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Jon Hecht

COVID year was deadlier than official counts

The past year was a dangerous one. Over 600,000 people in the United States are confirmed to have been killed by COVID-19 since the first American death of the pandemic in February 2020. Since its first death from coronavirus on...

Sedona’s home prices surge due to California exodus, COVID, remote work & short-term rentals

Four times a year, Randy Crewse, of Arizona Prime Real Estate, puts together an analysis of the state of the real estate market in Sedona and the surrounding areas, taking into account home prices, the number of homes on...

FDA resumes J&J vaccines

The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is back in service. On April 13, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that due to rare cases of blood clots among six recipients, the vaccine...

Overdose deaths up from fentanyl

The year 2020 was a bad one for drug deaths in Yavapai County. The area saw 82 overdose deaths, a 20.5% increase compared to 68 in 2019, according to MATForce, a local drug prevention nonprofit. However, drug experts in the...

Vaccinations slowing down in Yavapai County

A few weeks ago, Yavapai County had trouble securing enough COVID-19 vaccines for the people who wanted them. Spectrum Healthcare set up two large inoculation sites — one at Verde Valley Christian Church in Cottonwood and another at Findlay Toyota...

Inspiration at Cottonwood to break ground

In April 2018, the Cottonwood City Council unanimously approved a plan to rezone 9.01 acres of land on State Route 89A, near Candy Lane, from Commercial and Industrial to Planned Area Development, allowing for the construction of a new...

COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expands to all adults

On March 16, Yavapai County expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to anyone over the age of 55, as well as those below 55 with chronic medical conditions and essential workers. Just over a week later, the county announced on Thursday, March...

State expands vaccine range

On March 16, Yavapai County announced that appoint­ments for COVID-19 vaccinations would be open to Phase 1C, encompassing adults age 55 years and older, broadly defined “essential workers” and those below 55 with health conditions, especially obesity, asthma and...

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...

COVID surge on its decline

Starting in late November, the Verde Valley experienced an increase in new COVID cases, which public health leaders have attributed heavily to gatherings around the holidays — first Thanksgiving, then the Christmas and New Year’s break. Whereas in the first...

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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