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Doug Cook

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Parkway Community Facilities District (CFD) No. 1 plans to increase ad valorem taxes on property owners in fiscal year 2022-23, provided Prescott Valley’s CFD Board approves those CFDs’ final budgets in late June.

By Doug Cook June 7, 2022
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High up in the ponderosa pines of the Prescott National Forest 12 miles southeast of Prescott lies the tiny community of Walker, where an all-volunteer fire department has stood watch for the past 55 years.

By Doug Cook June 4, 2022
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For one day a year, the department allows people to fish on the state’s public waters without a fishing license.

By Doug Cook June 4, 2022
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In the one-year anniversary of the Yavapai County Fallen Officer Memorial at the Courthouse Plaza in downtown Prescott Wednesday, June 1, at least 50 people gathered to pay their respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

By Doug Cook June 1, 2022
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Police Chief Bob Ticer plans to build on the department’s ‘very strong foundation’
Reducing crime, ‘fear of crime,’ improving traffic safety, drug prevention top Ticer’s priority list

Police Chief Bob Ticer, who came on board April 11, told the Prescott Valley Tribune in an hour-long question-and-answer session he wants to build on the department’s very strong foundation.

By Doug Cook May 31, 2022
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Prescott High School’s Class of 2022 sure has plenty of colorful characters. And why wouldn’t it?

By Doug Cook May 28, 2022
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Armadilla Wax Works is moving from its current candle shop in Prescott Valley to its former spot in Prescott, longtime owner/operators Denise Jenike and Kent Buttermann announced May 22.

By Doug Cook May 28, 2022
$153.9M tentative budget OK'd by Prescott Valley Town Council
Public hearing on town’s budget scheduled for June 23 in Public Library’s auditorium

The Prescott Valley Town Council on Thursday, May 26, approved the town’s $153.9 million fiscal year 2022-23 tentative budget, based on recommendations from Town Manager Gilbert Davidson and Finance Director Katie Pehl.

By Doug Cook May 28, 2022
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Bob Ticer represented the Prescott Valley Police Department’s fifth sworn chief in the past 11 years when he came aboard at PVPD’s headquarters, 7601 E. Skoog Blvd., on April 11.

By Doug Cook May 24, 2022
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Bradshaw Mountain High School’s (BMHS) Class of 2022 celebrated its graduation in a classy display of pomp and circumstance Thursday night, May 19, at the Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley.

By Doug Cook May 21, 2022
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For the past month or more, the Prescott Valley Wendy’s restaurant dining room at 3020 Glassford Hill Road has been closed for renovation while its drive-thru service remained operational.

By Doug Cook May 21, 2022
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Mountain Valley Splash swimming pool opens May 28
Prescott Valley’s complex available to the public through Sunday, Aug. 7

Are you ready to beat the heat in Prescott Valley this summer?

By Doug Cook May 17, 2022
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The Crooks Fire’s black burn scar near Kamp Kipa off of Poland Junction Road 14 miles south of Prescott serves as a reminder of the urgency to protect the forest’s dwellers and its infrastructure in the 21st century.

By Doug Cook May 17, 2022

The Prescott Valley Town Council on Thursday, May 12, unanimously agreed to an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the City of Prescott and Yavapai County to buy State Trust Land parcels on Glassford Hill for open space and recreation.

By Doug Cook May 16, 2022
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Prescott’s LazyG Brewhouse, 220 W. Leroux St., won a gold medal at the 2022 World Beer Cup conducted May 5 in Minneapolis.

By Doug Cook May 14, 2022
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Firefighters extinguish ‘super-hot’ fire at Prescott Valley auto salvage yard
U-Pick-It blaze on town’s east side sends thick, black smoke into the air

At least 20 firefighters and personnel with the Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority (CAFMA) suppressed an intensely hot fire in a pile of vehicles at an auto salvage yard that sent plumes of thick, black smoke high into the air on Prescott Valley’s east side during the late afternoon Thursday, May 5.

By Doug Cook May 10, 2022
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A demolition crew was seen flattening the old Circle K building located on the corner of Robert Road and Highway 69 in Prescott Valley on Monday, May 9, which gives way for construction of a new Human Bean Coffee Shop.

