Yavapai County News

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is conducting a series of meetings to gather public comments about how to structure its new hunting and fishing license fees.

Joanna Dodder/The Daily Courier Yavapai Cemetery Association volunteer Norma Read places flags on veterans' graves at the historic Citizens' Cemetery in Prescott, in preparation for the Memorial Day observance.

Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier Marty Grossman and Patty Lasker celebrate as Grossman wins the Prescott Valley Town Council seat in a close race against Matt Zurcher Tuesday night.

BBNPhoto/Pat Williamson Tom Torres and Linda Jackson, Prescott National Forest, and Larry Pennington, Arizona Game & Fish, speak to attendees at an informational meeting on OHV roads and use at the Mayer Rec Center on May 14.

In a race that pitted two incumbent Cottonwood City Council members against each other, Tim Elinski emerged the victor over Linda Norman in Tuesday's Cottonwood general election by almost a 60 to 40 percent margin.

Dan Maxson was last seen by his family at his home May 10. Maxson's family reported him missing Friday May 16 and he was entered into the national database as a missing person.

MATFORCE Executive Director Merilee Fowler and Prescott Valley Interim Chief of Police James Edelstein display prescription drug drop boxes that are now available at 10 locations throughout the county.

Special to the Review The U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans to implement fire-use restrictions Wednesday, May 22, on the Agua Fria National Monument and all other BLM lands in Yavapai County.

Lisa Irish Special to the Review Another police officer has been punished for his actions in a December bar fight on Whiskey Row .

In cooperation with the National Forests and Yavapai County, the City of Cottonwood is implementing fire restrictions effective Wednesday at 8 a.m. These restrictions prohibit all open fires and campfires.

The election for Marty Grossman or Matt Zurcher to fill a vacant Town Council seat is coming to the finish line this evening.

Lisa Irish Special to the Tribune Internal investigations continue into Prescott Valley, DPS and Phoenix Police officer's conduct during the Iron Brotherhood incident and subsequent investigations, while Prescott Police say they are not conducting an internal investigation.

He was the Yavapai County administrator from 1982 until 2007, when he retired. But not long after that, the Board of Supervisors realized the county would need someone to oversee a major series of building projects.

Yavapai County Sheriff's Office Deputy Mark Boan was fired Friday in connection with his conduct during investigations of a fight between a bar patron and Iron Brotherhood members on Dec.

A Yavapai County sheriff's deputy whose actions were investigated following a brawl involving a motorcycle club at a Prescott bar has been fired.

Attendees and vendors fill Tim's Toyota Center in Prescott Valley at a previous Yavapai County Contractors Association Home & Garden Show.

Two men 29 years apart with first names starting with the letter "M"- one never married, the other a new father - are vying for a two-year seat on the Town Council in the May 21 runoff election.

A Rimrock man was arrested after leaving his roommate's body at a fire station. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said Daniel Harrison, 30, drove to the Montezuma/Rimrock Fire Station Sunday morning and reported the apparent death of a female seated inside his truck.

Eduardo Arteaga Vera, who last month pleaded guilty to kidnapping a teenage girl and attempting to rape her, on Tuesday tried to renege on the plea agreement before the judge refused and sentenced him in a way the county attorney's office said may be incorrect.

On Friday, May 10, at about 10:30 p.m., Yavapai County Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched to the 13000 block of E. Central Avenue in response to a 911 hang-up. Deputies arrived within three minutes, said Yavapai County Sheriff's spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn. D'Evelyn said a woman in her 50s answered the door.