By Nathaniel A. Lopez The sun is setting on the Hayden High School Class of 2024, as the 2023-2024 school year comes to a close. Most students will leave for the summer, only to return in the fall. But this year's seniors will become one of the many...
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Ray High School inducts new members into National Honor Society
On Thursday, May 2, the Ray Junior-Senior High School Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted new members for the 2023-2024 school year. Each student was selected based on consideration of their scholarship, service, leadership and character....
Season ends for Superior Panthers
By Nathaniel A. Lopez On May 4, the Superior baseball team traveled to Anthem Prep to take on the Eagles in the quarterfinals round of the 1A state baseball championship playoffs. The game started off with both teams keeping each other from scoring any...
Lobos to face Bagdad in 1A semifinals
By Nathaniel A. Lopez They defeated Bagdad last year to become the 2023 1A State Champions and their fans have faith that the boys will can beat them again this year to advance into the finals. On Saturday, May 4, the Hayden baseball team continued their...
Youth Summer Jobs in Superior, Kearny, Hayden-Winkelman
If you’re between age 16-21 and looking for summer work, apply online before the May 13 deadline next week for June-July jobs based in in Superior, Kearny and Hayden-Winkelman. Jobs are sponsored by the Gila County Board of Supervisors, but applicants are not...
Tiger-Mammoth 1960 8th Grade Class Reunion
The majority of the Alumni who attended the Tiger-Mammoth 1960 8th Grade Class Reunion on Sunday, March 17, were in kindergarten together in the town of Tiger. In 1954, they ceased to be Tigers and became Mammoths, as the town of Tiger was condemned, abandoned...
Holocaust survivor speaks at El Rancho Robles
By Nathaniel A. Lopez On Friday, May 3, a group of more than 30 people gathered at El Rancho Robles in Oracle for an intimate, informative, and inspirational talk by Dirk Van Leenen, a Holocaust survivor, and author of a book trilogy on the subject, Resistance...
Copper Corridor Fire District and Departments hold joint cadet ceremony
By T.C. Brown The day seemed appropriate to gather at the Living Word Chapel in Oracle on May 4, 2024, for the Copper Corridor Fire District and Departments Cadet Ceremony. Thirteen Cadets representing various departments from the Copper Corridor completed...
CAC Medical Assistant Program partners with Sun Life Health Clinics
PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. – Supported through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Grant Program, Sun Life Health is partnering with Central Arizona College’s Medical Assistant program to help address the shortage of medical assistants across the state of...
Ida Valentina Calderon Contreras
Ida Valentina Calderon Contreras passed away after a sudden illness on April 23, 2024, with family by her side. She was born on Feb. 14, 1945, in Casa Grande, Arizona, to parents Francisco and Catalina Calderon. Ida attended Hayden High School where she...