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Don Shooter's ouster heard by federal judge panel
Attorneys for the state and a former House speaker told a federal court Tuesday that the legislature is free to remove members for any reason at all -- including political affiliation and race -- as long as they can muster a two-thirds vote.
No plan for when – or if – Cottonwood JCPenney will re-open
Tuesday, a company communications employee said it isn’t clear when, or if, the Cottonwood JCPenney store will re-open.
Clippers cancel summer swim season
There will continue to be still waters in Cottonwood this summer.
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Change order would add $65K to Camp Verde Sports Complex
Since February when the Camp Verde Town Council approved a $3.7 million contract to construct Phase 1B of the town’s sports complex, two change orders have saved the municipality close to $400K.
Camp Verde considers Krebbs for Appeals Board
Wednesday, the Camp Verde Town Council will consider appointing Ken Krebbs to the town’s Board of Adjustments and Appeals.
Verde Lakes fire contained to 10 acres
Copper Canyon Fire & Medical Authority used “aggressive firefighting tactics and strong apparatus deployment containment lines” to stop a fire at Catclaw and Verde Lakes drives late Saturday afternoon, according to a report from Copper Canyon Battalion Chief Eric Strauss.
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Domestic violence charge, 0.35 BAC part of Sunday arrests
A Sunday afternoon call to police for failure to pay resort charges led to a traffic stop on an interstate, a 0.35 blood-alcohol result and a felony charge, according to a news release.
Cottonwood man arrested in strong-armed robbery attempt
A Cottonwood man has been arrested for felony strong-armed robbery after attempting to steal a purse from a woman at Verde Valley Medical Center.
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.
Reader Poll:
If scientists and the National Institutes of Health bring to market a COVID-19 vaccine in the next seven to 10 months, would you get one?
- Yes, with no worries.
- No, I am concerned I or someone in my family would become infected as a result / I don't like vaccines.
- No, I am not worried about COVID-19 infection.
- Yes, but with some concerns / how proven would it be?
92 total votes
See past polls
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Sedona Arts Center reopens
The Sedona Arts Center will be re-opening its Fine Art Gallery and classes to the public in early June with a Covid-19 protocol of: ongoing sanitation, social distancing and following government guidelines, including wearing face masks when social distancing is not possible.
Sedona Film Festival presents virtual encore of ‘Blackfish’
With the Mary D. Fisher Theatre temporarily closed, the Sedona International Film Festival is proud to continue “MDF@Home” with the “Encore Series” by popular demand featuring the virtual return “Blackfish.”
Live music returns to Sedona’s Bella Vita
Summer is almost here in sunny Sedona and it’s time to enjoy live music at Bella Vita Ristorante.
- New Music this week
- Watch on DVD -- or stream: available this week
- Mountain Trails Gallery at Tlaquepaque partners with Sedona: Safe. Clean. Ready program
- 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
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Jacy Finley: Camp Verde High School female athlete of the year
Camp Verde senior Jacy Finley is the school's 2020 female athlete of the year.
Jason Collier: Camp Verde High School male athlete of the year
Camp Verde senior guard Jason Collier is the school's 2020 male athlete of the year.
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
- Mingus’ Silas Willoughby to continue running career at Northwest University
- Baseball’s international pull includes Diamondbacks fan in Scotland
- MLB’s postponement hurts bonding between pitchers, catchers
- During pandemic, NHL prospect counts on perspective learned from father
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EDITORIAL: Curfew: If shoe fits, you will have to wear it
The social media malady of not reading past the headline has created its fair share of confusion over the intent of Gov. Doug Ducey’s curfew order this week.
MY TURN: Love for community will see us through
Find ways to celebrate the history and diversity in our Verde Valley, and to heal wounds which may be generational. We’ve been through a lot in this valley, but we have come ahead united.
Commentary: Greatest loss of freedom is loss of life
The greatest loss of freedom is the loss of life. Those that have died prematurely before their children were grown, or those close to retirement, or those who simply went to work one day at a factory, grocery story or a hospital.
- Letter: Special thanks to local businesses where wearing masks emphasized or required
- Letter: Will I live my life governed by sacrificial love, or by some combination of fear, greed, ambition?
- Commentary: Defining the ‘new normal’ for reopening schools
- Letter: Editorial fulfills conservative promise of providing scapegoat in every pot
- Letter: Writer of editorial needs to get a 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:
If scientists and the National Institutes of Health bring to market a COVID-19 vaccine in the next seven to 10 months, would you get one?
- Yes, with no worries.
- No, I am concerned I or someone in my family would become infected as a result / I don't like vaccines.
- No, I am not worried about COVID-19 infection.
- Yes, but with some concerns / how proven would it be?
92 total votes
See past polls
Obituaries see more>
Obituary: Roberta Merrill 1938-2020
Roberta Merrill, 81 of Cottonwood, Arizona passed away peacefully on May, 20, 2020. She was born October, 29, 1938 in Rockford Illinois.
Obituary: Juanita Uribe Molina 1931-2020
Juanita Uribe Molina, 88, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away on May 18, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Obituary: Dave Cech 1936 - 2020
John David (Dave) Cech of Cottonwood, passed away on May 20, 2020 after a short battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
