Prescott Valley News

This 85-foot blue spruce from Arizona's Apache Sitgreaves National Forest that will serve as the Capitol Christmas tree in Washington, D.C. The 7,000-pound tree that is taller than a seven-story building.

Prescott Valley police arrested a woman Friday on suspicion that she made 47 fraudulent credit card charges.

The City of Prescott has not paid bills totaling $328,228 over the past year for services Prescott Valley has provided for the Big Chino water pipeline project.

A woman suspected of identity theft has made more than 47 charges, including some in Prescott Valley and Mayer, on a stolen credit card account number, according to the Gilbert Police Department.

PRESCOTT VALLEY - The City of Prescott has not paid bills totaling $328,228 over the past year for services Prescott Valley has provided for the Big Chino water pipeline project. Bill Kauppi, management service director for Prescott Valley, showed four detailed invoices that his office has sent to Prescott's Big Chino project manager, Jim Holt, over the past year. The bills state payments are due within a month.

A school bus driver from Prescott Valley is accused of taking illegal pictures of a teenage girl.

Two men and one juvenile have been arrested in connection with numerous burglaries in Yavapai County, sheriff's investigators said.

Former Dewey resident Alfonso Santillan, Jr. is one of 19 Arizona veterans who, this past Friday, received the highest honor awarded by the Governor for their contributions to fellow veterans and Arizona citizens. A recipient of two Purple Hearts, Santillan, 62, joins 184 Arizona veterans who have been inducted to the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame since 2001. See more on PrescottValleyTribune.com

PRESCOTT VALLEY - Bradshaw Mountain High School celebrated a 26-18 victory on Prescott's field on Sept. 11 as a disappointed Badger team headed off. It was opposite sides of a rivalry game. With one game to go in the regular season, that game's impact is proving to be a lot bigger than just for cross-town bragging rights.

PRESCOTT VALLEY - The Class 4A, Division I state football tournament begins in one week. As far as Bradshaw Mountain is concerned, it will be on its way to the second round. That's because the team approached Thursday night's regular season finale versus visting Avondale Agua Fria as its first-round game.

The Department of Public Safety confirmed one fatality Thursday evening in a multiple-car collision near mile post 276 between Dewey-Humboldt and Mayer.

Officials have released surveillance photos, hoping someone will recognize the suspect in an identity theft case and call police.

Mayer Firefighter Dave Lattman shares a hug with Buster during training Saturday in Prescott Valley.

DEWEY-HUMBOLDT - Yavapai County Sheriff's deputies arrested an armed man Saturday afternoon after he allegedly threatened neighbors and led deputies on a chase. Deputies responded to a reported family fight. Before reaching the location, the girlfriend of Bruce Burger, 46, warned deputies that the suspect was distraught and armed with a rifle inside the home.

PRESCOTT VALLEY - Police arrested a 20-year-old Phoenix man on suspicion of assault Sunday morning after he allegedly stunned a man in the head with a stun gun. The incident apparently occurred after the suspect, Nicholas McCracken, got into a fight with a 30-year-old Prescott Valley man in the parking lot of the Denny's restaurant.

Members of Yavapai Classic Cruisers on Oct. 15 presented a $1,000 check to the Prescott Valley Meals on Wheels directors Betty Robinson and Mary Wise.

After almost four years of alienation, frustration and poverty, the Verde River Basin Partnership has decided enough is enough.

Les Stukenberg/ The Daily Courier Prescott Valley Police leave after clearing the scene of a bank robbery on Friday afternoon at the Country Bank branch at the corner of Glassford Hill Road and Center Court.

Prescott Valley Police are looking for a person who robbed the Country Bank at gunpoint Friday afternoon. "At 2:56 p.m., Prescott Valley officers responded to Country Bank at 3044 Glassford Hill Road for a report of an armed robbery..."

PRESCOTT VALLEY - The lobbyist representing the Town of Prescott Valley and the City of Prescott in the Big Chino water project has replaced its public relations firm with an operator with higher statewide visibility. Mitch Menlove, a lobbyist with offices in Phoenix and Washington, D.C., confirmed that he replaced subcontractor Policy Development Group with Rose & Allyn Public Relations, both of Phoenix.