Prescott Valley Tribune

Lori Hunt and April Hepperle apparently each clinched a four-year term on the Prescott Valley Town Council Tuesday night, Aug. 4, as they were the two highest vote getters in the 2020 primary.

Two men staying at a Prescott Valley motel were arrested and charged with three felony counts related to firing guns in the motel’s parking lot on Sunday, Aug. 2, according to a Prescott Valley Police Department news release.

The Prescott Valley Police Department launched its new and easy to use Silent Witness reporting button last week, located on the Prescott Valley Police Department Website.

The Town of Prescott Valley this past week announced that the Sunset Lane Project, which included widening, paving and installing storm drains and sidewalks on Sunset Lane from Pine View to Prescott East Highway, is complete.

Richard Savage has worked for Walmart in Prescott Valley for the past six years, and he says he’s grateful for the giant retailer’s commitment to military veterans and their families.

The Mediterranean diet is inspired by the eating trends of people from Italy and Greece in the 1960s. The diet has long been touted as a healthy way to eat.

We are over half-way through the year and things are still nuts! At times we get brief glimpses of hope then just like that it’s gone.

Although it was not technically the first day of classes at Liberty Traditional School on Monday, administrators, teachers and staff tried to make student orientation go as smoothly as possible amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Humboldt Unified School District’s new superintendent, John Pothast, is not afraid to veer off course, ride down a bumpy path, or stretch his mental or physical stamina to reach a chosen destination.

The Town of Prescott Valley has announced that the Sunset Lane Project, which includes widening, paving and installation of storm drains and sidewalks on Sunset Lane from Pine View to Prescott East Highway, is complete.

This past week was five days of calls for window condensation. We know that window condensation can be a real pain in the glass!

The Northern Arizona Suns will relocate from Prescott Valley to Phoenix for the 2020-2021 NBA G League season before being sold to the NBA’s Detroit Pistons organization, a Phoenix Suns news release confirmed Wednesday, July 29.

Each and every one of us has been dared by colleagues to do something, go somewhere, or to act in some way that is outside our normal behavior pattern.

The Prescott Valley Police Department’s (PVPD) Animal Control Division urges dog owners to leash, license and vaccinate their dogs against rabies to comply with Prescott Valley Town Ordinance Chapter 6, a PVPD news release states.

Of all of the issues confronting the Prescott Valley Town Council over the next four years, how the town should try to handle its growth in population and construction rises to the top of the list.

The Prescott Valley Police Department (PVPD) will be play host to a police recruit and lateral police officer testing at 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22.

Fishing at Fain Lake and the two effluent ponds at Mountain Valley Park will continue unimpeded in the coming years thanks to a $20,500 grant from the Arizona Game and Fish Department that will improve the waters’ aeration systems.

Arizona’s monsoon season has arrived. National Weather Service officials state that the season runs from June 15 through Sept. 30.

Ice cream and hot days are a perfect match. Ice cream can be served in many different ways - from sundaes to cakes to sandwiches.

The Yavapai County Contractors Association reported this past week that the number of permits issued for single-family homes and manufactured homes in the Quad Cities increased substantially from May to June, likely buoyed by historically-low mortgage rates and following a national trend.

Traditionally, the Prescott Valley Police Department (PVPD) sponsors an annual Relay for Life fundraiser for cancer research at the Civic Center, 7501 E. Skoog Blvd. However, because of COVID-19 restrictions, the 2020 event has been canceled.

In a unanimous vote Thursday night, July 23, the Humboldt Unified School District Governing Board pushed back a return to school classrooms until after the first quarter of the 2020-21 school year.

First of all, I hope that all of you reading this are healthy, your family is healthy and you have a positive outlook. We all know of people who have been affected by COVID-19 and have health issues, we all know of people who have lost their loved ones. Please stay positive.

The Arizona Downs horseracing track in Prescott Valley canceled its 2020 summer season on July 22, citing public-safety concerns and state orders restricting public gatherings because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Construction has resumed for the new Circle K gas station and convenience store planned for the southeast corner of Glassford Hill Road and Highway 69.