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Vyto Starinskas
Photo Journalist

928-634-2241 Extension: 6031

vstarinskas@verdenews.com

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A homeowner sustained minor burn injuries when his shed caught on fire on Saturday and sent a plume of smoke into the late afternoon air, according to the Cottonwood Fire Department.

By Vyto Starinskas April 17, 2024
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Outgoing Superintendent Steve King honored at Clemenceau Museum
Hugs and cherry cobbler for retiring COCUSD leader

Outgoing, longtime Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District Superintendent Steve King was honored by the Clemenceau Museum during its annual volunteer recognition luncheon in the Clemenceau’s gym on Wednesday, April 10.

By Vyto Starinskas April 16, 2024
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No one has seen anything like it before. Blurred bicyclists blasting around downtown streets, closed off by hay bails, and cheered on by local townspeople.

By Vyto Starinskas April 13, 2024
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Former Police Chief Stephen Gesell filed a lawsuit against the City of Cottonwood and six current and former city officials in Yavapai County Superior Court on March 28.

By Vyto Starinskas April 13, 2024
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Birds take center stage
Annual Birding & Nature Fest April 24-28

The Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival 2024 is Thursday, April 25, to Sunday, April 28, at Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood.

By Vyto Starinskas April 13, 2024
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The Mingus Union High School District Governing Board will consider accepting the resignation of Principal Genie Gee at its special meeting at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 12, according to the meeting’s agenda.

By Vyto Starinskas April 11, 2024
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Generations will ask themselves, “Where were you during the eclipse of 2024?”

By Vyto Starinskas April 11, 2024
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Reggie Breen has opened the Skate Rat Board Shop, the first skateboard store for the local skateboard community to open in years.

By Vyto Starinskas April 10, 2024
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Wolfgang Forbes graduated from Northern Arizona University in 2016 as a geologist. While he was working in an extremely remote area in California on April 15, 2018, his truck went over a cliff area.

By Vyto Starinskas April 9, 2024
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A bunch of food trucks are setting up a wagon train, of sorts, in front of Tractor Supply every first and third Wednesdays of the month for a new culinary parking lot experience in the Verde Valley.

By Vyto Starinskas April 9, 2024

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