Copper Basin News

CASA of Gila County welcomes new Court Appointed Special Advocate

  CASA of Gila County welcomed Christine Leonard as a new Court Appointed Special Advocate on Dec. 8, 2020. Christine completed her Oath of Office before the Hon. Judge Timothy M. Wright in Globe, Arizona.  This Oath certifies completion of 30 hours of pre-service...

Joseph Michael Santos Vega

  Joseph Michael Santos Vega (Joey), 38, passed away at his home in Superior on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. Joey was born in Tempe, AZ on April 25, 1982, to parents Marlene Joyce (Lopez) and Aurelio “Yaeyo” Vega and shared a birthday with his father.   Joey grew...

Raymundo ‘Ray’ Z. Cruz

  Raymundo “Ray" Z. Cruz entered into eternal life on Dec. 4, 2020 in Tucson, Arizona at the age of 65.  Ray was one of nine children born to Juan and Frances Cruz in Mesilla, New Mexico.  Soon after, the Cruz family relocated to Arizona where Ray...

Delays continue on State Route 77 in Winkelman

  Construction workers place bridge girders onto the new Winkelman Bridge on SR 77. Motorists who use the Gila River Bridge on State Route 77 in Winkelman will continue to experience intermittent delays, while bridge girders are placed on the west side of the new...

Jose Asuncion Morales

  Jose Asuncion Morales, 82 of Dudleyville, AZ, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020,  at Oro Valley Emergency Center. Joe was born on Aug. 15, 1938, in Socorro, Texas, to Cruz Giron and Pedro Morales. He later moved to El Paso, Texas, where he went...

Pinal County Schools to fill vacancy on Ray School Board

  The Ray Unified School District Governing Board has a vacancy which will be filled by Pinal County Superintendent of Schools Jill Broussard.    The successful candidate will be seated until Dec. 31, 2022.    Any eligible...

Local tossers host benefit horseshoe tourney for Willis family

Local tossers host benefit horseshoe tourney for Willis family   Last Saturday, friends and family of Willy Willis hosted a benefit horseshoe tournament at the General Kearny Sheriff’s Posse Arena. Teams from the Copper Basin area as well as Superior competed for...

Community Working Group to review mitigation on Dec. 9

  The Community Working Group for the Resolution Copper Project will be meeting ‘virtually’ online until it is safe to resume in-person meetings – it’s expected that in-person meetings will once again be open to the public.   The next online meeting will be...

Delays on State Route 77 in Winkelman to begin Dec. 1

  Motorists who use the Gila River Bridge on State Route 77 in Winkelman should expect intermittent delays starting Tuesday, Dec.1, while bridge girders are placed on the west side of the new bridge.   Crews will need to close the bridge occasionally for a period...

Good Tidings of Great Joy!

And the angel said unto them, “Fear not; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.”   “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace,...