Jerome News

Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier Jerome Schneeberger hops off his horse during the match tie down roping at the Chuck Sheppard Memorial Roping Friday night at the Prescott Rodeo Grounds.

Jerome Elks Lodge #1361 in Clarkdale held its' annual Youth Week Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 2. Following a spaghetti dinner, Donna Giles, President of the Elks Lodge, began the awards presentation by introducing Bill Frazier, Chairman of the Hoop Shoot, to call up four attending winners of this year's Hoop Shoot Free Throw contest.

The Verde Independent May 3 had a front-page and an editorial page article about closing the Clarkdale-Jerome School campus for security reasons that stem from being in the wake of the Sandy Hook School tragedy.

The public can learn more about climate change through a PowerPoint presentation at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Prescott Public Library .

A single rider on a motorcycle from Prescott Valley apparently hit some gravel Sunday afternoon and went down on his bike about milepost 343 on State Route 89A, above Jerome.

The Yavapai Library Network is expanding its automated telephone messaging and answering service to the Verde Valley.

While Arizona conjures up desert images of parched landscapes and nothing but Saguaro cactus for miles, the Verde Valley in the northern part of the state has emerged as a prime location for vineyards.

Like a dazzling display of fireworks, Independence Day promises to elicit many ooos and aaaaas from the crowd celebrating in Clarkdale, Arizona.

The monthly sales tax reports from the Arizona Department of Revenue continue to indicate that communities in the Verde Valley are seeing improvement in the economy.