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The V-Bar-V Heritage Site, located on the Coconino National Forest’s Red Rock Ranger District, has re-opened following several months of construction work and site improvements, according to a Friday news release.

Anyone planning to drive on Interstate 17 this week may want to leave a little early. Two major projects are expected to close lanes at various locations between Anthem and Flagstaff.

In Arizona, it can take less than 10 minutes to get a sunburn and less than two hours for the red to appear. But it could take many years for the impact of sun exposure to appear in the form of damaging, even deadly, skin cancer.

Cole Castro, 12, has a first-degree black belt. But now he is facing the fight of his life.

Sofiia Halemska’s family won’t be in the football stands at Mingus Union High School to see her graduate like hundreds of other family members on the evening of May 27.

If a person started the huge wildfire near Cornville Road and Page Springs Road last June, they have not been found.

Friday the 13th, around 9 p.m., Cottonwood Police officers responded to Wal-Mart for a report of a shoplifting in progress, according to a Tuesday news release. Store employees reported a person had filled multiple back packs with merchandise.

A Chino Valley man was seriously injured Wednesday morning on State Route 260 in Camp Verde when the motorcycle he was operating left the road.

A Prescott Valley man who went missing Friday after going for a hike on Mingus Mountain has been found deceased, according to Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office.

The new principal of Camp Verde Middle School knows the town like the back of her hand – and that includes Beaver Creek, too.

The city has gotten over one bump in the road and hired Lisa Boring as the new Cottonwood Area Transit transportation manager.

Around 90 students from Camp Verde High School are more than ready to take the long walk through graduation ceremonies this week.

The Cottonwood City Council wants to close the Riverfront Wastewater Reclamation Facility plant. It is one of two wastewater plants in the city. Why?

A graduating senior attended last year’s Mingus graduation ceremony wrapped in a flag, but Mingus Principal Genie Gee said decorations are not permitted on or over the graduation gowns.

he Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office continued to search on Monday, May 16, for a missing 74-year-old Prescott Valley hiker last seen in Wood Chute Trailhead on Mingus Mountain near FS 102 Friday morning.

Red Rock District Ranger Amy Tinderholt has signed the memo that allows the beginning of a new policy on the Forest Road 525 corridor that closes many popular dispersed camping sites.

The Verde Valley Fire District firefighters made a quick stop of a brush fire near homes on El Rancho Bonito in Cornville on Wednesday about 1:30 pm. in extremely high winds.

A Yavapai County Superior Court judge has denied the Town of Clarkdale’s request to distmiss a lawsuit against it and its building inspector.

Hikers who are rescued in the Red Rock Ranger District by the Sedona Fire District are not charged or billed, even though those rescues are occurring more often and require special equipment, training, skills and stamina from the firefighters.

Verde Valley businessman Maynard Keenan’s winery and adult playground is sprouting from the middle of Old Town, and the Cottonwood Planning & Zoning Board approved some more time to get his project finished.

The City Council is contemplating closing the Riverfront Wastewater Reclamation Facility plant.

Keynote speaker Dr. Jack Dillenberg told the 100 graduates at the Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus’ 52nd annual commencement that they “are not in this alone.”

Jerome can barely be seen through the dust from Cottonwood on Monday May 9, 2022.

What happens to a mine when it is no longer mined?

With one exception, Angel Valley Retreat Center received approval from the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors for a use permit.