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A trust fund that's benefited Verde River projects before will again be the source for funding projects to improve efficiency and water use.

One of the few nonprofits anywhere that handles community recycling services has put in bids for the only three locations it can service regularly.

A school district’s foundation is at the elementary school level.

Montezuma Rimrock Water Company is seeking a permit to use one of its on-site wells to provide water to its customers.

The Town of Jerome is moving forward with its plan to create a district in which businesses will be able to pay a one-time fee to acquire parking spots from the town for buildings that require on-site parking.

Verde Valley Complete Auto Care is offering complete car service, maintenance, repair, body work and painting.

Kendall Peterson is Camp Verde High School’s November Kiwanis Student of the Month.

Any first responder will tell you the benefits of staying connected by radio during an emergency.

The Town of Jerome is encouraging residents to attend a special joint-workshop on Monday at 5 p.m. to priorities goals for the town’s future.

Cottonwood Officer Dan Villas is responsible for the CW8 neighborhood, which is bounded by East State Route 89A, 12th Street, Fir Street and Chuckawalla Street.

An update to a town building ordinance was approved Tuesday by the Clarkdale Council — and the town’s design review process could get a significant change as well.

Mitzi Castro hears the light rail train pass by her home every 15 minutes, a grim reminder, she said, of her experience on Wednesday, when Phoenix police stopped her because she hadn’t validated her $4 light rail ticket.

Dozens of House Democrats renewed calls Friday for the Defense Department to investigate the legality of President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy thousands of active-duty and National Guard troops to the U.S-Mexico border -- but a Yavapai County lawmaker defended the president's actions.

The Arizona state Senate wants a do-over of at least part of the trial where a jury concluded a staffer was the victim of racial and sexual discrimination.

Once again, it is Christmas in Jerome and that means an afternoon of photos with Santa, music by Mingus Union High School Choir and Jazz Band and a night of luminarias, reading of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and tree lighting. Bring your camera to the Old Fire House for a special photo with Santa and Mrs. Claus starting at 3:30.

Calling the law a mistake, two House Democrats are leading the charge to repeal a 2016 measure that stripped cities and towns of their ability to regulate short-term and vacation rentals.

Here are some upcoming public events in the Verde Valley.

For the first time in at least a year, more adult immigrants were apprehended at the southern border than families in October, according to numbers released Thursday by Customs and Border Protection.

Hispanics are expected to be the largest bloc of minority voters by the 2020 elections, but advocates say those numbers will be of little use if potential voters aren’t motivated to turn out at the polls.

The state's jobless rate dropped a tenth of a point last month. And you can credit at least some of that to the fact that Arizonans apparently like to dress up for Halloween.

The fight over funding to administer the state's voucher program may be spilling over into court.

Remember when Christmas was a season of pure enchantment, toyland fantasies and winter wonderlands?

Oak Creek Elementary School’s annual Olde Tyme Country Fair is from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at 11490 Purple Sage Road in Cornville.

Since 2018, Arizona Department of Education has repaid more than $400,000 in federal grant money to the U.S. Department of Education because of alleged misspending at Valley Academy of Career and Technology Education.

Raena Avalon is resigning as the executive director of the Verde Valley Homeless Coalition.