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Jim Wright
City Editor

Jim Wright is the copy editor for Prescott News Network.

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With school starting up again, fall sports season is just around the corner (Has it really been 41 years since I competed in cross-country running and distance track as a senior?), ...

By Jim Wright August 15, 2023
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The Alchemist Studio hair salon will be opening Aug. 16 at 3050 N. Navajo Drive, Suite 106, in Prescott Valley.

By Jim Wright August 5, 2023
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The Prescott National Forest (PNF) took command of the Grapevine fire from the Central West Zone Type 3 Incident Management Team (CWZT3) as of 7 am, Friday Aug. 4, the Forest Service stated in its final update on the fire.

By Jim Wright August 4, 2023
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Remember when the math teachers used to tell you in school that “You won’t always have a calculator on your hip”? Who knew that someday you actually would …

By Jim Wright August 2, 2023
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The Prescott National Forest has announced that the closure along Forest Road 104 and Forest Road 413, related to the Grapevine Fire, will end as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2.

By Jim Wright August 2, 2023
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The lightning-caused Grapevine Fire, which started July 21, was listed at 7% contained Tuesday, Aug. 1, and covering approximately 1,049 acres on Mingus Mountain in the Verde Ranger District, about 10 miles east of Prescott Valley.

By Jim Wright August 1, 2023
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While the Racetrack Fire was declared 100% contained Sunday evening, the Grapevine Fire, which is burning in brush, timber and grass on Mingus Mountain, remained at 1,049 acres and was zero-percent contained as of Monday, July 31.

By Jim Wright July 31, 2023
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Leah McLemore recently celebrated the relocation of her American Family Insurance Office to 1578 Highway 89 in Chino Valley, with about 100 people attending a ribbon-cutting event.

By Jim July 29, 2023
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The lightning-caused Racetrack Fire, which started July 23, was at 60% containment as of Friday morning, July 28, according to the Prescott National Forest, and a Southwest Area Type 4 Team led by Incident Commander Andrew Giralt, assumed command of the fire, which is burning north of Highway 169 and south of Crater Mountain near the community of Cherry.

By Jim Wright July 27, 2023

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