| Type | Thrice-weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet Internet |
| Owner(s) | Western News & Info |
| Publisher | Babette Cubitt |
| Editor | Dan Engler |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Circulation | 2,267 Print 233 E-Subscription (as of 2022)[1] |
| OCLC number | 8793570 |
| Website | verdenews |
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.
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]