Copper Basin News

Skate Park project off and running

By Tom O’Conner   On Saturday, July 23, the Kearny Skatepark Project team held the first skatepark fundraising event.  The skatepark project started last December 2021 to see if there was any interest and there was...even from the parents!  The team has...

Lobos staying busy through the summer

By Nathaniel A. Lopez   The Hayden High School boys athletics program has been staying busy this summer. The Lobos have been playing some summer baseball games, facing off against 3A and 5A teams like Safford and Ironwood Ridge.    “We have about 20...

CASA of Arizona Volunteer Academy coming to Payson

     Now is the time to volunteer with our youth living in foster care. The CASA of Gila County Program is excited to announce that the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program of Arizona is hosting the required CASA Volunteer training academy in...

Kearny welcomes new Community Events Coordinator

  Local resident Terrece Flowers has been selected as Community Events Coordinator for the Town of Kearny.     In this innovative and creative position, which Kearny Town Manager Sharon Jackobowski-Wolz (Town Manager) created while continuing to...

Mike M. Urquijo

  Mike M. Urquijo was born Feb. 27, 1938, in Superior, AZ. Mike passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, July 27, 2022.   He joined the Navy in 1955, served several tours in Vietnam as part of the brown water fleet assigned near Can Tho....

John Bigbey

  On the evening of July 23, 2022, John Bigbey claimed his heavenly home and passed from this earth. John was born to Homer and Mary Bigbey in July 1941. He chose a career with the copper mines. He worked for Phelps Dodge in Tyrone, NM while raising his family...

Barbara Lynn Moore

    Barbara Lynn Moore, 63 of Kearny, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Barbara was born in Portland Oregon on Oct. 8, 1958, to mother Lorraine Berg.   Barb loved being at the lake with her husband and son as they spent most of her...