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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 —...

SOCSD Board votes bonus for superintendent

Correction: The headline on the Friday, Dec. 19, print edition story “Board votes to raise superintendent’s pay” should have read “Board votes bonus for superintendent,” regarding Sedona-Oak Creek School District Tom Swaninger, Ph.D., whose base salary will remain...

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SOCSD bus ‘sideswiped’ by delivery truck

The Sedona-Oak Creek School District school bus on the Yellow Elementary and Village of Oak Creek route was involved...

Blom: A life of volunteering

SOCSD Governing Board member likes meeting new people, hearing stories Sam Blom can be found two or three days a...
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