Camp Verde Bugle

It won’t be easy for Out of Africa Wildlife Park to replace one of its most popular animals, a 20-year-old kissing giraffe named Kibo, who passed away Tuesday.

CAMP VERDE – The 1-acre Mulch Fire continues to burn and produce smoke due to deep internal smoldering within massive mulch piles, and wildland firefighters continue to monitor it within Yavapai County’s Camp Verde Transfer Station, Coconino National Forest officials said Friday.

COTTONWOOD – Dugan McDonald is less than a month away from seeing an 8.17-acre Rimrock parcel rezoned for development as a shopping center.

Copper Canyon Fire has temporarily suspended its burn season due to conditions Fire Marshal Ken Krebbs called unfavorable.

CAMP VERDE — At 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, the Camp Verde Cavalry will present the 59th annual Colonel’s Daughter competition at the Fort Verde Parade Grounds.

The agent and project engineer for a proposed housing development said Monday that Rimrock residents “appear to be strongly against” an additional 302 homes coming to the non-incorporated community.

A vehicle reported stolen Sunday afternoon in Rimrock was located six hours later in Gallup, New Mexico. But authorities are still looking for the person responsible for its theft.

U.S. Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally have proposed a land swap between the University of Arizona and the U.S. Forest Service that would be a solution to a misunderstanding over a Rimrock property.

Getting the Camp Verde School District’s computer system fully operational again has been like a “neverending cat-and-mouse game.”

Camp Verde’s 2019-20 budget includes about $500,000 toward Capital Improvements projects.

Camp Verde’s American Heritage Academy campus is now one of four school/districts to take part in the Arizona Science Center’s professional development program.

Three area law enforcement agencies are in the beginning stages of becoming accredited.

Jaclyn Campbell remembers the third grade as the time she first knew she wanted to become an educator.

There could be a large crowd gathered for an Aug. 22 county-level meeting about a proposed Rimrock-area project.There's only one item on the agenda for the Thursday, Aug. 22 meeting of the Yavapai County Planning and Zoning Commission, which will meet in Cottonwood.

RIMROCK – Monday, the Beaver Creek School Board will have a first read of 19 policies, including one that restricts the use of a motor vehicle while holding a portable device.

CAMP VERDE – In July, the Yavapai-Apache Nation’s agriculture program officially launched its tribally owned and operated Native Beef brand.

CAMP VERDE — On Aug. 1, 1992, Steve Sarkesian joined the Camp Verde Fire District as a volunteer.

CAMP VERDE -- A 26-year-old Camp Verde man has been arrested on four counts of aggravated assault and child abuse following an investigation by the Camp Verde Marshal’s Office.

Camp Verde’s town staff has asked council to reject all three bids to complete Phase 1B of the town’s sports complex, and to direct staff to revise the plans and specifications and rebid Phase 1B. Wednesday, council will consider town staff’s suggestion.

After five years in Cottonwood, licensed massage therapist Amber Brandt recently opened AB Massage Therapy in Camp Verde in the Wingfield Plaza.

The Camp Verde Marshal’s Office opened its doors last week to Rainbow Acres, a long-term residential program for adults with developmental disabilities.

Camp Verde Elementary School welcomed its students to school Monday as classes began for the 2019-20 year.

COTTONWOOD – At 9 a.m. Aug. 22, the Yavapai County Planning and Zoning Commission will hear a proposal for a residential-to-commercial zoning map change.

CAMP VERDE – Verde Ranch RV Resort has announced an open house from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14.

Technology servers at Camp Verde Unified have been hacked, Administrator-in-Charge Danny Howe told Verde Valley Newspapers Thursday.