Prescott Valley Tribune

rescott Valley is the 11th safest city in Arizona, according to a new ranking by a data collection company called SafeWise.

Number one pick for Dewey-Humboldt town manager, Richard Heath, has withdrawn from consideration before a Special Council session scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, April 15, to discuss contract negotiations.

Three important people working or volunteering at Bradshaw Mountain Middle School were honored Tuesday, April 9, at the Humboldt Unified School District Governing Board meeting.

Congratulations to Hayleigh Flippen from Liberty Traditional for being this week’s HUSD Student of the Week.

Families can enjoy food, games, history re-enactments, gold panning, contests, drawings, survivalist demonstrations, live music and more.

The residents of the Blue Hills area of Dewey-Humboldt can rest a little easier knowing their properties are better protected from fire thanks to the late Paul Manganella, who donated a 5-acre parcel of land in the Blue Hills, and to the Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority (CAFMA) for providing funds and work.

Humboldt Elementary School has won the traveling Hungry Kids Food Drive trophy for the fourth straight year.

Project Harvest is still accepting rainwater harvesters in the Dewey-Humboldt/Mayer area to participate in a citizen science project ...

Already, 196 students at Bradshaw Mountain High School have expressed an interest in participating in an Army Junior ROTC program. Now they can make plans for the 2019-20 school year.

Prescott Valley children and their families celebrated the annual rite of spring with the town’s 16th Family Arts Festival and EGGstravaganza on the lawn of the Prescott Valley Civic Center April 13.

Events and happenings along the Highway 69 corridor from Mayer to Cordes Junction.

Earth Day and the Firewise Expo are Saturday, April 20, between Gurley and Union streets in Prescott.

Town of Prescott Valley staff will brief the council Thursday, April 18, on the planned process for public review and comment of a draft Emergency Evacuation Access Plan. Council meets at 5:30 p.m. in the Prescott Valley Public Library auditorium, 7401 E. Skoog Blvd.

Orme School once again has a baseball team!

PHOENIX — Rising beef prices are pushing up the cost of eating at home.

Yavapai County has two native species of cottonwood trees in addition to the native quaking aspen trees.

During the course of my life, I’ve noticed that when children don’t get their way, they want to change the rules.

After conducting a time and cost study, Yavapai County Community Health Services (CHS) is looking at increasing its environmental health fees received for inspections and reviews of restaurant, hotel, school, and other kitchens.

WASHINGTON – They said they had “seen the unseeable,” and when astronomers Wednesday unveiled the first-ever pictures of a black hole deep in space, the audience erupted in applause.

An attorney for members of various political parties told a federal judge Friday she should order a statewide election -- and soon -- to let voters fill the Senate seat now occupied by Martha McSally.

Taylor Hicks first-grader Aden Bowman loves breakfast, especially when he can eat it at the zoo while watching the antics of four Canadian lynx just a few feet away from where he dines.

The Arizona Department of Health Services issued a report on Friday warning that higher exemptions from vaccines are putting the state at risk this year for an outbreak of measles, mumps and other preventable diseases.

Life is about rules, whether we like it or not.

Editorial cartoon (2): April 14, 2019

Editorial cartoon (1): April 14, 2019