Dewey-Humboldt News

Yavapai County Superior Court Judge William T. Kiger sentenced Andrew Bernard Hellman to 34 years in prison and lifetime probation Monday for child molestation and indecent exposure charges.

UPDATE: Friday, 11:45 a.m.: Raymond Cook, 61, of Mayer, sustained fatal injuries in Thursday night's two-car collision about six miles north of Mayer, the Department of Public Safety confirmed Friday morning.

Dewey-Humboldt's Town Council Tuesday approved a $67,460, one-year contract with a Phoenix design firm to develop a town Open Space and Trails Master Plan.

For the second time in as many years, Dewey-Humboldt voters Tuesday rejected the town's inaugural General Plan by a fairly wide margin, with 60 percent voting it down.

Dewey-Humboldt's town council this week plans to award an Open Space & Trails Master Plan contract and move to annex the remainder of several split parcels along the so-called 200-foot strip on the town's northern border west of Highway 69.

Give a lifesaving performance by donating blood Nov. 16-30 and receive a voucher for one complimentary ticket to a Phoenix Symphony performance.

The Central Yavapai Metropolitan Planning Organization Executive Board voted to approve adoption of a resolution authorizing the addition of the Town of Dewey-Humboldt as a participating agency of the regional transportation planning organization.

If the community of Williamson Valley becomes the Town of Williamson Valley in 2010, residents automatically would get possession of their embattled Williamson Valley Road - or not.

To streamline the repair of town roads, the Dewey-Humboldt Town Council Tuesday awarded a contract to a Prescott-based construction company to complete on-call maintenance.

This past month, the Retiree Connection hosted its first Yavapai College Retiree Connection Volunteer Fair where organizations offered information and signup sheets to those looking to find their niche in the wide world of volunteerism.

At its meeting this week the Dewey-Humboldt Town Council plans to award on-call maintenance contracts for the municipality's roads, which would include work to fill potholes and repair culverts as well as water crossings.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer appointed Prescott attorney Kenton Jones to the Yavapai County Superior Court on Friday.

The Chino Valley Town Council Thursday authorized town staff to reimburse the town to reimburse Fann Contracting, Inc.

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

Andrew Bernard Hellman pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of child molestation, six counts of attempted child molestation, and four counts of indecent exposure.

With about a week to go before the mailing deadline, city and county officials were uncertain Friday about whether a new lawsuit would affect the schedule for the Prescott City Council general election.

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.

Dewey-Humboldt's Town Council Tuesday approved an application for a state grant that would bolster the senior and lower-income population's access to the community's transportation voucher program.

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

Dewey-Humboldt's annual Agua Fria Festival will be bigger and better this year with a newcomer - an Antique Gun and Sporting Arms Show.