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Arizona still ranks low on highway safety
Arizona enacted a ban on texting while driving last year, after 10 years of trying, but it still wasn’t enough to pull the state from the bottom of a national report card on traffic safety laws.
Advocates: EPA’s new clean-water rules hit Arizona, Southwest hardest
Clean-water rules unveiled Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency could remove the vast majority of Arizona’s waterways from federal oversight, a change environmentalists call bad news in a region where water is “super precious.”
State jobless rate lowest since 2008
Arizona's economy continues to improve, with the state's jobless rate dropping in December to the lowest point since January 2008.
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Camp Verde calls executive session to discuss Butner complaint
At 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Camp Verde Town Council will meet to discuss a complaint filed against one of its council members for asking questions “in an interrogative manner” at council’s Jan. 8 meeting.
Camp Verde Marshal’s receive defibrillator funding
Camp Verde Marshal Corey Rowley would like for each of his patrol vehicles to have an Automated External Defibrillator – also called AED.
Former Camp Verde wrestling coach arrested for alleged sex crimes
Following continued investigations by the Camp Verde Criminal Investigations Unit, additional charges were filed to include sexual abuse and child molestation.
- Camp Verde Equestrian Center to open once facility is safe, meets all codes
- Fourteen-year-old prepares ninth MLK march in Camp Verde
- Verde Valley Humane Society stops accepting Camp Verde animals
- Accused abuser escaped on interstates; turned self in
- Camp Verdeans recommend Butner censured, removed from town council
- Camp Verde: George files complaint over Butner’s ‘unsubstantiated allegations’
- Camp Verde to discuss improvement district for SR 260 sewer improvements
- Call the Cops: Camp Verde officers respond to 10,058 calls in 2019
- Beaver Creek students benefit from Sedona Literacy Program
- Steve Butler new administrative lieutenant in Camp Verde
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Romero convicted on weapons charge; lawyer change denied
A man who has been in county jail since last summer, in connection with some well-publicized burglaries in the west end of the Verde Valley, was recently convicted in a jury trial on one of his sets of charges.
Former Camp Verde wrestling coach arrested for alleged sex crimes
Following continued investigations by the Camp Verde Criminal Investigations Unit, additional charges were filed to include sexual abuse and child molestation.
Mohave County Sheriff’s office seizes $3.7 million in drugs
Utah man is in jail in Mohave County after sheriff’s deputies found illegal drugs with a street value of $3.7 million during a traffic stop, according to a news release from the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.
Reader Poll:
What is your preference for an Upper Verde school district consolidation election?
- One election for all Cottonwood-Oak Creek, Mingus Union and Clarkdale-Jerome voters.
- Separate elections for each individual school district.
59 total votes
See past polls
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Goldenstein Gallery celebrates moving and grooving
Saturday, February 1, 4-8 p.m., Goldenstein Gallery is inviting the public to join them for a fun and fabulous Moving and Grooving Party celebrating the next phase of the multi-awarded gallery’s innovative evolution.
Sound Bites presents ‘An Evening With Rosemary’
Saturday, Feb. 8, 7-10 p.m., Sound Bites Grill in Uptown Sedona welcomes Rosemary Chavez and PLATINUM. “An Evening With Rosemary” will features her one-of-a-kind musical stylings on ballads, swing, jazz, country, R&B and more.
Reds rocks the Red Rocks with Sedona’s best in live music
Reds Sedona Grill is keeping the faith with four of Sedona’s finest performing through the week and weekend. Reds is located at 2250 S.R. 89A, Sedona. Call 928-340-5321 or visit SedonaRouge.com to learn more.
- World music by a world-class band from Italy Newpoli to perform at Old Town Center for the Arts
- Quilters to share their wares during Monday at the Museum
- Poetry and Prose Project debuts new season with mixed-media event
- Head up the hill for First Saturday Art Walk in Jerome
- Carol DeGregory is El Valle Artist of the Month
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Mai wins Western Section Coach of the Year
Winning big awards is par for the course for Mingus Union head boys golf coach Craig Mai.
