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Commentary: Big challenges await new Mingus Union School Board
It’s an unenviable list of tasks awaiting the new Mingus Union School Board that takes office in January.
Hargrove out as Mingus Union superintendent (with video)
COTTONWOOD – The Mingus Union School Board expeditiously ended its employment with Penny Hargrove Saturday morning.
Sheriff’s Office: Verde Village man fires into neighborhood before turning gun on himself
A Verde Village man is dead after he first fired a gun into his neighborhood while police were attempting to execute a search warrant and then turned the gun on himself.
Babcock the lone Mingus runner to qualify for state cross country championship race
Mingus Union High School’s cross country season came to an end Friday for all but one runner.
Editorial: Cottonwood at key crossroads in search for new city manager
For the city, Cottonwood is at a philosophical crossroads as it moves forward in the search for a city manager to succeed Doug Bartosh.
Commentary: Questions abound over ‘grounding’ of Mingus Union superintendent
Like the dutiful parent whose child comes home with a lousy report card, the Mingus Union School Board grounded Superintendent Penny Hargrove last week.
Commentary: It takes entire community to make community events successful
The experiment called Camp Verde Promotions has been a case study in the adage that no good deed goes unpunished.
Babcock, Rogers pace Mingus effort in Bradshaw Invite
Mingus Union came home with five medalists at Saturday’s Bradshaw Mountain Cross Country Invitational.
Commentary: ‘You can’t make this stuff up’ -- State Historian Marshall Trimble remembers ‘Lefty’ Ortiz
Reader testimonials and funeral home memorials offer ample evidence that it was a life lived well and full for Cottonwood’s Eugene “Lefty” Ortiz
Round 4: Mingus Union School Board Q&A -- Jason Finger
Consolidation would certainly make aligning K-12 curriculum simpler. However, in the absence of consolidation, aligning K-12 curriculum with both Cottonwood and Clarkdale would require a huge amount of communication and cooperation.
