Verde Independent is a local newspaper serving Cottonwood, Arizona. It was founded in 1948 by Richard Brann, who built the paper's first offices from World War II surplus Quonset huts.[2] The original buildings were located on a river rock foundation in Smelter City, Arizona. Where the first buildings were enlarged and modernized, and they remain the offices for the Verde Independent.[2] It is published three times a week by Western News & Info.

Verde Independent
TypeThrice-weekly
FormatBroadsheet
Internet
Owner(s)Western News & Info
PublisherBabette Cubitt
EditorDan Engler
Founded1948
Circulation2,267 Print
233 E-Subscription (as of 2022)[1]
OCLC number8793570
Websiteverdenews.com

In 2015, the paper was criticized for running a lightly edited Sheriff's office press release as if it was a news story.[3] The paper said the lack of labeling was an oversight.[3]

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  1. ^ "2022 ANA Directory by ANA News - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  2. ^ a b Killebrew, Helen; Freund, Helga (2011). Cottonwood. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738579993.
  3. ^ a b "Newspaper: Press Release Masquerading as Marijuana News Story Was "Oversight"". Phoenix New Times. 3 August 2015.
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