Prescott AZ (May 24, 2013) – The Arizona Game and Fish Department office in Kingman will host a meeting in Prescott, Arizona, to seek public input in developing a new hunting and fishing license structure and fees, as authorized by the recent passage of Senate Bill 1223. A meeting will be held May 30, 2013, from 6-8 p.m. in Prescott at the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors room at 1015 Fair... 

Sedona AZ (May 10, 2013) – Yavapai College is nearing successful completion of all projects funded under the $69.5 million Yavapai College General Obligations Bond Issuance of November 2000. Yavapai County residents voted in 2000 to approve a $69.5 million bond to facilitate renovations and new construction, outlined in the district’s 2000 Campus Master Plan, which will be completed this... 

PRESCOTT AZ (April 22, 2013) – The Whiskey Off-Road Mountain Bike event will take place on Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28, 2013, in Prescott. In the interest of public safety and high use of Forest Road 373 during the event, the Prescott National Forest will close a portion of Forest Service Road 373 on both days. Closure: Beginning at the junction of Copper Basin Road and FS Road 373... 

Prescott AZ (April 10, 2013) – The Arizona Department of Transportation advises the Arizona traveling public of the following roadwork scheduled for April 11 and 12, 2013: Crews are scheduled to remove and replace pavement on AZ State Route 89A in Prescott Valley at the intersection of Coyote Springs Road (mileposts 324-325) this week. The pavement improvement work on Thursday and Friday, April... 

Elk statue relocated by owner to Phoenix Prescott AZ (April 3, 2013) – Media reports yesterday caused the owner of two reportedly stolen statues to call the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office and advise both were safe and sound. The owner indicated that eight years ago he sold the property on Heavenwood Lane, Prescott, Arizona, with a purchase agreement to remove the statues at... 

Richie Wilson arrested for cocaine possession Sedona AZ (March 6, 2013) – On March 1, 2013, at approximately 7:15 in the evening, a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office K9 deputy stopped a black Nissan Murano driving without lights and following too closely on north Arizona Interstate 17, just south of the State Highway 169 junction. The driver was identified as 38-year-old Richie Wilson and his... 

Phone scams bilk thousands of dollars – don’t be a victim! Sedona AZ (February 2, 2013) – Even with ongoing media notifications and community alerts by crime prevention officials to residents throughout the county and country, the “Grandparent” telephone scam continues to victimize our senior citizens. The calls originate from locations all over the world. Please share this information... 

Sedona AZ (January 11, 2013) – Late this afternoon, Department of Public Safety officials notified Sheriff Scott Mascher that YCSO Lt. Wayne Loughrige, 51, and his son, Joseph Arter, 17, were both killed in single vehicle collision. The accident occurred on southbound Highway 69, milepost 277, in Humboldt, Arizona. DPS officers indicate a 2005 Dodge Durango, driven by Wayne, drifted into the... 

Senator Highway landslide Prescott AZ (December 31, 2012) – Denny Foulk, Yavapai County Emergency Management Coordinator, provided the following update today regarding the landside on Arizona’s Senator Highway: “Yavapai County Public Works will be evaluating existing hazards which remain on the Senator Highway landslide site. In the interest of public safety, Senator Highway will... 

Patrick Williams sentenced to 37 years for Streppa murder Chino Valley AZ (December 3, 2012) – Almost two years to the day after committing a savage murder, this morning, the Honorable Tina Ainley of the Yavapai County Superior Court, committed Patrick Williams, 20, of Chino Valley, Arizona, to 37 years in the Arizona State Hospital for the murder of his 67 year-old neighbor. Williams received...