Cottonwood News

While the state is hacking away at budgets for education and social services to stay afloat, Cottonwood's Finance director and Administrative Services manager told the Cottonwood Council that some serious belt tightening and an increase of fees is needed and, potentially even staff layoffs, to get through this tough economy slide.

Sure, you can go to a big box store and find the same things everyone else is buying, or you could individualize your holiday giving, while still saving some green.

Yavapai County Superior Court jurors found Byron Dean Ferguson of Cottonwood guilty Wednesday on charges of kidnapping and attempted child molestation after a four-day trial.

Yavapai County Community Health Services will offer H1N1 flu vaccination clinics in Prescott Valley and Cottonwood for high-risk groups from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.

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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.

Editor: Last week I was driving around like I always do with my dogs. I'm sure a few of you have seen me.

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors Monday unanimously approved a zoning amendment to the county's light-pollution ordinance, but split 2-1 on another zoning amendment that lets property owners use park model trailers as a primary home in residential neighborhoods.

No doubt you've heard of Toys for Tots. But what about gifts for grandmas and grandpas? The Elderly Christmas Gift Program began five years ago as a way to ensure older people living alone were not forgotten during the holiday season.

A double rainbow graced the Mingus foothills Friday morning, giving significance to a mutual agreement over future annexations by Cottonwood and Clarkdale.

Yavapai County Community Health Services will hold H1N1 flu vaccination clinics for high-risk priority groups on Saturday, Nov.

Rules changing for reductions in force, salaries
COTTONWOOD - The news for Arizona school districts isn't good. In fact, when it seems that it can't get any worse, it likely will. Much worse. That was the daunting message delivered Thursday night to the Mingus Union High School District Governing Board by Tim Carter, Yavapai County School Superintendent. Carter is making the rounds of all county public districts to let the school boards know what's coming.

The celebration over the successful passage of the Mingus and Cottonwood-Oak Creek budget overrides will be short-lived. The latest budget projections from the state show Arizona’s sinking government ship is beginning to go down like the Titanic. That means we should all expect more across-the-board budget cuts and the resulting loss of government services. K-12 education will be among the hardest hit.

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If you like to see perfect examples of what it means to get your money's worth on an investment, make a point of attending one of the two remaining shows of the Mingus Union High School production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" this weekend. The Mingus theater troupe's final two showings of the William Shakespeare classic will take place Nov. 13-14, 7 p.m., at the new MUHS auditorium.

VERDE VALLEY -- A press conference was planned this (Friday) morning to announce an agreement between Clarkdale and Cottonwood over lands that neighbor each other on both the north and south sides. The two councils have finally agreed to draw a line past which neither municipality would annex.

CORNVILLE -- Musicians and friends will gather in Cornville Sunday to benefit one of the "musical family." There will be great music and plenty of food, prizes and fun. Becky Wilson of Cornville was celebrating her birthday Oct. 25, horseback riding with close friends. Suddenly, her horse spooked and Becky took a fall. She broke a rib and her back was broken in several places. See more on verdenews.com.

COTTONWOOD -- Two construction workers from the Phoenix area were arrested Tuesday in the Super 8 Motel in Cottonwood and charged with possession and use of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.

CAMP VERDE -- 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. Officers monitored phone calls of inmate John Altman, 24, who made plans to get drugs at the county courthouse in Prescott and bring them to the jail.

Even though lawsuits are beginning to appear over the Sweat Lodge deaths at Angel Valley, the criminal investigation into James Arthur Ray's Spiritual Warrior session is far from over. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office has released a new advisory about the investigation that asks the public to be patient with the plodding investigation.

Yavapai County Community Health Services will be holding High Risk H1N1 mass vaccination flu clinics in Prescott Valley at Bradshaw High School's East Campus at 6411 North Robert Road and Cottonwood at the County Complex, 10 South 6th Street this coming Saturday from 9am-1pm. Those at high risk for H1N1 influenza and eligible for the vaccine at this time are...