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Child care centers can get a share of $47 million in grants to help them keep their doors open and, if they want, make or keep their rates affordable.

According to a Cottonwood city staff report, the Mabery family has decided to sell the Blazin’ M Ranch.

Gov. Doug Ducey is defending hard-and-fast limits on when businesses can reopen even while saying it's OK for schools to send children back to class -- even if local health conditions do not meet the guidelines set by his own state health director.

he latest report from Arizona Department of Health Services shows the state percentage for infections has now dropped to 12.2%.

Landlords and mobile home park owners from around the state are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to void an executive order by Gov. Doug Ducey blocking evictions of tenants who do not pay their rent.

Cottonwood-Oak Creek and Clarkdale-Jerome school boards decided Tuesday that in-class instruction will not begin before Sept. 14.

The report states that with Messare closing in on officers with an edged weapon held over his head and ready to use, non-lethal use of force was not an option.

The suspect from that wrong-way incident is Daniel Richard Zimmerman, 44, of Phoenix, according to Bart Graves, DPS media relations specialist. He was booked into the Yavapai County Jail in Camp Verde on charges of aggravated DUI and endangerment, Graves added.

The good news far outweighs the bad on the COVID-19 front. For the third time in four days, Arizona is reporting less than 1,000 new infections in a 24-hour period of documentation. Once again the state’s cumulative positive-test ratio continues its daily decline, now lowered to 12.3%.

Masks are now mandatory. That’s the only change Camp Verde Superintendent Danny Howe said he has made to the Return to Learn plan the district released in July.

For any teen, getting a driver’s license is a rite of passage – a small taste of freedom in their adolescent lives.

As social distancing and isolation continue throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many states across the country are reporting an increase in reported drug overdoses and suicides, including Arizona.

The number of people on Arizona’s Medicaid rolls topped 2 million this summer, after a five-month surge in enrollment that coincided with COVID-19’s hit to the state’s health and its economy.

The City of Cottonwood will reopen the Cottonwood Recreation Center Wednesday, Aug. 12, adhering to the requirements outlined in the ADHS phased reopening guidelines.

The owners of a Mesa water park are suing to be allowed to reopen, claiming the policy of Gov. Doug Ducey that keeps it shuttered is discriminatory.

A judge has slapped back a bid by a Republican-dominated legislative panel to give voters what he concluded was a biased description of a proposed tax to fund education.

New data from E.coli testing being done along Oak Creek showed a spike as tourists continue to frequent the area.

Cottonwood-Oak Creek has purchased 12 military-grade tents as supplemental outdoor classrooms. The tents, with sides that roll up, will not be used as enclosed classrooms, Cottonwood-Oak Creek Superintendent Steve King said.

Kegn Moorcroft, the non-profit organization’s stewardship and development manager, said boaters will be given the chance to hit the water individually and contribute to a charity effort.

The Cottonwood City Council approved an ordinance that closes a loophole in the mayor’s emergency powers, binding the mayor to any council-majority vote for 30 days.

PHOENIX – Interstate 17 northbound has reopened north of State Route 179 after a crash at milepost 301, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

ADHS Tuesday morning data shows weekly positive-test results have dipped down to 5% in the past week. That compares with high marks of 20% during the weeks of June 21 and June 28.

Here are some events and other announcements about things happening in the Verde Valley.

Dee Jenkins now has a 34-vote lead in her effort to become Camp Verde’ next mayor.

Arizonans whose enhanced jobless benefits ran out this week may get a chance for some additional cash — but it will depend on Gov. Doug Ducey.