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Verde Valley leaders reflect on one-year anniversary of COVID pandemic

It’s been one year since COVID-19 began reshaping our lives. On March 15, 2020, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey ordered all school districts to close down for the foresee­able future due to COVID- 19, which had been declared a pandemic by...

Virus showed the world’s connectedness

According to Becker’s Hospital Review, as of 6 a.m. Eastern Time on Sunday, March 7, 116,363,405 vaccine doses had been distributed in the U.S. with 90,351,750 administered, or 77.65%. Some 58,873,710 people had received one or more doses of the...

Vaccinations in the Verde Valley already slowing

On Dec. 22, Verde Valley Medical Center began inoculating its staff against COVID-19, putting health care providers at the front of the line for receiving the vaccine. Vaccinating health care workers is part of the Phase 1A scheduling, in accordance...

Arizona’s COVID numbers slow

The good news is, statewide the number of COVID-19- related cases are decreasing. The bad news is, it may be quite a while until any semblance of true normalcy returns. That was the message from Sedona City Manager Justin Clifton...

Ducey orders gyms, bars, theaters closed

On Monday, June 29, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced bars, gyms, water parks, tubing opera­tors and movie theaters would be closed statewide for 30 days. The order is limited to bars with a series 6 liquor license, i.e., bars that...

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The Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a conceptual review for a planned renovation and rebranding of the Best Western...

VOCA rejects Superior, Supreme Court decisions on STR ban

Following the Arizona Supreme Court’s rejection of the Village of Oakcreek Association’s short-term rental ban, which upheld the previous...
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