By Doug Cook May 9, 2022
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Prescott-based Rugged Pilot Coffee will be one of 10 veteran-owned small businesses featured in a one-hour live TV program later this month on the QVC2 shopping channel, Rugged Pilot CEO Larry Curell reported May 3.

By Doug Cook May 7, 2022
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Hundreds enjoy 2022 Prescott Valley Days parade on Saturday
Event’s carnival to remain open Sunday afternoon, evening at Entertainment District

Franklin Phonetic School fifth-grader Jaxson Roberts tends to get nervous when he plays trumpet in front of other people, but you wouldn’t have known it at the annual Prescott Valley Days’ parade Saturday morning, May 7.

By Doug Cook May 7, 2022
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Prescott-based Founding Fathers Collective, a bar, barber shop and coffee shop at 218 N. Granite St., won the coveted W.O. Lawton Business Leadership Award earlier this month in Washington, D.C.

By Doug Cook April 30, 2022
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Under clear, sunny skies with temperatures hovering in the upper 60s to low 70s Saturday, April 30, in Prescott, the Whiskey Off-Road endurance mountain biking race returned from a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Doug Cook April 30, 2022
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Portion of Forest Road 373 closed to public for Whiskey Off-Road bike races in Prescott
Visitors’ campground reservations may be impacted due to Crooks Fire

In the interest of public safety, Prescott National Forest officials will close a portion of Forest Road 373 to the public for the Whiskey Off-Road endurance-mountain biking races Saturday, April 30, a news release reported April 28.

By Doug Cook April 28, 2022
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With support from the Prescott National Forest and Visit Prescott, Tucson-based Epic Rides announced April 19 that its 2022 Whiskey Off-Road endurance mountain biking event will use the same routes for its 30-Proof and 50-Proof races as it did in 2019.

By Doug Cook April 23, 2022
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Quad-city law enforcement helps in manhunt for suspect accused of shooting Phoenix officer
Suspect Nicholas Cowan arrested at Phoenix apartment complex April 17

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) and Prescott Police confirmed April 18 that they helped law enforcement in Maricopa County search in the Quad Cities for a suspect accused of shooting and wounding a Phoenix Police officer on April 14.

By Doug Cook April 19, 2022
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Modern Coffee & Deli on April 1 replaced the former Elevation Coffee next to Dewey Pharmacy in Prescott Valley under owner Ashley Parkins.

By Doug Cook April 16, 2022
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Firefighters on the Prescott National Forest snuffed out a 3-acre fire in the Doce Pit area west of Prescott Saturday night and into Sunday, April 9-10, serving as a reminder to the public about being proactive during wildfire season.

By Doug Cook April 11, 2022
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Wheelhouse Sports Complex at Yavapai Downs in Prescott Valley reported that it is planning to open in late April.

By Doug Cook April 9, 2022
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The BOS will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, in the supervisors’ hearing room on the first floor of the Yavapai County Administrative Services Building, 1015 Fair St., in Prescott.

By Doug Cook April 4, 2022
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ADOT outlines work for forthcoming I-17 widening from Anthem Way to Sunset Point
$445.9M project to improve safety, alleviate congestion on one of state’s busiest stretches of highway

The Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) ambitious $445.9 million project to widen Interstate 17 from Anthem to Sunset Point will begin in 2022 and take 3.5 years to complete.

By Doug Cook April 2, 2022
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Start Moving-On Counseling and Trauma Center, which operates an office at 914 E. Gurley St., Suite 200, in Prescott, will be expanding in the Quad Cities by opening its Prescott Valley office on April 4.

By Doug Cook April 2, 2022
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When Prescott Valley resident Armando Lopez spotted what looked like a large raccoon with a white tail sitting on the roof of his home off Santa Fe Loop Road west of Glassford Hill Road March 25, he wasn’t sure what to think.

By Doug Cook March 30, 2022
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Friends of Prescott Valley Parks and Recreation, a nonprofit that supports the town’s parks, programming, education, arts and culture, and recreation services for residents, named its new board members March 24.

