The Yavapai College District Governing Board voted to eliminate all travel from its budget to help address the rising cost of attorneys fees during its Jan. 14 meeting. The board budget’s total for this fiscal year was $257,013, with expenditures...

While we are a hyper-local newspaper, there are often news items in Arizona or the nation that pique our interest with regard to democracy, the rule of law, journalism or the Constitution and warrant a public discussion in our...

After Yavapai College Board District 3 Representative Toby Payne brought up concerns in May 2025 of the budget being unfair toward taxpayers on this side of Mingus Mountain, including the areas around the Verde Valley campus in Clarkdale and...

Yavapai Community College President Lisa Rhine and District 2 Rep. Deb McCasland are continuing the unconstitutional attacks on college officials — but this time, their joint assault is not directed at college staffers under threat of termination, but directly...

Yavapai College Governing Board Chairwoman Deb McCasland sent an email to board members requesting they sign the board’s Code of Ethics before the academic year began in early September. After a full semester — and nearly a year of...