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A wet winter and spring followed by a hot, dry summer can be a dangerous combination in the Western U.S. The rain fuels bountiful vegetation growth, and when summer heat dries out that vegetation, it can leave grasses and shrubs ready to burn.

By By Camille Stevens-Rumann and Jude Bayham February 20, 2024
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Jesse Owens was the grandson of enslaved people and the son of Alabama sharecroppers. Luz Long studied law at the University of Leipzig and was the physical embodiment of Hitler’s nationalistic ideal.

By By The Foundation for a Better Life February 20, 2024
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A brewing zoning controversy in Clarkdale is shining a spotlight on the “gold rush” that has hit the Verde Valley. Real estate developer Jon Lash (Plateau Partners LLC) proposes a zoning change that would more than double the allowable housing density for a new subdivision on Old Clarkdale Parkway.

February 17, 2024
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This is in response to the article on Feb. 10 about Clarkdale’s Historic bandstand. Although I am grateful that the bandstand will now be restored properly, I need to clear up some inaccuracies.

February 17, 2024
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The people who live and work here is what makes it a desirable place to live and raise their families. I have great respect for our police department and know they have a dangerous and difficult job.

February 17, 2024
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I live in Verde Heights in Cottonwood. Apsco Street runs behind my house.

February 17, 2024
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Editorial Cartoon: Michael Ramirez

February 17, 2024
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Booze. Fights. Arrests. A music festival like Coachella? Perhaps a rap concert? Nope. “The Greatest Show on Grass” is always a raucous event.

By Judy Bluhm February 17, 2024
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August 2023 marked my awareness of concerning behaviors from the Cottonwood City Council and members of the Mingus Union High School board.

By Nell Faust, My Turn February 13, 2024
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What a wonderful and caring community in which we live! Thank you to all the volunteers who donated their time ringing the bells for The Salvation Army for several weeks at the storefront of the Camp Verde Bashas’.

February 13, 2024
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Bill Mouskondis is always smiling. He is the son of a Greek immigrant who started a food service company with an old truck and cases of dented cans scavenged from railroad cars.

By The Foundation for a Better Life February 13, 2024
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With the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers set to face off in the 2024 Super Bowl, another conversation now begins in earnest about the TV commercials that will run during one of the most-watched television events of the year.

By Linda & O.C. Ferrell, Auburn University February 11, 2024
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Editorial Cartoon: Michael Ramirez

February 11, 2024
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Oh, Stanley Cup, how we love thee. No, not talking about the championship trophy awarded each year to the National Hockey League’s playoff winner. This “Stanley” is the 40-ounce tumbler that is taking over the world. One cup at a time.

By Judy Bluhm February 10, 2024
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Books can be educational, fun, adventurous, crazy, inspirational, stupid, boring, dishonest, scary and disgusting - just like the people who write them.

By Raquel Hendrickson February 6, 2024

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