''Verde Independent'' is a local newspaper serving

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. It was founded in 1948 by Richard Brann, who built the paper's first offices from

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. Where the first buildings were enlarged and modernized, and they remain the offices for the ''Verde Independent''. It is published three times a week by

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

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* {{Western News Newspapers published in Arizona 1948 establishments in Arizona Newspapers established in 1948 Mass media in Yavapai County, Arizona