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Students sip up wine class, learning viticulture and enology

Southwest Wine Center bottles last of season’s grapes into future vintage Yavapai College’s Southwest Wine Center routinely turns water into wine. In preparation of the final bottling of its season, on July 18, Jason McCluskey took four of his students through...

College board OKs budget despite fairness issues

While the Yavapai College District Governing Board voted unanimously to approve the college’s fiscal year 2027 budget — something the board hasn’t done since 2020 — District 3 Rep. Toby Payne still had some misgivings about it. His concerns include...

Verde Valley starts county phonics initiative

Beginning this academic semester, Yavapai County became the first in the state to start a new phonics-based teaching initiative — with financial support from the county. County School Superintendent Steve King said The Science of Reading initiative, focuses on...

Yavapai Community College closes Sedona culinary school

Yavapai Community College announced internally on April 28 that it has closed the culinary school at its Sedona Center campus. “The college is relocating the academic culinary program to the Prescott campus for the fall term,” the internal announcement...

Steve King and Yavapai County lobby for federal Secure Rural Schools funds

Yavapai County School Superintendent Steve King addressed a meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Sedona Bell Rock on Tuesday, April 1, his first speech to the group following his victory in an uncontested general election last year. King said...

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Sedona Fire District looking for historical photos

Residents’ memories of station to be incorporated in new Station 4 Sedona’s firefighters have been saving lives and properties for...

Halloween coming to Sedona & Verde Valley

Halloween fun is coming to Sedona and the Verde Valley. Sedona Uptown Trick-or-Treat will spread the joy of the season, along...
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