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The Granite Mountain Middle School Drama Club will perform "Romeo and Juliet" Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the school cafetorium. The doors open at 6 p.m.Drama Club sponsor Elaine James wrote a 90-minute adaptation of William Shakespeare's story about the star-crossed young lovers.
The continuing debate over unsewered areas in Prescott came down to a basic question this week: Who should pay?
Local officials know all too well that Arizona's water laws are complicated, but they found out just how complicated they can get during a recent meeting with a state official about proposed new rules.
The Bob Stump VA Medical Center honored its approximately 700 volunteers who, all in all, worked more than 100,000 hours this past year.
When it comes to moving increasing volumes of traffic through South Prescott, it appears to be a matter of bad news, and really, really bad news.
The simplistic thought that anyone with one weekend of gun safety and Arizona law training can act reliably and professionally in a crisis is absurd, as is the option of securing every campus with security personnel and metal detectors.
My wife and I decided to move to this area about March or April of 2007. Everywhere we go, we feel welcome and truly "at home."
Thanks to everyone who donated dresses to the young women of Prescott and the tri-city area for the prom. Some of these young women left with dresses, shoes and jewelry. No one left without a dress. The joy in these young women's eyes was overwhelming.
The good news is that Prescott Unified School District is not laying off any employees. The bad news is they are not getting raises, either.
I remember well the big scare in the 1970s when experts were predicting another Ice Age. Then in the 1980s it was global warming. And if you go back to 1895, the predictions were another Ice Age.
It is the time of year when Yavapai County residents finalize evacuation plans in case of wildfires. The inclusion of all pets needs to be part of that plan.
The Prescott School District Governing Board will use some of the money from the 2006 sale of the Nature Conservatory to pay for a new electrical service panel at the district office.
John B. Johnston, 78, of Prescott, Ariz., born in Los Angeles, Calif., passed away April 29, 2008.
May 8, 1908"Now that we are on the heels of a political campaign, those who make their habitat in old graveyards, where the bones of deceased political scandals protrude from ancient piles of cast-off wreckage may be seen in the darkness of the night at work with the pick, shovel and jimmy, in desperate search for campaign material."
With one more day to go before the opening of their best-of-7 President's Cup series for the Central Hockey League championship, the Colorado Eagles and Arizona Sundogs met with the media and public at a press conference in Prescott Valley. Everyone was on their best behavior ... the teams traded compliments ... officials showed appreciation for the fans ... but come Thursday night, the same two teams will be at war for the right to be called CHL champs.Video length 4 minutes, 10 seconds
Editor:Dr. Serenee Smith's April 15th letter alleging that the airport idea sickens Chino Valley residents deserves a response. As a longtime licensed pilot, now retired, I often watch airplanes take off from Prescott Airport and hope they don't have engine failure with no airport close by to make an emergency landing.
On April 24, the Chino Valley Head Start lease was extended by one year, after which the pre-school must vacate the premises. I addressed the Chino Valley Town Council, angry at its blatant bad faith, excuses and short-sightedness.
A town's budget in somewhat like a household or business budget. Money comes in and someone spends it. And a savings to fall back on in times of need is smart. The Town of Chino Valley is not being smart by not having a contingency fund, money to use for emergency expenses.
We are a smart race of animals; we have mastered the gift of speech, after all. A great many of us primates speak English, which is a very sophisticated and complex language, and yet, we haven't come up with any new forms of swearing for centuries. I, for one, am becoming extremely bored with the same old flavors of curses and oaths.
"The Agriculture Experience" is coming May 10, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Cooper Agriculture Center, enter and park at Olsen's Grain, 344 S. Highway 89.
After nearly a decade of leasing space to Chino Valley Head Start and the Chino Valley Food Bank - a move that has allowed the agencies to maintain a firm presence in the community - the town council is poised to sever ties to both in the coming year.
Down 3-2, No. 4 seed Bradshaw rallied in the seventh inning to beat No. 5 Flagstaff 4-3 in Grand Canyon Region tournament action Thursday. In the bottom of the seventh, Logan Houser reached on a base-on-balls, then advanced to second on Phillip Carver's bunt single. All they needed was Mike Baker's single to score them both.
Playing on former Super Bowl turf now at Moon Valley High School in Phoenix Saturday, the Tri-City Titans beat the Tucson Blaze 27-7 for the Copper Football League championship.
EDITOR: On behalf of the many homeless teens throughout Yavapai County, I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to the members of the Tri-City Community for their generous contributions. Board member Dr. Angusina MacKenzie and Developer George Lee are in the planning stages of the homeless teen shelter, "Wilderness Rock."
It is nice to see our professional and semi-professional sports teams - doing so well this spring. The Arizona Sundogs Central Hockey League hockey team surpassed its exceptional first year run by beating the New Mexico Scorpions and the Laredo Bucks to advance to the Ray Miron President's Cup Finals.
The Central Hockey League, in conjunction with member clubs the Arizona Sundogs and Colorado Eagles, will hold a press conference celebrating the start of the 2008 Ray Miron President's Cup Finals at 12:15 p.m. today in the Daily Courier Lounge on the suite level inside Tim's Toyota Center.
George Jones will be singing many of his top hits, including "He Stopped Loving Her Today," "Why Baby Why," and "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" at Tim's Toyota Center in Prescott Valley Friday at 8 p.m.
Residents can observe the National Day of Prayer from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Prescott Valley Civic Center. The Rev. Don Tjiema, area leader, said the purpose of the event is to gather Christians and churches together to publicly pray for our nation, our leaders and our future leaders who need our prayers now more than ever.
Humboldt Unified School District is sponsoring its 2008-'09 Future Kindergarten Parent Night Thursday, May 1, from 5:30-7 p.m. at each of its elementary campuses.
In a studio surrounded by black and white photos of Hollywood stars, Leon Cardini works his colorful magic restoring and cleaning old paintings. Recognized internationally for his patience and skill, Cardini, 78, can remove all evidence of rips, tears, scrapes and even fire damage.
The Bradshaw Mountain Lady Bears will advance to State softball playoffs despite a couple of low-scoring wins this past week. No. 3 seed Bradshaw defeated No. 6 Coconino 3-0 at home Thursday, then beat No. 2 Mingus in Cottonwood Saturday by the identical score.
The Bradshaw Mountain doubles team of Caitlyn Lonas and Laura Emery entered the State tournament as the No. 4 seed and finished in third place.
The Arizona Sundogs went the distance in their 7-game series with the Laredo Bucks to emerge triumphant this past weekend and advance to the CHL's Ray Miron President's Cup finals. The Sundogs returned to Texas leading the series 3 games to 2. After an embarrassing 9-2 drubbing on Friday, the upstart Sundogs charged back Saturday for a decisive 6-1 victory over the team that's made it to the finals the past four seasons, winning it all in 2004 and '06.
May 2 would be a good day to attend a concert at Tim's Toyota Center. "Why Baby Why?" Because country music legend George Jones will take the Prescott Valley stage.Phoenix resident Cindy Standage and her band will open the show. Standage, who is making waves with her new CD, "Same Red Hair," took a 20-year sabbatical from performing, except for church and to sing her four children to sleep.