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Bill Helm

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March 23, Camp Verde softball defeated Tonopah Valley 11-2. The team is now 1-1 on season.

By Bill Helm March 26, 2021
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Should House Bill 2123 become law, students could not be suspended nor expelled unless they are at least 8 years old.

By Bill Helm March 25, 2021
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Tim Wiggle has announced his retirement as sergeant of Camp Verde’s Volunteers In Policing program.

By Bill Helm March 25, 2021
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Wednesday, the Camp Verde Town Council will consider a $50,000 grant agreement between the Town of Camp Verde and the Nature Conservancy.

By Bill Helm March 23, 2021
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It’s been almost seven years since Dustin Richardson started working at the Camp Verde Marshal’s Office.

By Bill Helm March 23, 2021
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Freshman grappler finishes fourth in state
Camp Verde’s Angel Casillas wins five matches

At this year’s state wrestling championships, Camp Verde freshman Angel Casillas finished fourth in his 113-pound weight class.

By Bill Helm March 22, 2021
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Phase II also means that Parks and Recreation can more aggressively make plans to offer its Friday trips, as well as Little League and pickleball, Marshall also said.

By Bill Helm March 15, 2021
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Noah Zimmerman is one of three multi-sport athletes Camp Verde track and field coach Amy Wall is counting on this year.

By Bill Helm March 12, 2021
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Camp Verde baseball looks forward to full season
Cowboys return three starters from last year’s COVID-shortened campaign

Camp Verde baseball coach Will Davis is still getting to know his team. One thing he does know, senior Peyton Kelley will pitch and play the infield this year.

By Bill Helm March 12, 2021
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Jenna Huey to play softball at Phoenix College
Camp Verde softball team prepares for March 22 season opener at home against Payson

Jenna Huey will play softball at Phoenix College. Huey graduates from Camp Verde High School in May.

By Bill Helm March 11, 2021
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Season ends as Camp Verde boys basketball team loses by 3 to Page
Cowboys finish season 11-8 with first-round playoff defeat on road

Four Camp Verde starters scored in double digits Wednesday, but it wasn’t enough as Page beat the visiting Cowboys 57-54 in the first round of the Arizona Boys Basketball State Championships.

By Bill Helm March 11, 2021
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Camp Verde travels to Chino Valley for golf rules clinic
Cowboys prepare for March 23 season opener at Oak Creek Country Club

Last year’s Camp Verde golf team played one match before being shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Bill Helm March 10, 2021
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Camp Vere wrestling coach Larry Allred has announced his lineup for the March 16-17 Arizona Wrestling State Championships.

By Bill Helm March 9, 2021
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The Camp Verde Town Council recently agreed to pay Bruce George $15,000 to settle his defamation lawsuit out of court.

By Bill Helm March 9, 2021
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Camp Verde's girls basketball team finished its season winning five of its final 10 games

By Bill Helm March 9, 2021
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Camp Verde boys basketball team faces Page in first round of 3A state playoffs
Cowboys play on the road in Page at 7 p.m. Wednesday

At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Camp Verde's boys basketball team faces Page, in Page, in the first round of the 3A state championships.

By Bill Helm March 8, 2021
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Clarkdale-Jerome students are likely to spend 180 days in school next year.

By Bill Helm March 5, 2021
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This year, Beaver Creek students attend school 144 days. Next year just might be the same.

By Bill Helm March 5, 2021
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Camp Verde wrestlers eye state tournament
Cowboys finish 11-3 in regular season with season-ending wins against Prescott, Page

Camp Verde's wrestlers finished their regular season a collective 11-3 with wins Feb. 26 at Prescott and Feb. 17 at home against Page.

By Bill Helm March 5, 2021
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A Camp Verde man with two businesses had made the commitment to be even busier.

By Bill Helm March 5, 2021
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Thanks to a recent commitment of CARES Act money, the Camp Vere Arena Association is about $56,000 closer to finishing its equestrian center.

By Bill Helm March 5, 2021
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Aliyah Alpert wins third consecutive spelling bee
Six Verde Valley students compete in 75th annual Yavapai County event

For the third consecutive year, a home schooled student from Prescott has won Yavapai County’s annual spelling bee.

By Bill Helm March 5, 2021
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At 8 a.m. Saturday, the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) will broadcast its annual soccer and basketball bracket release show on 1580 AM, as well as 95.9 and 99.3 FM.

By Bill Helm March 3, 2021
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Classroom spending up for most Verde Valley schools
Still thousands of dollars per child less than the national average

Four of the Verde Valley’s six school districts spend more money on instruction than the state average.

By Bill Helm March 2, 2021
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‘Cash on Delivery’ is a hilarious comedy full of mistaken identities, slamming doors – and a con that spirals out of control.

