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Welcome to the Verde Valley’s best new bike ride – Odgen Ranch Road.

Casey Anderson has opened Casey’s Cowboy Shop in the Safeway plaza, and the store is a “modified version” of the long-time Cowboy Shop that has been in operation in Cottonwood since 1983.

The travel distance from Prescott to Jerome was cut from 62 to 32 miles.

In mid-March when restaurants and bars first closed because of COVID-19, Gabriela Goodman didn’t expect to reopen her restaurant, Gabriela’s.

Has anyone seen Manuel? Is he in quarantine? Come out, Manuel. We are worried.

The word “diet” implies restriction, discomfort, a notion of temporariness and, in general, it sucks.

It is important how we choose to react to what is going on and if we remain friendly, caring, and loving throughout. During uncertain times, we see more of both the hostility and the caring attitude, of the me-not-you approach and the opposites of ow we can be helpful and supporting to each other.

The story of the graveyard and school is also the story of the pioneers of what became Cottonwood in 1885. Land was already being used for a burying ground and school before Alexander and Malinda Strahan came to the Verde Valley in 1878.

There was still open land that had not been claimed in the Verde Mining District, and mineral lodes without a U. S. Patent.

It’s been too hot. Have you been outside lately? The entire State is an inferno. This unrelenting heat has given new meaning to the term “hot flashes.”

Moms and Dads, we know this has been a tough beginning to the school year. As our governor likes to say, “Arizona is open for learning.”

The United Verde Copper Company mine and smelter closed. Unemployed men and their families left town. Reports circulated that green grass would soon grow on the streets of Jerome.

After the September fire, adobe, concrete, and brick were used to construct a more substantial town.

Morgan and Dylan Fitzgerald rode their motorcycles 2,800 miles until they stopped in the name of love in Sedona.

Beavers are chomping down trees near the Verde River, but it’s part of the natural eco-system.

Have you ever been lost? Yes, I guess at some time or another most of us have taken a wrong turn, had trouble reading a map, or just gotten mixed up about where we are headed.

One crash caused a fire near Jerome; the other crash was on the rim near the Slide Fire.

Since 1946 Bob Bradshaw had helped motion picture companies filming in the Verde Valley and Sedona areas.

Hmm, lately it feels as though we are in the midst of the “dog days of summer.”

At Los Zpotes, it’s all about the children. Los Zpotes, freely translated, means “the children.”

Choices. Every action has a consequence. Sometimes, we are forced to make a decision. If you see a large, evil rattle snake in the middle of a country road that you are walking on alone, do you run, fight or hide?

It’s like the masks magically disappear, explained Kate Rusch.

Friendship. They can start at any moment and span a lifetime. Sometimes friendships form, mysteriously, against all odds.

California-based Inspire Communities has acquired On the Greens in Cottonwood, a 55+ active lifestyle community and its Coyote Trails Golf Course.

The owners of the Wicked Good Food truck picked a wicked good time to open their new business.