Dewey News

This week's photo and hint: It's an effort to remember ... and never forget. Matt Hinshaw/The Daily Courier The correct answer for this past week's "What is it, where is it?" is: the Chino Valley Animal Hospital logo on its sign in Chino Valley.

A search for a used copier on Craigslist didn't result in a purchase, but it did bring a windfall to Mayer Unified School District in educational software totaling more than $25,000. Cheri Baumgartner, who works in the district's Special Services Office, said she called about a posting for used office supplies on the Internet site Craigslist from a ...

Several Yavapai County residents were among those receiving Arizona Farm Bureau awards Thursday night at the group's annual convention in Carefree.

At the November 10, 2009 City Council meeting, Charles Mosley, Director of Public works outlined various options for replacing the biosolids drying beds at the city's Wasterwater Reclamation Plant.

Kathy, Jan and Corrine Bowles had just moved to Prescott from Iowa in March 1956 when they visited the Veterans Memorial Island in Prescott.

Four talented youngsters will compete this week in the Yavapai Symphony Guild's Young Musician Competition, which delivers substantial scholarship money to students in grades 6-12. The top winners in each of four categories within two divisions - grades 6-9 and grades 10-12 - will perform Tuesday, Nov.

The on-again, off-again status of pumpkins at the former Young's Farm is on again.

The federal government is pumping millions of dollars into Arizona's national forests for dozens of projects, from cutting underbrush that fuels wildfires to repairing roads and trails to sealing abandoned mines.

BALLROOM DANCE, 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. at the Adult Center of Prescott, 1280 E. Rosser St.

A proposed new pumpkin patch on the former Young's Farm at the southeast corner of highways 69 and 169 in Dewey-Humboldt will not open to the public after the property owner nixed a caretaker's plans on Friday.

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

EDITOR: After attending the Sept. 10 meeting at Abia Judd Elementary School, at which a small group of people tried to convince residents to incorporate Williamson Valley as a town, I felt compelled to write in protest of this movement.

Local animal lovers will turn the Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza into a dog haven this weekend - both for the pampered pets expected to show up in a range of costumes, and for the rescued animals looking for a home.

Les Stukenberg/ The Daily Courier Central Yavapai firefighters spray down a propane tank that ignited as fire completely gutted a detached garage Tuesday morning in the 1300 block of South Gladstone Avenue in Dewey-Humbildt. Courier reader Don Lee shot the fire from another perspective .

Stopped along Broadway Street in Clarkdale near the Tuzigoot turn off Monday, was the 100-year-old Perkins' homestead house.

ECSTATIC DANCE, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at The Fitness Place Dance Studio, 215 N. McCormick, lower level, back entrance.

The Yavapai County Attorney's Office has filed felony charges against Elise Townsend, a former Prescott-area developer and state Senate candidate.

The Yavapai County Farm Bureau took stances on state and federal water issues at its annual banquet and meeting last and so did Yavapai County Supervisor Carol Springer while speaking to members.

Central Yavapai Fire Chief Mike Parrish, second from left, huddles with firefighters after they quickly extinguished a house fire in the 2000 block of Pony Way in Dewey-Humboldt on Tuesday afternoon.

Joanna Dodder/ The Daily Courier Stacey Frederick and Ryan Gordon of Oregon State University are featuring the Prescott area in their DVD about successful community fire-wise efforts.