The Spring Valley Property Owners Association is conducting its annual drive for members.

The Legion is asking for the public's help to send more boxes to troops in Afghanistan.

Jesus Cruz and Jenna McLaughlin of Cordes Lakes announce their engagement. Jesus is a graduate of Williams High School and Jenna graduated from Mayer High School, Yavapai College and will graduate in May from Northern Arizona University .

Kids and adults alike were rapt as they awaited Santa's arrival at the Cordes Lakes Library Christmas party on Dec.

About 9:30 a.m. last Wednesday, a Yavapai Sheriff's deputy spotted a Dodge Durango with New Mexico plates on I-17 speeding and following too closely.

Yavapai County Sheriff's deputies found several bundles of marijuana that weighed slightly less than 275 pounds during a traffic stop.

A New Mexico man and his passenger from Colorado have been arrested on drug charges after a Yavapai County sheriff's deputies say they found more than seven pounds of cocaine in the vehicle.

Cordes Lakes Cora was busy again on Sunday, Dec. 13. Students from Orme School and the Mayer High School National Honor Society were at the Cordes Lakes Community Center wrapping the many gifts donated via the Cora's Angel Tree.

Jim Weingartner, who put the project together, talks with Tello as work progresses.

Yavapai County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a Cordes Lakes man on Dec. 6, after he allegedly wounded his girlfriend during a family fight.

A Northern Arizona woman was taken to the hospital Sunday after she was shot during an argument with her intoxicated boyfriend.

Mayer Fire Chief Glenn Brown said his department has turned information about a Nov.

Grant Samsill, Crystle Kathe, Ron Johnson, Caroline Johnson, David Atkerson and Chris Swycaffer pick up food for the Food Pantry in Cordes Lakes.

Photo courtesy Cheryl Hartz Top: Raggedy Ann, AKA Brooke, gathers her courage for the slide; Bottom: a Care Bear and her Spiderman parent.

On Saturday, Oct. 24, many of the old regulars and a few new faces appeared to "Make A Difference" in the ball field at Cordes Lakes.

Cordes Lakes and Black Canyon City both have some fun on tap for the weekend. On Friday, Canon Elementary School will put on a Fall Festival at the old school campus, 18800 Old School Loop Rd.

Community members have worked hard to restore Crystal Lake in Cordes Lakes, and one local Scout is making the restoration his Eagle project.

EDITOR: Another casualty of the recession has been the closing of Schuck and Sons Lumber on Highway 69.

EDITOR: Kudos to the Sheriff's posse for enforcing the leash law! I just want to thank the individual from the Sheriff's posse for enforcing the leash law.

Tom Thurman, Yavapai County Board of Supervisors, saves the County money this past week when he volunteers his time and backhoe to clear away debris from a old trailer fire in Cordes Lakes.