| Verde Independent | |
| Type: | Thrice-weekly |
| Format: | Broadsheet Internet |
| Foundation: | 1948 |
| Owners: | Western News & Info |
| Publisher: | Babette Cubitt |
| Editor: | Dan Engler |
| Circulation: | 2,267 Print 233 E-Subscription |
| Circulation Date: | 2022 |
| Circulation Ref: | [1] |
| Oclc: | 8793570 |
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. 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.