Cottonwood News

Nov. 30, around 12:30 a.m., Yavapai County sheriff's deputies were called to the 1600 block of South Carpenter Lane in Verde Village, regarding suspicious people and vehicles in the area.

Verde Valley Caregivers is in need of volunteers to help install Guardian Angel Medical Alert Units to older adults who live alone and are at risk for falling down.

From Cottonwood to Camp Verde to Clarkdale and up the mountain to Jerome, no one throws out the welcome mat for the holiday season as does the Verde Valley.

Cottonwood's Old Town district provided ample proof Friday that traditional mom-and-pop stores can compete with big box retailers on Black Friday.

Minerals Research and Recovery has been harvesting a former copper mine slag near an Ajo, Ariz., for abrasives for things like sand paper and asphalt roofing tile.

Fire personnel installed smoke detectors in 35 homes and distributed an additional five detectors to residents in the community who wanted to install the detectors themselves.

Eight-year-old Leah Pedersen sat in her booster seat Tuesday afternoon as a stylist at Teaser's salon in Cottonwood put eight inches of her long blonde hair into a ponytail and snipped it through.

The Verde Valley Voices will hold their Christmas Concert "Be Joytful!" Saturday Dec. 7 at the Mingus Union High School Auditorium,.

Thank you, Chief Fanning and Sergeant Savage. My wife and I had the opportunity to attend and complete the Cottonwood Citizen Police Academy, class of 2013.

The Loft opened in 2010 in answer to the lack of shelter for our homeless neighbors.

With the Flying High Turkey Drive complete, the Old Town Mission began distribution of complete Thanksgiving Day meals on Tuesday morning, continuing on a first come-first serve basis until exhausting the 600+ meal boxes.

Bread of Life feeds a hot dinner to people in need on Tuesdays at the Camp Verde Community Center gym.

Rudy and Michelle Stadelman of Graham's Integrity Auto Sales, with Cottonwood firefighters in attendance, give $1,500 worth of Thanksgiving turkeys to the Old Town Mission at the Flying High Turkey Drive.

Acme Pizza in Cottonwood delivered an early Christmas gift to the Verde Valley Pink Heals organization on Saturday, November 23, presenting Verde Valley Pink Heals representatives Rosemarie Shemaitis, Carol Bottjer and Deanna King with a check for $6,651.68.

Yavapai County announces the appointment of George Lee to the Planning and Zoning Commission.

The Cottonwood City Council held a joint meeting with its Youth Commission last Tuesday, both, to meet the newly re-organized board and to hear about their most important concerns.

It's been awhile folks, but we've got ourselves a good old-fashioned zoning fight going on in Cottonwood.

Aunt Rita's Foundation is launching a statewide awareness campaign across Arizona.

The Cottonwood City Council has received a plaque and a check for $1100 from the Amateur Softball Association.

Yavapai County Assistant Public Works Director Mike Willette and ADOT's Prescott District Supervisor Alvin Stump gave a presentation Monday on Arizona 260 improvements to the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors.