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Jon Hecht

Coral Evans: Leaders failed to act

In addition to being elected as Flagstaff mayor in 2016 and re-elected two years later, third-generation Arizonan Coral Evans is the executive director of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association and owns a small bath and beauty business. Evans is running as...

Art Babbott runs as moderate

Art Babbott is running for Arizona’s House of Representatives, but he is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. He was elected to the Coconino County Board of Supervisors as an inde­pendent, and now he is running for District 6 as...

Garrison asks for 2nd term on county board

Randy Garrison first ran for Yavapai County supervisor in 2016, but despite only serving for one term so far, he has spent his time as one of the most central players in local politics. Coming from a family that included...

Michaels says county, public are disconnected

Donna Michaels has never run for office before, but she has a long history in civic engagement. The Village of Oak Creek resi­dent was born in Alexandria, Va., and has a doctorate in public policy from Barry University in Miami,...

Cottonwood Police Cmdr. killed by alleged drunk driver

Cottonwood Police Cmdr. Jody Makuch was killed in an off-duty motorcycle crash Sept. 7. At 2:39 p.m., 41-year-old Jason Howard Engel, of Camp Verde, was driving a sport utility vehicle southbound on State Route 89A at Willard Street, within city...

Recovering addicts find help in pandemic

“Addiction is the opposite of connection,” said Damien Browning, a former addict and the executive director of Steps to Recovery. It is one of his favorite mantras and the animating philosophy behind the Cottonwood-based addiction recovery and housing program. In...

Smoke envelops the Verde Valley

Verde Valley residents awoke on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 8 to see … nothing. The normally clear Northern Arizona skies that usually allow residents to see for miles and miles were marred by a white haze, the residue...

Restaurants face permanent changes due to pandemic

JT’s Bistro in Camp Verde did not used to have a heavy focus on takeout or delivery. Until 2020, the upscale bistro had focused on dining in. But with the coronavirus pandemic disrupting the plans of all businesses, especially restaurants...

Report states Verde Connect has ‘no significant impact’

The project aiming to build a road connecting State Route 260 with Cornville Road, dubbed Verde Connect, overcame another hurdle this week, as the Final Environmental Assessment, a necessary part of the process required for the project to begin...

Local bars stung by longer closure

On June 29, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order requiring bars to close down in order to prevent the continued spike of coronavirus cases in the state after allowing them to be reopened for just six weeks...

About Me

Jon is born and bred in the northeast but moved from New York City to Cottonwood in search of beautiful scenery and the small town life. He hikes a lot, and can usually be found sitting in the corner of school board and city council meetings, taking notes. He used to cover national politics for Bustle but likes covering small town politics more. Tell him whatever is going on in your neighborhood because he’ll probably be interested.
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