Cottonwood News

TOP: Seven-year-old Dyatihi Benally and her mother Jeneda from Flagstaff hand out books during their book drive event at Cottonwood, Ariz.

A combination of forces brought the Arizona Culture Challenge to Cottonwood in April.

Hopefully, Independents on the Permanent Early Voter List don't need to be reminded July 12 is the last day to request a Partisan Primary Ballot in the mail.

Cottonwood police and paramedics were dispatched about 4 p.m. Monday on State Route 260 to a one-vehicle rollover accident as monsoon rainfall slickened the roadway.

The new Verde Valley Teen Center hopes to open with the beginning of the new school year the first week of August.

Solstice Whitehouse-Marion is thrilled with her finish in the watermelon-eating contest during the Cottonwood Fantastic Family 4th of July festivities at Cottonwood Kids Park Friday.

With his wife Mary, Residential and Commercial General Contractor John Bassous has owned and operated Tierra Verde Builders for 16 years.

Ethelyn Hartline was the 48 year old Gilbert bicyclist killed in a collision with a van on Cornville Road May 17. The avid bicyclist was among the hundreds of riders that took part in the Bike MS Ride the Vortex event.

The operation will use service trucks like the ones used by CTI to transport cement products from the plant in Clarkdale.

But with increasing frequency, the rest of the world is catching on to the fact that the Verde Valley is one special place to live and visit.

Class VIII of Verde Valley Leadership hosted their criminal justice issue day on Friday June 20, beginning at the Yavapai County Sherriff's Office and Jail.

Most questions focused on water conservation and immigration issues in the state, like the recent influx of teen immigrants who have been staying on federal land.

Starting July 1, the City of Cottonwood Ordinance Enforcement team will be partnering with the Verde Valley Veterinary Hospital, Montezuma Animal Hospital, and Cornville Pet Clinic to provide free spay/neuter services.

Her name is Hope, for good reason. MaryAnn Canning rescued the pup after she witnessed her being thrown out the window of the vehicle in front of her on a highway between Cottonwood and Cornville.

I am writing on behalf the Don Godard and Bill and Margie Grant families to thank the City of Cottonwood and Mayor, Diane Joens for the work they do to preserve the Cottonwood Community Orchard on South Willard Street.

Monday afternoon, Clarkdale Fire crews were dispatched to a brush fire in the intersection of Eagle Ridge Road and Buena Vista Drive.

The Tilted Earth Wine and Music Festival, sponsored by Page Springs Cellars, brought together seventeen Northern Arizona wineries for a daylong celebration on Saturday, June 21, at Riverfront Park in Cottonwood.

A Cottonwood street project that has been in the planning since 2009, finally kicked off Monday morning, as council members, staff and contractors broke ground on the south end of 12th Street.

Cottonwood hit its six-month stride for positive growth in sales tax receipts in May, according to a new report from the Arizona Department of Revenue.

Talking off the top of one's head in a public meeting can be a dangerous practice.