Verde Independent

09/22/2026

This Saturday, Sept. 26.

🌊 Verde River Day is NEXT SATURDAY! 🌊

Join us Saturday, September 26 from 9 AM–3 PM at Dead Horse Ranch State Park for the 37th Annual Verde River Day!

This FREE community event has something for everyone, including:
🎣 Fishing
🏖️ Sandcastle building
🛶 Organized canoe rides
🍴 Food
🌿 40+ nature-based nonprofit exhibitors
🎉 And plenty of fun along the Verde River!

We’re excited to bring the community together for another great Verde River Day — and there’s still time to get involved!

💧 Last-minute sponsorship opportunities are still available for businesses and organizations interested in supporting this longtime community event.

Interested in becoming a sponsor? Reach out to the Greater Verde Valley Chamber of Commerce for available opportunities.

📍 Dead Horse Ranch State Park
📅 Saturday, September 26
⏰ 9 AM–3 PM
🎟️ FREE & open to the community

09/21/2026

Need2Know: Sept. 22-29—HS theater, community basketball and more: https://shorturl.at/Q13h7
(Photo courtesy of James Ball, MUHS)

09/21/2026

Robert and Brenda Clouston, former owners of C**t Grill, will face a jury in Phoenix on Nov. 10, charged with three of the five counts they were arrested for ...
Story: https://shorturl.at/mU8sR

09/21/2026

Story here: https://shorturl.at/c1DRp

09/19/2026

Dr. Virginia Kennaway, right, drives 200 miles a week from Phoenix to take care of Jerome’s dogs and cats in a clinic built by a pack of volunteers in the ghost town’s former bomb shelter. “Toyota 4Runner. Apple Music. I’m fine,” Kennaway said last week about her weekly trip as a brief monsoon poured over the historic Jerome Humane Society building. (VVN/Vyto Starinskas)

JEROME—Dr. Virginia Kennaway drives 200 miles a week from Phoenix to take care of Jerome’s dogs and cats in a clinic built by a pack of volunteers in the ghost

09/19/2026

This morning the Sedona Police Department was notified by the Federal Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that they were in town preparing to arrest two people in West Sedona. They took the two into custody. One on criminal charges in federal court and the other on orders of removal for felony convictions through state court.

Both men, ages 44 and 52 are residents and work in Sedona.

The Sedona Police Department had no participation in this operation.

For more information contact [email protected]

Esta mañana, el Departamento de Policía de Sedona (SPD) fue notificado por el Departamento Federal de Seguridad Nacional, Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE), de que estaban en la ciudad preparándose para arrestar a dos personas en West Sedona. Detuvieron a las dos personas. Una por cargos criminales en el tribunal federal y la otra por órdenes de expulsión debido a condenas por delitos graves en el tribunal estatal.

Ambos hombres, de 44 y 52 años de edad, eran residentes y trabajaban en Sedona.
El Departamento de Policía de Sedona no participó en esta operación.

Para preguntas o más información, envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected]

09/18/2026

Who doesn't like photos of bikers! Thunder Valley Rally first day today. (VVN/Vyto Starinskas)