Cottonwood News

Joanna Dodder Nellans The Daily Courier COTTONWOOD, Arizona - The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors will be fairly consumed this week with budget work.

The Monday evening meeting of the Cottonwood Planning & Zoning Commission is the third chance to comment on the proposed update of the Cottonwood General Plan 2025.

A Cottonwood accident occurred at 718 S. Main St. at approximately 4:25 p.m., when 70-year-old Daniel Godack of Camp Verde, while parked outside of the dry cleaners, reported his foot slipped off the brake pedal and launched his pickup truck into the front of the building.

In addition to the fire ban called by Yavapai County in conjunction with 4-Northern Arizona Forests, Verde Valley cities and towns are also restricting fire activity.

A lengthy process to allow 90-foot cell towers in two locations in Cottonwood was finally given approval Tuesday night by the City Council.

It has been a double punch for Michele Massaro and Randall's Restaurant is stepping up to help out.

New college board member Al Filardo said, ""In order to accomplish the main intent of the committee that's, for lack of a better terminology, raising Cain about creating a new college, they would really have to create a new county."

Christoph Rose, 33 , was arrested for suspicion of DUI after Cottonwood Police were called to the rollover accident in front of the old Pizza Hut on South Main Street.

Cottonwood and the Old Town Association are promoting Cottonwood this month with billboards placed along the Interstate in Phoenix.

Under Senate Bill 1402, ADOT does not shoulder the cost of laying broadband conduit or fiber.

Courtesy YCSO A hot-air balloon that took off from Cottonwood made a hard landing near Mayer on Monday morning after inadvertently flying over Mingus Mountain in high winds.

Four passengers are being treated at a hospital for minor injuries after a hot air balloon had a hard landing in northern Arizona.

Capt. Troy Hoke of the Cottonwood Fire Department has been named to the MATForce Board of Directors.

Another page was turned Monday as Mayor Diane Joens threw the switch on Cottonwood's ever-growing re-use of wastewater effluent, now called "reclaimed water."

The Rio Verde Roverettes brought the Verde Valley Equine Festival to Cottonwood on April 4-6.

The Cottonwood Parks and Recreation Department will repair cracks in the court surface at the Cottonwood Tennis Center, located at 100 Brian Mickelsen Parkway, during the second week of May. During this time, the Cottonwood Tennis Center will be closed to all users May 11-17.

Supervisor Davis: 'Sometimes we get folks that think this is a position of power instead of a position of service.'

Buy now, save big! The 2014 Verde Valley Fair is just around the corner, April 30th - May 4th.

Prescott National Forest will close the Alto Pit OHV Area to the general public Sunday, April 13, for safety reasons.

Thursday, April 10, shoulder work at 199 S. Sixth St. will begin in Cottonwood. Access onto Sixth Street from Brian Mickelsen Parkway will be restricted to right turn only.