By Bill Helm March 2, 2021
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Mason worked as associate planner for five years before he started a business in San Diego, a business now operated by his son-in-law.

By Bill Helm March 1, 2021
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Phase I of Camp Verde’s newest large-scale residential real estate development will soon be half-way completed.

By Bill Helm March 1, 2021
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Camp Verde scored 32 first-quarter points Tuesday on its way to defeating the Parker Broncs at home, 68-33.

By Bill Helm February 26, 2021
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Known for her rebounding, Daijah Thompson scored two points in her first game back to the Camp Verde lineup.

By Bill Helm February 26, 2021
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Normally, the Camp Verde wrestling team’s final two duals would be an opportunity to get ready for sectionals.

By Bill Helm February 26, 2021
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In December, Cottonwood-Oak Creek Superintendent Steve King announced he’d delayed plans to set up the district’s schools with sunshades for outdoor education.

By Bill Helm February 26, 2021
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The annual Sodexo Future Chefs Challenge is another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Bill Helm February 25, 2021
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Monday, the Arizona State House voted that community colleges should be able to offer baccalaureate degrees to students.

By Bill Helm February 25, 2021
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Four-plus-one with Cottonwood-Oak Creek’s Friday programs
More than 350 of the district’s students choose to be on campus half-day rather than go virtual

For the foreseeable future, Cottonwood-Oak Creek students are on campus four days each week.

By Bill Helm February 23, 2021
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Curbside recycling pickup business coming to Verde Valley
Recyclops launches customer campaign, needs 100 customers to serve community

A curbside pickup recycling company is making plans to offer its services in Camp Verde and Cottonwood.

By Bill Helm February 23, 2021
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Camp Verde boys basketball team defeats Sedona, 73-46
James, Salas-Zorrilla combine for 41 points to lead Cowboys

Saturday, Camp Verde won at Sedona, 73-46 as Devon James scored 21 points for the visiting Cowboys basketball team.

By Bill Helm February 22, 2021
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Camp Verde wrestler Steven Bahe hasn’t lost since Jan. 23 at Wickenburg. A junior, Bahe is improving pretty much every time he takes the mat against an opponent.

By Bill Helm February 19, 2021
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The return of junior forward Daijah Thompson to the lineup gives Camp Verde’s girls basketball team its full contingent, head coach Mark Showers said Friday.

By Bill Helm February 19, 2021
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A Camp Verde man who filed a defamation lawsuit in September 2020 against the Town of Camp Verde and two of its council members will no longer take his case to court.

By Bill Helm February 19, 2021
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Soon, NAH hopes to have clinics set up in the Verde Valley, Chief Quality Officer John Mougin said Monday.

By Bill Helm February 16, 2021
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Two weeks ago, the Camp Verde Town Council appointed Todd Scantlebury to the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission.

By Bill Helm February 16, 2021
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Season over for Camp Verde's Christoph Castro
Junior point guard breaks ankle in Feb. 9 loss to Page

Camp Verde guard Christoph Castro's season ended on Feb. 9 when he broke his ankle against Page.

By Bill Helm February 15, 2021
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Camp Verde wrestlers host St. John's at 4 p.m. Tuesday, then face Round Valley at 5 p.m. Friday on the road.

By Bill Helm February 15, 2021
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This week, Camp Verde girls basketball plays Fountain Hills on the road (Feb. 16), Northwest Christian at home (Feb. 18), then Sedona on the road (Feb. 20). Each game this week starts at 5:30 p.m.

By Bill Helm February 15, 2021
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Verde Valley Valentine's Day love stories
Build-a-Bear brings Blaine and Robyn Kelly together

“Once I walked in with my date, I saw my friend and his date, Robyn,” Kelly said. “I stopped in my tracks and became speechless. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen."

By Bill Helm February 14, 2021
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Board Member Lori Drake voted against reopening on Feb. 22, she said, because she had wanted school to reopen its doors earlier.

By Bill Helm February 12, 2021
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After seven years at Clarkdale-Jerome School, Steve Doerksen has tendered his resignation.

By Bill Helm February 12, 2021
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A Camp Verde man arrested for allegedly running a large-scale psychedelics business may have started a Native American church to justify selling the illegal drugs, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said in a Feb. 9 news release.

By Bill Helm February 10, 2021
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Tuesday, the Clarkdale-Jerome School Board voted unanimously to return to full in-person learning on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Monday, Feb. 15 is Presidents Day, and schools will be closed.

By Bill Helm February 10, 2021
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Each gourd is a new adventure for Nora Graf. And Graf, a Camp Verde resident, has been fond of adventures as long as she’s been fond of just about anything.

By Bill Helm February 9, 2021

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