Yavapai County News

Yavapai County sheriff's deputies chased a man through miles of back roads near Spring Valley after he allegedly threatened to assault his estranged wife and take their children away, officials said.

Authorities are reminding outdoor enthusiasts to avoid leaving valuables in their cars after a string of vehicle burglaries at a recreation area near Camp Verde.

It wasn't her, it was the dog. That apparently will be the defense strategy of Laura Ann King, the 21-year-old Prescott Valley resident charged with animal cruelty in the Feb.

The following is a press release from the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office: 3TV / YCSO On June 29, 2009, at approximately 5:15 P.M., a Yavapai County Sheriff's Office deputy was flagged down by two motorists on Beaverhead Flat Road at milepost 4. One of the motorists, a 49-year-old female from Clarkdale, was extremely distraught and explained she ...

The federal government is setting aside areas of western Arizona's La Paz County for a solar energy study.

Authorities say an Arizona man suspected in a California murder was arrested by sheriff's detectives in Prescott Sunday.

The following is a press release from the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office: 3TV / YCSO On June 27, 2009, at approximately 3:30 P.M., Yavapai County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a reported family fight in the 20000 block of E. Perry Road, Black Canyon City.

Following the PANT presentation, an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer spoke to the students.

Yavapai County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested four young men and a teenage girl on suspicion of marijuana possession Tuesday in Cottonwood.

Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Howard D. Hinson Jr. will resign Sept 30 in an agreement that will resolve misconduct allegations.

A full-grown male bear is continuing to elude Arizona Game and Fish officers, who are tracking it in the Yavapai Hills subdivision near Highway 69 in Prescott.

Prescott authorities battled a fire that began after a truck reportedly ruptured a natural gas line in northwest Prescott Wednesday afternoon.

Officials say a series of residential burglaries in a Prescott neighborhood were reported to the Yavapai County Sheriffa s Office on Tuesday, along with a home alarm call at another house.

One month after two members of the Sedona Fire District Governing Board were found guilty of violating open meeting laws, district residents have started a recall on Don Harr and Charles Christensen.

Two teenage friends playing a game of "car tag" were arrested after a sheriff's deputy spotted them driving erratically.

Yavapai County Health Department employees Laura delaFuente and Sharmel Jordan direct volunteer evacuee Debbie Lyons and her dog Billy to the evacuation shelter during a Yavapai County Health Department and Red Cross evacuation drill at the Yavapai County Fairgrounds in Prescott Valley on Thursday.

Sheriff's officials in Yavapai County have recovered the body of a hiker believed to have fallen from a trail paralleling Oak Creek Canyon.

Jordan Shipp, 12, a student at Granite Mountain Middle School, displays the winning design he submitted in the contest for the Yavapai County Fair Premium Book.

Prescott police detectives arrested a 20-year-old Kingman man Tuesday for allegedly engaging in sexual acts with an 8-year-old girl during a church camping event.

PRESCOTT, AZ a ' Two people were arrested after they apparently fled on quads from a deputy on a Prescott highway, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office on Thursday.