Local

Search efforts continued Sunday afternoon for a missing teen-age girl lost in a flash flood Saturday.

One person was killed in a Saturday house fire in Cornville.

Flash flood warnings continue today as rescue workers are trying to locate a teen-age girl washed away Saturday.

The City of Cottonwood is not going to take a position — for now — on whether the entire Verde Valley ends up in the same state and federal districts after this year’s redistricting process.

Clarkdale is going to have its say in the redistricting process.

The American Heritage Academy Principal Steve Doerksen is getting a kick out of preparing for his first open house.

Karachi, Pakistan, has 14.91 million and is 8,325 miles from the Verde Lakes properties.

A Rimrock man accused of trying to light a home on fire with his family inside has agreed to a plea bargain and is due to be sentenced next month.

Award-winning journalist Brian M. Bergner Jr. is the new editor of Verde Valley Newspapers, Inc.

The City of Sedona is accepting applications for the 2021 Citizens Academy, according to a news release Thursday.

The Prescott National Forest Service announced that it has rescinded all fire restrictions, according to a news release Tuesday.

The Camp Verde Marshal’s Office continues its search for a suspect, who allegedly robbed a gas station using a knife last week, according to a news release Wednesday.

Yavapai County Board of Supervisors Chairman Craig Brown took the unincorporated areas of Yavapai County back to Stage I fire restrictions a few days after all national forests in Northern Arizona made a similar change.

Students interested in free-tuition classes in Yavapai College’s new Verde Valley Skilled Trades Center can tour the new facility at the upcoming open house.

A bulldozer on Saturday morning, July 17, was clearing away some of the slag material from a slide at the huge slag pile near the Verde River in Clarkdale.

Tony Ontiveros didn’t have much time for lunch as he stopped in a local restaurant with his three employees Friday. He’s even headed to the Sun’s playoff game Saturday.

The proposed Salt Mine Ranches subdivision had its preliminary plat approved unanimously by the Camp Verde Town Council.

Arizona has had more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases in five of the past six days.

A man wanted for discharging a weapon within city limits and a DUI in Yavapai County was located in Davao City on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, according to a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office news release Monday, July 19.

The butter had barely dried from all the smiling faces at Saturday’s Corn Fest, but it was already clear that this year’s event would be a big success.

The National Park Service announced last week the selection of Lloyd Masayumptewa as superintendent of Camp Verde’s Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments in Clarkdale, according to a news release Friday.

The Town of Clarkdale going to make major infrastructure improvements — but will get some more advice first.

Leila Ranzi welcomed a line of guests to the Blazin’ M Ranch on Wednesday, July 14, which was opening night for the popular Western-themed venue after closing for the pandemic more than a year ago.

Verde Valley Homeless Coalition is about to open the first overnight homeless shelter in Cottonwood after decades of attempts to get the homeless off the streets and out of washes at night.

Arizona Flywheeler President Gary Covert, accompanied by members Ginny and Steve Rench, donated a check for $1,000 on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, to support the purchase of a High Tunnel Greenhouse for the Oak Creek School agriculture program garden.