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Yavapai County cancels all Verde Valley’s uncontested school board races before vote

Nearly all school board elections in Yavapai County scheduled that were to take place in the Tuesday, Nov. 3, General Election were canceled by the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors because the races were set to be uncontested. The...

School board seats open for Nov. ballot

Yavapai County voters will decide 61 different seats on local school boards on the Tuesday, Nov. 3, General Election. The Yavapai County Education Service Agency, which runs the election, is currently accepting statements of interest from potential candidates. "People should run...

Secure Rural Schools federal funding secured for 3 years

On Dec. 18, President Donald Trump signed the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 into law as a three-year extension of the program, which was last reauthorized in February 2021 for fiscal years 2021 to ’23. “It’s wonderful,” Sedona-Oak...

Yavapai College board over budget on attorneys fees

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...

Yavapai County Board Supervisors OK $20K for phonics initiative

Yavapai County School Superintendent Steve King provided an update on the Yavapai County Education Service Agency’s rollout of The Science of Reading initiative during the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors meeting on Jan. 7. “This is the only county —...

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Yavapai County supervisors reject YCSO’s new APLRs

Three Ekin Patrol mobile license plate reader cameras pulled off consent agenda and unanimously denied The Yavapai County Board of...

Big Park school closing date is extended

The closing date for the $10 million sale of the former Big Park Community School was extended for a...
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