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The Prescott National Forest (PNF) has upgraded its management of the Cellar Fire, a wildfire that was started by lightning near Wagoner on Sunday, July 14.

Water rates for Cottonwood residents won't go up until July 2020.

Here's the latest person sought under the Yavapai Sheriff's July 2019 "Catch 22" program.

Yavapai County announced Wednesday that it would like to link State Route 260 to Cornville Road with a connector road from Coury Drive to Beaverhead Flat Road.

With fires currently burning to the north, west and east, Verde Valley residents can expect more smoke-filled skies Wednesday.

According to the Cottonwood Police Department, a music store suffered a major loss Monday morning.

Minerals Research, Inc. would like to advise there will be some blasting activity conducted at the slag pile on Friday, July 19th,

Yavapai County has not yet decided which of six possible outcomes to select for a connector road from SR 260 to Cornville Road, District 2 Supervisor Tom Thurman said Monday.

Wednesday, the Camp Verde Council will consider a resolution that would designate Finnie Flat Road, Main Street and Montezuma Castle Highway from the Y-intersection to Black Bridge as a commercial tourism zone.

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors promised to build a new jail by raising property taxes if voters rebuffed efforts to pass a sales tax increase in November 2014. That ballot measure narrowly failed; now, supervisors are making good on their vow.

At a special Yavapai County Board of Supervisors meeting Monday, the board unanimously voted to make Mary Mallory the new District 5 supervisor.

A federal court jury has awarded a former state senate staffer $1 million after concluding she was the victim of racial and sex discrimination.

A Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Forest Patrol deputy coordinated a rescue with eight volunteers from the Verde Search and Rescue Team last week.

The Cottonwood Planning & Zoning Commission took action on a diverse array of projects Monday.

Will the real Arizona monsoon season please stand up?

Saturday, July 20, Clarkdale Community Services welcomes Scandalous Hands from 7-9 p.m. at the Clarkdale Town Park gazebo.

While there aren't immediate plans to make major additions to Cottonwood's Riverfront Park, there has been much public feedback put into what to add to the site.

Coconino County Sheriff’s personnel had to rescue a woman from a cave Saturday.

The Cottonwood Library will present the award-winning PBS documentary A River Reborn: The Restoration of Fossil Creek presented by the film maker, Professor Stefan Sommer.

In the latest chapter of a policeman’s life that has gone full circle, the 59-year-old veteran lawman was named Cottonwood PD’s “New Employee of the Year” last month.

“Our goal going forward is to annually rotate through each department for textbook adoption,” Leonard said.

Arizonans this year are dealing with fewer wildfires than last year, but the fires are significantly larger, according to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.

Being short-handed is a way of life at the Jerome Fire Department.

PHOENIX – After an internal audit and investigation, Arizona Department of Public Safety detectives arrested Pedro Javier Aguila Muniz on felony charges of forgery, fraud and theft.

CAMP VERDE – Wildland firefighters continue working to extinguish a mulch fire at the Camp Verde Transfer Station.