Camp Verde News

Prescott Valley police late Thursday night arrested the owner of a vehicle that contained what officers initially thought was an improvised explosive device.

Prescott Police SWAT team member Jon Brambilla prepares to gear down after a suspect was taken into custody at 10:30 Friday morning in the 4400 block of Romero Circle West in Prescott Valley.

We would all like to be able to help out the economy by shopping at small-town businesses, but we often think no shops around here have what we need.

A man was arrested on Tuesday after police said he admitted to shaking his 9-month-old son, who underwent surgery for bleeding in the brain, Prescott officers said.

Camp Verde's $34,000 contribution to keep the doors open at Fort Verde for the next eight months needn't be without a little quid pro quo .

A salt mine and gypsum mine in the Camp Verde indicate the last vestiges of the lake were in that area.

The Camp Verde Marshal's Office ordered the entire Camp Verde School District complex into lockdown on Monday following a call made by someone claiming to be armed and on the high school campus.

Everything flows down hill, and Arizona's budget problems are no exception. Estimates are starting to roll in on the impact of the state's multi-billion-dollar shortfall for the 2010-11 fiscal year, as it relates to Arizona's cities and towns.

Camp Verde High School in Camp Verde, Ariz., is on active lockdown, the district superintendent's office confirmed Monday morning.

The Camp Verde Marshal's Office ordered the entire Camp Verde School District complex into lockdown on Monday following a call made by someone claiming to be armed and on the high school campus.

This year's wine harvest was a mixed bag ... or was it a bottle? As far as quantity is concerned it appears that increase in the number of vines now producing more than offset losses from a spring frost and late rains.

Charges have now been lodged against a 14-year-old girl who drove her mom's car and struck a neighbor and her small dog on a nearby street. The girl admitted taking her mom's Toyota without her knowledge and losing control while driving on Swinging Bridge Lane.

DPS is investigating two separate collisions in which two people died while driving in the high country.

* English Language Learners Coordinator Steve Hicks told the board the ELL program had again met its Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives, with 30 to 40 percent testing out of the program last year.

During the last of week of October, Yavapai Sheriff's Office detectives got information from jail intelligence unit about an inmate plan to smuggle drugs into the Camp Verde jail.

Officials at Fort Verde State Historic Park in Camp Verde are inviting the public to a Veterans Day flag retirement ceremony at 1 p.m. this Saturday.

The Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agency granted the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office a three-year contract extension earlier this month that permits local law enforcement officers who complete specialized training to enforce immigration law and identify foreign-born criminals.

For many in the Verde Valley, especially commuters, the arrival of a regular Cottonwood-to-Sedona bus system is a dream come true.

Beaver Creek School Just as voters approved the bond election for Beaver Creek School, which will allow the district to building a new kitchen and cafeteria, the cafeteria is requesting some new equipment.

It's high-tech and upscale: The new Camp Verde Superior Courthouse is ready for judges to dispense justice.