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Jon Hecht

2 Sedona bars join state lawsuit

As COVID-19 cases rise in the state, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order closing bars throughout Arizona on June 29. “It is necessary to impose additional measures to protect public health and safety and mitigate the strain on...

NAH postpones plans to change Sedona facility

Several weeks ago, Northern Arizona Healthcare announced plans to re-evaluate their involvement in Sedona, including the possibility of changing the NAH Sedona Emergency Department. Though the hospital system had not made any clear decision on the fate of their...

Sylvia Allen hopes for 4th term

Sylvia Allen, who has represented Legislative District 6 in the Arizona State Senate since 2015, is seeking re-election to a fourth term — the last she can serve under term limits. She visited Camp Verde on Friday, June 12, along...

Northern Arizona Healthcare insists it is not abandoning Sedona

For several weeks, Northern Arizona Healthcare has been a focus of concern among Sedona residents, ever since sources suggested that the hospital would be limiting the services offered at its Sedona Emergency Department. Calls to NAH administrators and board members...

No evidence of ‘out-of-town looters’ coming to Verde Valley

With protests, sometimes violent, spreading around the country and harsh police crackdowns in response, the whole nation is on high alert. On Sunday, May 31, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey imposed an 8 p.m. curfew statewide, with heavy protests and riots...

Ducey announces 8 p.m. statewide curfew (updates)

In response to escalating protests in both Arizona cities and around the country after the killings of black individuals such as George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department and Dion Johnson by Arizona Department of Public Safety, both on...

Verde Valley crime low in the shutdown

With two months of social distancing reaching a point of lessened severity, the Verde Valley is experiencing an end of an unusual period in its history. While public health experts insisted that the shutdown of normal life and requiring people...

Verde Valley Medical Center restarts elective surgery

After a blitz in coronavirus testing led to a commensurate increase in reported cases of the deadly virus in the Verde Valley, the area has seen its spread again level off. As of press time on Friday, May 22, Yavapai...

Yavapai County holds virtual public meeting for Verde Connect

In December 2018, the Federal Highway Administration approved a grant application from Yavapai County to build a road connecting Cornville Road with State Route 260. The project, dubbed Verde Connect, is approved to receive $25 million from the FHA in...

State extends blitz to test for COVID cases

On Saturday, May 16, I joined hundreds of others in getting a COVID-19 test from Spectrum Healthcare. I pulled up in my car to the parking lot of Spectrum’s offices at 651 W. Mingus Ave., in Cottonwood, and was greeted...

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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