Copper Basin News

Along the Gila: Pioneer Days is Rapidly Approaching

I have butterflies in my stomach. It’s about Pioneer Days sponsored by the Copper Basin Chamber of Commerce Thursday through Sunday, March 15-18. My butterflies are not about the event going well – it has been done so many years that many people fall...

AJ Lopez swims well at Junior Olympic Swim Meet

  The Junior Olympic Swim Meet was held at the Cactus Pool in Scottsdale on Feb. 23-25.  The meet required competitors to achieve qualifying times in a previous USA Swimming Sanctioned Meet.  Ten swimmers from the Sea Lions Swim Team qualified and...

Kearny Police Report – Feb. 28, 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...

Family First Pregnancy Care Center asks, what was the difference?

  An exciting thing happens in our world every 4 years, it’s a time when the world sets aside differences and gets together to play games; the winter Olympics! What a thrill to watch the snowboarders fly up in the air and do the seemingly impossible. Figure...

Local schools take safety precautions in the event of active shooters

  In the wake of the Florida school shooting, news reports and just about every television station has shown coverage of students who are demanding stricter gun control to prevent future school shootings.  Reminders of the often harsh world we are living in...

Ray High School lists Honor Rolls

  The students who earned their place on the Ray High School Honor Roll for the second quarter and the first semester of the 2017-2018 school year have been announced.   The students who have achieved placement on the High Honor Roll, with a 3.5 – 4.0...

Ray WBB nearing State Championship

  The Ray girls’ basketball team is two wins away from bringing the 1A state title back to Kearny following a pair of victories last weekend in Prescott.   The No. 3-seed Lady Cats handily defeated No. 14 Bowie/San Simon in their first-round game on Friday,...

Nomads return to Kearny

  Nine remarkable people from Montana, South Dakota, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Colorado have come together as the NOMADS group working in Kearny for the next three weeks. All of them are Christian workers who give of their time and pay their own way for the...

Kearny Police Report – Feb. 21, 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...

Two girls excel at Elks State Hoop Shoot

  On Saturday, Feb. 17, the Kearny Elks had two Hoop shooters represent Kearny in the Elks State Hoop Shoot contest, competing against four other shooters in their age group.  These shooters are from all parts of Arizona.    Kearny is very proud to...