Resolution Copper In the mining industry, safety is a top priority even when there is not an active global pandemic. Local mines Resolution Copper and Capstone - Pinto Valley shared some of their latest protocols to ensure their work force and their...
Copper Basin News
The latest fashion trend – COVID-19 style
Norm’s IGA customers Paul and Linda Alvarado are checked out by employee Alexis Salazar. They are all sporting masks. Copper Basin residents are settling into the “new normal” and are embracing the latest fashion trend – face masks. A stop at Norm’s IGA...
State Route 177 bridge project between Superior, Kearny to begin the week of Jan. 27
Arizona Department of Transportation The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin work on a bridge project on State Route 177 the week of Jan. 27. For about two weeks, only minor traffic impacts are expected as crews begin work underneath the...
Superior girl advances to state in Elks Hoop Shoot
Savannah Magallanez, Superior, placed first. She is pictured with Arizona Elks State President Dan Snyder and East District Hoop Shoot chairman Dennis Apple. The East District Elks Hoop Shoot was held on Saturday at the Chandler Boys and Girls Club. ...
Free training: Arizona Department of Education presents educational rights of students in foster care
CASA of Gila County The Arizona Department of Education will present Educational Rights of Students in Foster Care. This training will be held on Feb. 28, 2020, 10 a.m. to noon, at High Desert Middle School, 4000 High Desert Dr., Globe, AZ 85501....
Project Harvest Ripple Effect: visualizing Arizona’s harvested rainwater
Students at Hayden-Winkelman Schools check out the results from the 2019 rainwater harvest. Project Harvest Ripple Effect has traveled to various Arizona communities that neighbor hazardous mining sites, including Hayden-Winkelman. Thanks to the...
US 60 Pinto Creek Bridge rock blasting complete; weekday flagging to continue for several weeks
Arizona Department of Transportation Rock blasting for the US 60 Pinto Creek Bridge project between Miami and Superior is complete. No full closures of US 60 are scheduled until at least mid-summer when closures are anticipated for steel girder...
Hayden avenges earlier season loss to Superior
Superior’s Sammy Lopez (#3) goes for the layup. Photo by Phalicitee ‘Pinky’ Thomas The Hayden boys’ basketball team avenged a Dec. 20 loss to Superior by defeating the Panthers in Superior last Thursday, 75 – 69. The win was the Lobos second in their...
Drilling on Upton Dr. in Kearny
Drilling equipment working on Upton Dr., Kearny, AZ If you missed the big equipment on Upton Dr., Southwest Gas is drilling an anode bed. According to a Southwest Gas representative, the project will replace an existing deep well containing anodes that have reached...
CASA of Gila County hosts appreciation event for volunteers
CASAs Pat Moore, Susan Moore, Diana Wheeler, Monika Sneezy, Amanda Moors and Coordinator Emily Nader. On Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 the CASA of Gila County program held a CASA appreciation event at the Globe CASA Office. The volunteers were presented with a...