Copper Basin News

Kearny Police Report – October 31, 2018

  According to state law, there are two methods by which police may arrest suspected offenders. The suspect may be physically taken into the department and booked into jail, or the arresting officer may write a citation and release the suspect to appear in court...

Jeff Gregorich named All-Arizona Superintendent of the Year

  The Arizona School Administrators, whose 1,400 educational leaders have the honor of working with students, teachers, parents, and communities to provide safe, welcoming, collaborative and effective learning environments for 1.1 million Arizona students, have...

Copper Basin’s Great Pumpkin winners announced

  "Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He's gotta pick this one. He's got to. I don't see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one. You can look around and there's not a sign of hypocrisy....

Letter to the Editor: CAC Governing Board Elections

  Greetings residents of the Copper Corridor.   Come Nov. 6, you will make some important choices and I’d like to illustrate the differences between two candidates running for the Central Arizona College governing board.    I am writing as a...

Along the Gila: A Farewell to Old Things

Old things are passing away. New things are coming into being. Resolution Copper in Superior will be taking down the old Magma smelter stack overlooking the town. The old smelter buildings have already been taken down, and the old diesel-electric locomotive has been...

Copper Basin Chamber of Commerce 2019 Video Contest

The Copper Basin Chamber of Commerce and local businesses have come together to create a contest for everyone that can make a short film. In this film, spotlight your favorite place in the Copper Basin communities of Winkelman, Hayden and Kearny. It can also include a...

Ray Junior High School Honor Roll announced

  The students who earned their place on the Ray Junior High School Honor Roll for the first quarter of the 2018-2019 school year have been announced.   On the Honor Roll are 7th Grade students: Timothy Cantrell, Ethan Chester, Gavin Garcia, Malena Goad,...

Ray’s season ends with playoff loss

  The Ray football team achieved one of its goals of reaching the 1A State Championship Playoffs. Unfortunately, it lasted only one game after a 58 – 0 loss to No. 7-seed Bagdad.   “The guys played their hardest, so us coaches couldn’t ask any more than...

Ray High School Construction notice: Celebrating Bond Funds

  The Ray High School Track will be under renovation beginning Oct. 22, 2018.  The work is expected to be completed around February 2019, barring unforeseen problems and weather conditions.  The renovations are being funded through the bond that was...

Frightful Halloween fun is looming for Hayden-Winkelman children

  It is coming, the darkness, the madness, the mayhem as a fearful rushing of adrenaline courses through veins, hearts beat wildly, eyes glaze over, and with a glistening smile, a smacking of lips, the candy is found and consumed.    Not that candy is...