Ash Fork News

Rental vacancy rates in the Phoenix area are at an all-time high. Landlords are often stuck with empty properties for months, increasing the risk of vandalism and increasing the risk of loosing their insurance: [ Thanks L! ] Liz and Jerry Dawson expect their three Valley rental homes to be vacant at times, but they were unprepared to be hit by ...

Crews have been working to repair the bridge deck on the SR 89 Hell Canyon Bridge.

Property owners in seven school districts will see an additional school tax on their 2009 tax bills - Mountain Institute/JTED. The Mountain Institute is the official name of the Joint Technological Education District voters in the Bagdad, Ash Fork, Seligman, Chino Valley, Prescott, Humboldt and Mayer school districts approved in the November 2008 ...

Arizona Route 66 aficionado Jeff Jensen noticed that a semi-obscure alignment of old Route 66 east of the Crookton Road exit of Interstate 40, west of Ash Fork, suddenly had recently sprouted a bunch of "for sale" signs.

Yavapai County supervisors Tuesday reclassified two positions in the Medical Examiner's office as medico-legal death investigators.

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors meets most of the day Tuesday with a possible lunch break around noon.

Marshall Trimble will visit Oracle Historical Society in September. Mark your calendars! Marshall Trimble, cowboy, singer, storyteller, and Arizona's Official State Historian, will appear at the Oracle Historical Societys Acadia Ranch Museum, 825 Mt.

As high school students from Bagdad to Mayer return to school this year, they can enroll in career and technical education courses along with their regular classes.

The food banks across Yavapai County need your help. "Until our load of commodities from the USDA came in this week we were practically out of everything," Yavapai Food Bank Executive Director Ann Wilson said Thursday.

June 28, 2008 Three Air Evac crewmembers were injured when their medical helicoper crashed about 100 yards off Highway 89 just south of Ash Fork.

The Yavapai County Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday will tackle Adolfo Escarsega Castillo's request for a use permit so he can renew and expand an existing auto repair business in Ash Fork.

This view of the Grand Canyon by Geri Kodey is also included in the "Down the Colorado and Bypassed Byways" exhibit at UNLV.

Facing deep funding cuts during the economic downturn, increasing numbers of school districts nationwide are contemplating trimming the traditional school week to four days to save money.