Camp Verde

The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for parts of Northern Arizona for Saturday through Monday. The warning is in effect from 10 a.m. Saturday through 8 p.m. Monday for areas below 45-hundred feet. The warning includes Cottonwood, Camp Verde and other lower elevations of Yavapai County. Forecasters say extreme heat willFull Story

Day Nine of the “Catch 22” program focuses on the search for a robbery suspect in Camp Verde in 2014, who has skipped out on his probation. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say sometime between February and June of 2014, then 19-year-old Austin Hanson broke into a residence in the 18-hundred block of Long Rifle RoadFull Story

Today is Day Seven of Yavapai Silent Witness’s “Catch 22” program. Today we focus on locating 39-year-old Jared Neil Kelly. In the early evening of January 21st, 2019, Kelly was driving in the area of South State Route 260 and East Prairie Lane in Cottonwood. It was then when he collided with the rear endFull Story

Cliff Castle Casino in Camp Verde is set to reopen June 1st. The casino has been closed since March 18th due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials say the casino will adhere to recommended social distancing practices and will initially open with a limited number of slot machines as well as a limited number of guestsFull Story

Positive COVID-19 results in Yavapai County continue to increase. According to Thursday morning’s report, cases of the coronavirus are up 19 from Wednesday to 172 cases in the county. There have been 12 recoveries and two deaths, with a third possible COVID-19 related death still under investigation. Students at Mingus Mountain Academy will be testedFull Story

Five additional detention employees have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Camp Verde Detention Center. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say of the five, a majority of them said symptoms were relatively minor with at last one appearing asymptomatic. Last week, a counselor at the facility passed away after getting sick with symptoms of COVID-19. YavapaiFull Story

Three people were arrested recently after Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies found illegal pills during a traffic stop in Camp Verde. A deputy stopped a 2002 white Cadillac DeVille just after midnight back on April 16th on Highway 260. The deputy smelled an odor from the vehicle so he deployed his K9. A search of theFull Story

Cliff Castle Casino in Camp Verde will be closing at 6 p.m. Wednesday due to the coronavirus pandemic. The casino, hotel and lodge will be closed until further notice. Casino officials say the closure was in the best interest for public safety. There are currently no positive cases of the coronavirus in Yavapai or CoconinoFull Story

Yavapai Silent Witness is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect, or suspects, in connection with a shooting incident in Camp Verde recently. Camp Verde Marshal’s responded to a shots fired call back on February 28th at around 5:16 a.m. in the four-thousand block of East Canyon Drive inFull Story

A man was arrested last Friday on sex charges after trying to lure two underage girls in Camp Verde for sex. The Camp Verde Marshal’s Office, along with the Prescott Valley Police Department, arrested 49-year-old Thomas Kuntze. During the course of the investigation, it was found he was talking to the girls with the intentFull Story