Sometimes, it’s all about family connections. Over the Thanksgiving break, Esther Yanez’s daughter, Jennifer Suarez, came from Florida to visit her grandparents in the Copper Basin area and decided to visit the school where her mother painted the Lobo...
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Copper Basin Jr. Chamber welcomes new sponsors
The Copper Basin Jr. Chamber have two new benefactors. Robin Newman of Newman Construction LLC sponsored the T-shirts this year and Justin Hooper, representing Granite Construction, donated $1,000 to the program and sponsored two Jr. Chamber members.
Georgie Digs: Chisholm Relations
Some of those who read my Georgie Digs articles say it is obvious that I like history, especially family histories. I think that it is only natural that I have often mentioned Aravaipa Creek because I had lived there for many years and did learn quite a bit of...
Along the Gila: Road Construction, Water Wells and More
The paving project on the 77 in Mammoth and north is speeding along. It won’t be long until the construction delays will be over and the road will be smooth and kindly to car suspension systems. It’s a great job, but I wish ADOT had continued just one mile to the...
CVIT board member named All Arizona Board Member of the Year by ASBA
Cobre Valley Institute of Technology (CVIT) is proud to announce that the Arizona School Board Association (ASBA) selected Franceen Gregovich-Benton for the All Arizona Board Member of the Year Award. Mrs. Gregovich-Benton was recognized for her leadership on...
Georgie Digs: Changing Times
I want to first add a few of Annie Forbach's memories of how it was along Aravaipa Creek as she was growing up where her family, the James Brandenburgs, had settled in 1888. She wrote that great numbers of people came to the Aravaipa for camping and to enjoy the cool...
Group of Kearny residents collecting Pioneer Days T-shirts for visitors on the Arizona Trail
The holidays are finally O-V-E-R! The kids (and grandkids) are back in school. Time to clean out those closets full of old clothes and make room for the new ones. If you have old Pioneer Days T-Shirts among that clutter, please consider laundering...
Both Ray teams defeated by Ft. Thomas
The Ray boys’ and girls’ basketball teams were defeated by the higher-ranked Ft. Thomas teams last Friday night in Kearny. The sixth-ranked Lady Cats lost a close game to the No. 2-ranked Apaches, 49 – 47. Ray, now 6 – 2 in the region with both losses...
Kearny Police Report – Jan. 24, 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...
Kearny doctor’s medical license suspended over alleged overprescribing of opioid pain medications
A Kearny doctor has had his medical license suspended by the Arizona Medical Board (AMB) following interim findings that he continued to write prescriptions for controlled substances including opioid pain medications in violation of an earlier AMB order. ...