By Doug Cook March 29, 2022
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Late in 2021, Prescott Valley began the process for updating the town’s logo, which was last done in 1995.

By Doug Cook March 28, 2022
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The Northern Arizona Wranglers, an Indoor Football League (IFL) expansion team in 2021, finished their inaugural season with a league-worst 1-13 record.

By Doug Cook March 26, 2022
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Prescott-based Summit 4X4 Company, which does custom builds on 4X4 vehicles, opened a new showroom and workshop at 420 Miller Valley Road the week of March 13, 2022.

By Doug Cook March 26, 2022
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The Yavapai College Athletic Department on March 21 announced that it hired Chris Houser as the new head coach of the Prescott junior college’s stalwart men’s soccer program, replacing the departed Andre Luciano.

By Doug Cook March 21, 2022
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When longtime Prescott resident Bob McMillan won the nearly weeklong, 2021 Senior World Series of Poker in Las Vegas last October, the Maine native with Irish blood had luck on his side, right?

By Doug Cook March 19, 2022
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The Produce Only Market, which will sell fresh fruits and vegetables and offer a smoothie bar, has plans to open in the late spring in the 400 block of Goodwin Street across from Park Plaza in downtown Prescott.

By Doug Cook March 19, 2022
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After more than 6 decades, ‘Little Miss Nobody’ identified as 4-year-old from New Mexico
DNA analysis shows Sharon Lee Gallegos was missing girl whose body was found near Congress in 1960

Thanks to a fascinating, 21st-century DNA analysis tool, “Little Miss Nobody” finally has a name.

By Doug Cook March 15, 2022
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Rezoning approved for Prescott Valley Baja and Crownpointe apartment complexes
Crownpointe located south of Terraces at Glassford Hill; Baja south of 89A and west of Viewpoint Drive

Prescott Valley Town Council on March 10 approved rezoning two properties for new apartment complexes on the town’s north and west sides, respectively, as Prescott Valley’s housing market continues to grow.

By Doug Cook March 12, 2022
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C-A-L Ranch Stores, a farm, ranch and home retailer, plans to open its Prescott Valley store at the former Sam’s Club building, 5757 E. Highway 69, at the PV Crossroads shopping center this spring, C-A-L Ranch’s Jason Miller reported.

By Doug Cook March 12, 2022
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Prescott Valley officials are working with the City of Prescott and Yavapai County to buy several parcels of state land at Glassford Hill for a proposed regional park.

By Doug Cook March 8, 2022
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The results are in from a February online public survey asking Prescott Valley residents to choose one of three names for its micro-transit service, and the winner is: YAVALINE.

By Doug Cook March 8, 2022
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Riliberto’s Fresh Mexican Food will be opening one of its restaurants at the former Ponderosa Hand Car Wash property at 1235 Iron Springs Road in Prescott.

By Doug Cook March 5, 2022
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In 2021, the Bradshaw Mountain softball team struggled due to inexperience, but its players remained committed through difficulties and showed a desire to continue improving.

By Doug Cook March 4, 2022
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When Brian Bundrick embarked on his seventh season as Bradshaw Mountain baseball coach in February, he felt confident about the program’s immediate future.

By Doug Cook March 3, 2022
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Prescott baseball couldn’t have had a much more difficult end to its 2021 season.

By Doug Cook March 3, 2022
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Prescott Valley names Bob Ticer as its new police chief
Former DPS commander, Prescott Police patrol officer plans to take PVPD’s reins April 11

Prescott Valley Town Manager Gilbert Davidson on Monday, Feb. 28, announced the hiring of former Department of Public Safety (DPS) commander and current Loveland, Colorado, Police Chief Bob Ticer as Prescott Valley’s new police chief.

By Doug Cook February 28, 2022
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Jasper subdivision’s phase 2 moves forward in Prescott Valley
Town Council approves build out of 290 lots on 127 acres east of Glassford Hill near Granville

The Prescott Valley Town Council on Feb. 24 approved the final development plan for Phase 2 of the Jasper subdivision, which will consist of 290 lots on 127 acres on the town’s west side, east of Glassford Hill.

By Doug Cook February 28, 2022