Dan Engler is the editor of the Verde Independent and Camp Verde Bugle.
Never let it be said the Jerome Town Council did not give the issue of paid parking exemptions for residents a fair hearing.
For the second time in less than a week, a Verde Valley resident has been arrested for alleged felony driving under the influence with their own children as passengers in the car.
Looking back over the years, there probably wasn’t a single hat that Lew Currier, Al Palmieri or Jane Moore has not worn in their service to the town. We’ve lost count of the times we saw former Mayor Jay Kinsella swinging a pick ax while working on town crews repairing leaking water lines.
Trash, water and sewer. For decades, in cities and towns across America, people received a monthly bill from their local municipality for these three essential services.
Summer doldrums are quickly forgotten in the Verde Valley when you turn the calendar page to September.
Without fail, Mingus Union head cross country coach Dave Moncibaez frequently reminds his freshman and sophomore runners that they are the future of his program.
What’s scary about this massive drug busts is not what was prevented from entering the Verde Valley, but what actually gets through at other times.
SEDONA – Nineteen-year-old Thomas W. Zielinski allegedly was in the parking lot of Sedona Red Rock Junior-Senior High School last week with a gun, potentially to intimidate a student. Further, he allegedly arrived on the school campus in a car Thursday after being issued a no trespassing order earlier in the day.
Social media pundits are ablaze this week with comments about the resulting smoke that has inundated the Verde Valley from the Saber Fire north of Sedona and Sheridan Fire in the Chino Valley area.
The Beaver Creek communities of Lake Montezuma, Rimrock and McGuireville have become the epicenter for the Verde Valley’s latest growth and development challenges.
