Sedona Pathways Our Daily Journey: Jan. 16, 2019
I took this shot last week on a flight to the east of the San Francisco Peaks and got to shoot some of my favorite scenes besides the mountains and clouds and those are of the wonderful abstract patterns created when snow falls and does not completely cover the fields … an abstract of black and white patterns.
Q&A with Beaver Creek School Office Manager Sharon Brooks
Brooks spent more than 25 years in retail as an assistant manager for Kmart and Walgreens before she transitioned to education. It was there that Brooks learned “don’t take work home.”
VERDE HERITAGE 1939: HIGHWAY 79 DEDICATION
Planning for the October 8 dedication of State Highway 79 and the W. W. Midgley Bridge began during January.
College’s Verde Valley Art Gallery presents the amazing photography of Ron Chilston
The public is invited to a special opening reception January 18, 5-7 p.m., to celebrate a photography exhibit by Jerome artist Ron Chilston, which will be hosted at the Verde Valley Art Gallery of Yavapai College in Clarkdale.
Sedona Pathways Our Daily Journey: Jan. 10, 2019
It was a beautiful day in Sedona when I took off this afternoon, but by the time I got half way to the peaks I was dodging snow showers.
Q&A: Lauren Thagard, algebra teacher, Student Council advisor, Mingus Union High School, Cottonwood
COTTONWOOD – From family pictures to senior pictures, engagement shoots to newborn babies, Lauren Thagard has photographed just about everything.
Frosty & Chilly Run raises $2150 for Rainbow Acres
Every Jan. 1, Verde Valley motorcycle enthusiasts gather to ride to raise money for a local charity.
VERDE HERITAGE 1938: Rural Sanitation Project Closing
The Community Sanitation Program came into existence as one of many work relief projects during December of 1933.
VERDE HERITAGE 1937: New Year's Eve Snow Storm
One of the worst winters before the famous "1967 Snow" occurred in 1937, with 9 snow storms by January 19, and 14 counting from the day after Christmas.
Life in the Slow Lane:Snow Day
OK, be kind, dear relatives from Duluth. I know you sneer each time I mention it, but I have snow!
VERDE HERITAGE 1938: CLEMENCEAU CHRISTMAS
The United Verde Extension Mining Company Smelter at Clemenceau closed on January 14, 1937, and James S Douglas retired from business during December of 1938.
Q&A with Oak Creek School teacher of the week Tiana Hatler
Cottonwood-Oak Creek educator excels at ‘building trust’
“Tiana is very good at building trust with her kids,” Persaud said. “She is skilled at assessing where they are academically and behaviorally, and identifying what they need. She is collaborative and reflective in her teaching practice.”
Jerome glass blower: An entertainer and historian
JEROME -- When artist Tracy Weisel is not actually blowing glass, he’s talking.
Trip down memory lane: Journey to Jerome to deliver bread
It must have been dawn when I stepped onto the bread truck with Dad. I don’t remember that part. I don’t remember a lot of things from the beginning to the end, and that day was no different.
Tell me more: A new paradigm
Ben loved his Uncle Jim. He didn’t know of any other family as diverse as his when it came to religion and politics. Yet Uncle Jim had a way of calming the heated conversations that occurred in the family each year during holiday activities.
Q&A with Verde Valley Teacher of the Week Wendy Hutchinson
American Heritage educator makes learning ‘fun and exciting’
CAMP VERDE – For Wendy Hutchinson, teaching is about victories.
Be Fit Fit: A new trail in town
OK, fellow Villagers, here we got some great news! And I am sharing this as a proof that I am not a bit selfish (because, you know, I could have been keeping all this to myself and you would have never learned the good news, delivered below!).
Carlson Creek Vineyard opens in Old Town
The Carlson Creek Vineyard has opened in Old Town Cottonwood to “share our wines with the communities throughout the Verde Valley,” said co-owner and winemaker Robert Carlson.
Camp Verde resident pitches perfecto on PSAT
Violet King at top 1 percent of test-takers
The school’s director of Student Support Services said that she cannot recall a time when a Mingus student finished the test with a perfect score.
Q&A: Dave Chapman to retire as transportation, maintenance director for Clarkdale-Jerome School District
CLARKDALE – Come Dec. 21, Dave Chapman will no longer be part of the working class.
Photo Feature: Local Troop 7020 Boy Scouts work to create a path around Sunset Lake
Local Troop 7020 Boy Scouts work to create a path around Sunset Lake
Sedona Pathways Our Daily Journey: Dec. 14, 2018
The outing on Lake Pleasant today was one of the funnest days on the water yet
- Significant flooding throughout Verde Valley (with videos)
- Heavy snow in forecast throughout Verde Valley, Sedona
- Road closures: What you need to know
- Flood forces breach of 105-year-old Clarkdale dam (with video)
- Winter storm prompts school closures Thursday
- New homeless center opens in Sedona
- The BIG Flood
- Floods on Verde, Oak Creek, Beaver Creek expected to peak into Friday
- Yavapai Silent Witness seeks public’s help in locating Daniel Sanchez Martinez
- Winter weather advisory continues until tonight
- Significant flooding throughout Verde Valley (with videos)
- Heavy snow in forecast throughout Verde Valley, Sedona
- Road closures: What you need to know
- Flood forces breach of 105-year-old Clarkdale dam (with video)
- Flat-rate cash-pay medical practice opens in Cottonwood
- Cottonwood woman arrested in Old Town burglary
- Elderly man shoots self at Cottonwood Police building
- The Perfect Crime? Three years later, Cottonwood police, FBI stymied on $350,000 Cottonwood Bank of America burglary
- Cottonwood woman accused of stealing $7K-plus from Maverik store
- Floods on Verde, Oak Creek, Beaver Creek expected to peak into Friday
