Camp Verde News Archives

Wednesday, the Camp Verde Town Council, and much of the public for that matter, will hear of a regional planning effort instigated by the Prescott National Forest known as the Verde Front.

Because H1N1 flu vaccine shipments have not arrived on schedule, Yavapai County Community Health Services has had to make the difficult decision to cancel the Saturday H1N1 flu shot clinics due to inadequate supply of vaccine.

With the ink still drying on an interim agreement between the Town of Camp Verde and Arizona State Parks, discussions have begun on an arrangement that will keep Fort Verde open for the long term.

Verde Valley Newspapers came away from the Western News&Info., Inc., annual Editorial Seminar with 21 awards for its work over the past year.

Parkside Community Church's Fall Fun night is a family affair, with plenty activities for children of all ages.

Any question about Camp Verde's ability to shift sponsorship of its special events from public to private was answered two weeks ago, thanks to the success of this year's Fort Verde Days.

Thanks to an increase in sales tax rates by the city council, Cottonwood is the only Verde Valley community to continue to show a jump in both retail sales tax and total sales tax from month to month.

A Cottonwood man was killed when he walked in front of an SUV on SR 260 near Western Drive Sunday night shortly after 7 p.m. Camp Verde fire units responded to the fatality, since Verde Valley Fire Crews had already been dispatched to a serious rollover north of Bridgeport.

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors on Monday hired four architect firms to draw design plans for four construction projects that have been on hold for more than a year.

Although an official ruling won't come until later today or Thursday, Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Michael Bluff said the City of Prescott should have put Council candidate Paul Katan's name on next month's ballot.

While awaiting $1 million still owed by the state, the Camp Verde Unified School District approved the Annual Financial Report .

The first of what may be several rulings in the case of the wood yard on Murdock Lane has come down in favor of the Zellner family and their co plaintiff's, California Hotwood.

Arizona motorists are going to have to stand in line longer for driver licenses and look farther for rest areas to nap, stretch their legs and relieve themselves.

The Beaver Creek Golf Course has been purchased by Beaver Creek Redevelopment Company, a corporation formed Oct. 9. The golf course went to auction Oct. 14 on the courthouse steps in Prescott. There were no bidders, but there were about 20 Beaver Creek area residents in attendance, according to resident Janet Aniol.

"I help save the world," says Todd Becker, "a little bit every day." Becker, the Business Development manager at APS Energy Services, received the OK to get started on an energy-saving assessment of Camp Verde Unified School District .

The investigation into the two deaths and numerous injuries that occurred during a James Arthur Ray "Spiritual Warrior" seminar at the Angel Valley Retreat near Sedona has turned from a death investigation into a homicide investigation, Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh said.

On its lower reach, West Clear Creek Canyon is wide, wet and inviting. But just 4 to 5 miles up it becomes an extremely narrow canyon, passable only by floating ponds and scaling cliffs.

Verde Valley Fire District is hosting the fourth annual Fire & Steel Run to benefit Trauma Intervention Programs of Arizona this Saturday.

Cottonwood Police detectives have received an indictment and arrest warrant for Damian Christopher Andre, former owner of Arizona Payroll Systems, Inc.

Montezuma-Rimrock Fire District helped clean-up an early morning head-on collision Monday between MP 297 and 298.

A 75-year-old Cottonwood man, said to be a Catholic deacon, has been arrested and charged with sexual conduct and other offenses against a 10-year-old boy, said to be a friend of the family.

Prescott police arrested a Chino Valley man on charges of theft of a motor vehicle and many other felonies Saturday afternoon after he drove his car into a yard on Pinon Drive.

Saturday, Yavapai County Sheriff's deputies charged a 47-year-old Sedona man with aggravated driving under the influence and felony endangerment.

Two people have died and a total of 18 were treated at one of three medical centers Thursday night when participants collapsed after a New Age-type sweat lodge experience near Sedona.

Fort Verde Days is both a homecoming and a commemoration of the military fort that once kept the community of Camp Verde alive.

Being a stranger in a strange land can be...well...strange. But not always in a bad way.

Authorities say officers arrested six people suspected in several Prescott area burglaries.

Dane Bullard, the former finance director for the Town of Camp Verde, has voluntarily surrender his Certified Public Accountant's license as part of an investigation being conducted by the State Board of Accountancy.

Just a couple weeks ago, Mayer Elementary School conducted a scheduled fire drill.

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors on Monday rejected American Pride Painting's low bid to paint the outside walls at the Camp Verde jail, and instead voted to hire Listol Painting Inc., the second-lowest bidder.

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors on Monday could vote to hire a contractor to paint the exterior walls of the Camp Verde jail.

After five years of litigation and thousands of dollars spent on attorneys and expert witnesses, finality may be in sight for three Camp Verde area families battling Salt River Project over wells on their property.

The Fort Verde Days 2009 celebration will be held on Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11.

According to Joyce Wilson of the Camp Verde Arts Council, the Fort Verde Days Art Show is about as old as Fort Verde Days.

Mayer water pirates beware. Mayer Domestic Water Improvement District officials are ready and willing to prosecute for water theft.