil order of protection issued by the court by crashing his vehicle through two gates and then into a camper trailer occupied by the woman who had taken out the court order.

By The Daily Courier October 18, 2023
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rmer Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez announced Monday, Oct. 16, that he’s running for Congress to challenge incumbent Republican Rep. Eli Crane, who has represented Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes the Verde Valley, since last year.

By Verde Independent October 18, 2023
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First-term Rep. Eli Crane said he is representing the voters of his 2nd Congressional District when he joined seven other Republican colleagues last week to take down Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy during a threat of the shutdown of the U.S. government.

By Vyto Starinskas October 11, 2023
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Northern Arizona University plans to build a new medical school as part of a greater effort to address an ongoing shortage of health care workers in the state, the Arizona Board of Regents announced Friday.

By The Associated Press October 4, 2023
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Three arrests were made as the result of a multi-law enforcement agency child sexual exploitation operation led by Prescott Police Department on Friday, Sept. 29, and Saturday, Sept. 30, a news release reported.

By By DEBRA WINTERS, The Daily Courier October 4, 2023
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The slight rain that fell yesterday morning helped keep the lightning-caused Cecil Fire, located southwest of Flagstaff, at 2,180 acres as of Monday morning.

By Coconino National Forest October 2, 2023
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On a lot behind Del Rio Elementary School, the Chino Valley Unified School District is nearing completion on 10 tiny houses that the district hopes will soon be filled with its teachers.

By By Isabel Garcia, Cronkite News August 1, 2023
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The Whiskey Row hotel project that brought dozens of opponents to Prescott Preservation Committee meetings in March 2022 and again in July 2023 is scheduled to go back to the commission in August for a possible vote on a revised plan.

By By CINDY BARKS, The Daily Courier August 1, 2023
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An Arizona woman who pleaded guilty to murder in the starvation death of her 6-year-old son was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday after witnesses described the horrors of the tiny closet that reeked of urine where he and his young brother were kept and denied food

By By SCOTT SONNER and FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press August 1, 2023
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Ongoing construction on Interstate 17 involving widening, repaving and new bridges will also introduce Arizona drivers to a new feature meant to battle traffic congestion.

By Verde Independent June 29, 2023
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On Sunday, March 19, Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Celé Hancock was arrested by the Prescott Police Department (PPD) on charges believed to be “super extreme” driving under the influence, according to a police report and the court.

By By DEBRA WINTERS, The Daily Courier March 21, 2023
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A Piper Seneca flying from Glendale to Kanab instead went down in Coconino County on Wednesday afternoon.

March 9, 2023

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