Prescott shocks Mingus Union boys soccer 5-0
Mingus Union boys soccer suffered a shock defeat to a rival and it could hamper their playoff chances.
AIA notebook: Sedona Red Rock football’s appeal to move down to 1A from 2A denied
Camp Verde High football’s rivals are staying put.
- Turnovers costly for Mingus Union girls basketball
- Sharp shooting Vols too much for Mingus boys basketball
- Sports briefs: CV basketball teams, Mingus girls soccer continue winning, MUHS boys soccer earns last second draw
- Camp Verde girls hoops routs No. 3 Valley Lutheran
- Undermanned Mingus boys soccer falls at home to Mesquite
- First AIA 2019-20 winter soccer rankings released, Mingus girls fifth
- Strap on your boots! NAZ Suns to host western night on Saturday
- NAU football’s Aguilar earns sixth All-American honor
- Bill to let Arizona student-athletes earn endorsement money awaits vote at state House
- Bueno signs with Northwestern Oklahoma State soccer
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Editorial: Prison fair treatment for those who sell fentanyl
A case of conflicting values represents the rocky waters still to be navigated for a just Arizona law that mandates punishment for people who sell opioids such as fentanyl.
Letter: Humane Society still hopes to work with Camp Verde in future
In 2019, Verde Valley Humane Society took in 1,533 pets, returned 369 lost pets to their owners, trapped, spayed/neutered and vaccinated 138 feral cats.
Editorial: Divide and conquer a reality of consolidation war
In building and preserving the Roman Empire, Julius Cesar is credited with the divide-and-conquer approach to war. It’s stood the test of time.
- Letter: Our democracy is in danger right now
- Letter: Without collaboration, America on path of certain destruction
- Editorial: Camp Verde Council needs to take firm, decisive action against Butner
- Commentary: As witness fight rages, whistleblower fades away
- Commentary: Butner’s ambush tactics an ugly night for Camp Verde
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VOC’s Element Hotel plans to open in early February
The Element by Westin Sedona’s brand-new 117-room hotel in the Village of Oak Creek plans to open Feb. 10, according to General Manager Martha Williams.
Life in the Slow Lane: Waiting on Babs
There are going to be baby bunnies here on the farm! Despite Buddy Bunny's lack of experience and a wayward sense of direction, he achieved what he was meant to do and created soon-to-be-born progeny.
Around the Bluhmin’ Town: Keep your britches on people
Where were you the weekend of January 11th and 12th? Perhaps riding the Phoenix Light Rail pantsless to “celebrate silliness” (more like madness) with folks in about 30 cities all over the world? No, I didn’t think so.
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Camp Verde High School student of the month
Camp Verde High School senior Justin Ritzenthaler is the school’s Kiwanis Student of the Month for December. Ritzenthaler has a 3.9 GPA and is ranked fourth in his class.
70th Wedding Anniversary: Bill and Tina Bryant
Bill and Tina (Kaufmann) Bryant of Oak Creek Valley celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Nov. 29. They were married at the Eastside Church of the Nazarene in Phoenix Arizona.
Camp Verde High School Student of the Month
Camp Verde High School has announced that senior Coke Bast is the school’s October Kiwanis Student of the Month.
Reader Poll:
What is your preference for an Upper Verde school district consolidation election?
- One election for all Cottonwood-Oak Creek, Mingus Union and Clarkdale-Jerome voters.
- Separate elections for each individual school district.
59 total votes
See past polls
Obituaries see more>
Obituary: Neal W. Burgers 1944-2020
Neal W. Burgers, 75, is now freed from his cancer-ridden body and is singing praises to our God and Savior Jesus.
Obituary: Dale Ditterline 1934-2020
Dale Ditterline, 85 of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at his home.
Obituary: Gordon Carl Boomgaard died 2020
Gordon Carl Boomgaard, age 75 of Camp Verde, Arizona, passed away on January 5, 2020 in Camp Verde.
