As an area almost entirely surrounded by national forest land, the Verde Valley is no stranger to camping. Every year, residents of the Verde Valley can expect tourists traveling from Phoenix...

Artist Ann Metlay and the Coalition Against Human Trafficking — Northern Arizona are teaming up Saturday, June 15, at the Camp Verde Community Library for a movie, presentation and artist...

Iris Yang, a Sedona author, will speak Saturday, June 15, at 11 a.m. at Cottonwood Public Library about her two historical novels on the Flying Tigers, an American volunteer group,...

The Sedona International Film Festival will present the Northern Arizona premiere of the award-winning new documentary “Amazing Grace,” screening Friday, June 14, through Thursday, June 20, at the Mary D....

Pepsi Amphitheater at Fort Tuthill Park has announced the Friday, June 14, concert appearance of Grammy award-nominated Rebelution as part of the reggae rock group’s Good Vibes Summer Tour with...

It’s no secret that Sedona is an expensive place to live. That, coupled with an increasing number of short-term vacation rentals reducing the long-term rental market, has resulted in what...

A familiar refrain in any government decision-making process is the admonition to “let us vote on it.”

We came through Sedona for the first time in late August 1969. It looked like a gorgeous place that was almost empty. We have come back to Sedona ever since and finally moved to VOC in 2012.

The towering, often terrifying thunderstorms that signal the start of Arizona’s monsoon season typically begin in mid-June and last through the end of September, but meteorologists say we’ll likely see a delayed start this year.

CAMP VERDE – Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Michael Bluff has extended the state’s deadline to June 21 to respond to a motion from Cody Delafuente’s attorney to remand his domestic violence case to the grand jury for a redetermination of probable cause.

Thanks to the efforts of Eagle Scout candidate Kristjan Kilichowski, the Camp Verde Heritage Pool opened on schedule with a great new look.

CAMP VERDE – In January, a 32-year-old Cottonwood woman was arrested on burglary and theft charges of an Old Town business.

The trial of No More Deaths volunteer Scott Warren ended Tuesday without a verdict. Warren faced 20 years behind bars on charges of conspiring to transport and harbor two undocumented immigrants he encountered in the desert of southern Arizona last year.

From 7 a.m. until just before parade time, come have pancakes, sausage and coffee at Rollins Park, located at the Lake Montezuma Village Square, across from the Ranch House.

CLINTS WELL – Coconino National Forest leadership has issued a temporary closure order for public safety for the Coldwater Fire area where interior pockets of unburned fuel will continue to have fire activity.

The other day, the wispy clouds and the bit of moisture in the air combined to produce a rare sight: a sun halo.

Seth Backus, who has been on the run from law enforcement for months, was arrested Wednesday morning, June 12, in Glendale during an operation by members of the Arizona Division of United States Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force.

PHOENIX -- A man who held up a Tempe bank cannot be convicted of armed robbery simply because he placed a closed pocket knife on the counter while reaching into his pocket for a bag, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

PHOENIX — The owners of the state’s largest race track are weighing whether to sue to block a new law about who is entitled to get televised signals for out-of-state races.

When I took off this morning the smoke was pretty intense, so I pointed the nose up and to the north.

COTTONWOOD -- Verde Valley residents Tuesday got their first up-close look at the various routes under consideration for the Verde Connect project, which proposes a new two-lane highway and bridge over the Verde River between Cornville Road and the roundabouts on SR260 between Cottonwood and Camp Verde.

But who to employ as superintendent was not addressed, at least not in open session, as Board President Lori Drake motioned that district counsel Susan Segal “act according to our instructions in executive session.”