Copper Basin News

Industrious young man earns money while staying at his grandparents

Aiden Hicks has been painting house numbers on curbs to earn some money for a computer.   If you've notice some new curb house numbers in Kearny, they are the work of 12-year-old Aiden Hicks.    He is in Kearny visiting his grandparents, Jeff and Dana...

O’Halleran hosts town hall – K-12 education and COVID-19

US Representative Tom O'Halleran   On Monday night, Representative Tom O’Halleran and Joe Thomas, president of the Arizona Education Association, hosted a telephonic town hall to discuss COVID-19 and what it means for K-12 education.   He opened the Town...

Strike lines down: Unions go back to work; Asarco responds

  After nine months on strike, officials with the United Steelworkers announced that they made an unconditional offer to return to work to ASARCO.  This news came after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint against ASARCO alleging...

Cobre Valley Kearny Clinic welcomes new provider

Tanner Carlson   Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center, which operates the Kearny Clinic, has welcomed a new provider to their ranks.   Tanner Carlson, PA-C, will be located at Clinics @ the Hospital on Tuesdays and at the Kearny Clinic on Thursdays and...

We Will Miss You, Mrs. Byrd

Kim Byrd   It is sad to have to share with all our students and Lobo family the passing of Mrs. Kimberly Byrd on Friday, June 26. She was a beloved first grade teacher and friend to all. Our deepest condolence to her family, her husband, Jessie, her sons, John...

The Faded Flag

  I had arrived early to pick up my grandson from school. As I waited for the bell of dismissal, I was moved by emotion as three careless students were handling the symbol of our freedom as if it were just a faded flag. My mind wandered into a place of fake...

Bobby Apodaca honored for his years of service

Pinal Rural Fire and Medical District Chief Bobby Apodaca   A recent study by the University of Maryland’s Do Good Institute showed that volunteerism is on the decline in America. If true, that makes Bobby Apodaca an old-school specimen. Apodaca, current Chief of...