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Stats show dining out not so tough for Arizonans
New figures from OpenTable suggest that Arizonans are once again warming to the idea of dining out -- and doing so with more exuberance than much of the rest of the country.
State Senate ends 2020 regular session
State senators finally pulled the plug Tuesday on the legislative session, leaving unresolved the question of whether businesses should get special protection from COVID-19 lawsuits.
Triple-digit temps to scorch Verde Valley this week
Temperatures this week will be consistently hotter than 100 degrees for the first time in 2020 in the Verde Valley.
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Camp Verde Unified releases graduation protocols
Tuesday, Camp Verde Unified announced precautions the district will take at its June 2-4 celebrations, which include South Verde and Camp Verde Accommodation School graduations at 6 p.m. June 2 in the Philip England Performing Arts Center, as well as the eighth-grade promotion ceremony at 6 p.m. June 3, and Camp Verde High School graduation at 7 p.m. June 4, both at Sam Hammerstrom Field.
Camp Verde honors CVHS Class of 2020 with drive-by salute
Camp Verde honors CVHS Class of 2020 with drive-by salute.
Camp Verde High School graduation set for June 4
At 7 p.m. Thursday, June 4, Camp Verde High School’s Class of 2020 will graduate on the school’s football field, Sam Hammerstrom Field.
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Accused kidnapper scheduled to head back to court
A man charged in a 2019 kidnapping incident is scheduled for a possible change-of-plea hearing next month in Yavapai County Superior Court.
Chino Valley traffic stop leads to PANT search warrant, seven arrests
Multiple drug-related arrests were made in Chino Valley after a May 18 traffic stop that led to a search and a drug investigation.
Cecilio Cruz murder trial still on hold
There will be about 15 days needed for the trial of Cruz, 39, who is charged with killing his pregnant, 17-year-old ex-girlfriend, Marisol Gonzalez, in Cottonwood in March 1997.
- 120-mph fleeing driver tries to ram police; officer shoots truck
- Verde Village home targeted with tire slashing, gun shots
- Police say man planned ambush of cops; officer shot in left arm
- Officer wounded, suspect arrrested in Cottonwood altercation
- YCSO: 2 men wanted for attempted homicide now in custody
Reader Poll:
Would you consider Mingus Union’s “Turning the Tassel” and virtual graduation ceremonies a success?
- All things considered, an excellent job
- Mingus should have offered a traditional graduation
- Actually prefer this to a traditional graduation
6 total votes
See past polls
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New Music this week
Life On The Flip Side is Jimmy Buffett's first studio album in seven years.
Watch on DVD -- or stream: available this week
In the movie "The Invisible Man," Cecilia Kass knows what it’s like to have a psychopath for a boyfriend. Her ex, Adrian Griffin, had been controlling, manipulative and violent even after the breakup.
Mountain Trails Gallery at Tlaquepaque partners with Sedona: Safe. Clean. Ready program
Mountain Trails Gallery, in coordination with Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village, is proud to announce that the gallery is a participant in the City of Sedona and Chamber of Commerce’s “Sedona: Safe. Clean. Ready” program and is now open daily 11 a.m. to 5 p,m.
- Village Gallery of Local Artists celebrates spring with art of Nina Joy Rizzo
- MUSIC TO YOUR EARS: Bella Vita music returns with Sammy Davis, Dan Vega, Jerry McFarland
- Film Festival, Fisher Theatre offer virtual screenings of five new films this week
- Sedona Film Festival presents virtual encore of ‘Life Itself’
- Virtual model sessions ‘beyond wonderful’ Žushka Biros takes figure modeling live to Zoom
- ILLUMINATE Film Festival presents Silver Linings virtual screening series
- Film Festival presents virtual encores of ‘Fantastic Fungi’ and ‘RBG’
- Film Festival presents Michelin Stars: Tales from the Kitchen, Constructing Albert
- Film Festival offers virtual screening of ‘Leonardo: The Works’
- Trio of new movies offered through MDF@Home
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Chance Densmore named Mingus Union’s male athlete of the year
Densmore also competed in cross country and in track and field at Mingus Union. His ability to play well in multiple sports is only one reason why Densmore is Mingus Union’s male athlete of the year for 2019-2020.
Zoey Arwine: Mingus female athlete of year
One Saturday in February, Zoey Arwine managed to accomplish something seldom seen in high school athletics: postseason competition in two sports on the same day.
Mingus’ Silas Willoughby to continue running career at Northwest University
"A team is more than a team. It’s a family, and having a 50-member supportive family makes all the difference when it comes down to it.”
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Commentary: Defining the ‘new normal’ for reopening schools
As we come to the end of a school year unlike any other, I want to briefly reflect on the past months, but more importantly give you a glimpse of what our schools may look like this summer and when we return.
Letter: Editorial fulfills conservative promise of providing scapegoat in every pot
This is written in reply to the recent “Freeloader” editorial in this paper. That editorial was long on empty assertions about freeloading poor but very short on actual substance.
Letter: Writer of editorial needs to get a heart
The person who wrote the editorial about freeloaders in Sunday’s newspaper needs to see a doctor. He has no heart.
- Letter: Enough with the ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ project
- Memorial Day: Take a ‘moment’ to remember war dead
- Editorial: A freeloader by any other definition is still a freeloader
- Commentary: Nature proves strength, resilience in face of COVID-19
- Commentary: Memo to Danny Howe: Who’s the bully you scared off?
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VERDE HERITAGE: JEROME SCHOOLS and J. O. MULLEN
J. O. Mullen was Superintendent of Schools for 31 years. During the early 1900's, schools were closed about 30% of the time due to epidemics such as smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, etc. In 1918 when Mr. and Mrs. John O. Mullin "came to Jerome the school plant consisted of the old Main Street elementary school, the old Jerome High School uptown below the United Verde Hospital on the grou...
Western Light: New Life
Spring is always the time of new beginnings, new life, no matter how small or insignificant.
Western Light: April showers bring flowers
Amid the chaos in the human world, nature still keeps to her silent rhythms, unfolding her beauty for us to enjoy.
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Yavapai-Verde student named to Coca-Cola Academic Team
In January, Celeena Johnson was named to Yavapai College’s 2020 All-Arizona Academic Team.
Honor student wants to design prosthetics in third-world country
Once she finishes college, Kayla Reilly would like design prosthetics – and live in a third-world country.
Camp Verde High School Student of the Month: February 2020
Camp Verde High School senior Anna Johnson is the school’s February Kiwanis Student of the Month.
Reader Poll:
Would you consider Mingus Union’s “Turning the Tassel” and virtual graduation ceremonies a success?
- All things considered, an excellent job
- Mingus should have offered a traditional graduation
- Actually prefer this to a traditional graduation
6 total votes
See past polls
Obituaries see more>
Obituary: John Wiley Altizer, 1938-2020
Before the sun would rise on the morning of Monday, May 11, 2020, John Wiley Altizer reluctantly made his final flight West.
Obituary: Marilyn Hudson Moore, 1935-2020
Marilyn Hudson Moore, 84, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away May 19, 2020.
Obituary: Sterling R. Hillebert 1925-2020
Sterling R. Hillebert, Skid, was born on January 18, 1925, to Lee DeRoy Hillebert and Willie Mae Gunn, in Phoenix, Arizona.
