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Local election results announced

  Nov. 5 has come and gone, and the fury over voting for the next president of the United States was not the only issue on the ballot. Several propositions were on the ballot including home rule elections in Mammoth and a school override election in Ray. ...

Volleyball season ends for Ray, San Manuel

By Nathaniel A. Lopez The 2024 volleyball season is officially over for the last two Copper Corridor teams. The Ray volleyball team closed out their 2024 season this past week. The Lady 'Cats traveled to take on Patagonia Union. It was a tough loss for the girls with...

Special trip for Hambly honor roll students

Students at Hambly K-8 attended a first quarter honor trip to Vertuccio Farms on Tuesday, Oct. 29.  Students attending are: eighth grader Aria Manriquez; seventh graders Octavius Baeza, Raya Bribiescas, Maribel Gallego, Mary Jane Garcia, Maya Hong, Isabella Oropeza...

Superior American Legion donates computers to local school

  Recently, American Legion Post #17 donated two desktop computers to the Winkelman Preparatory Academy, located in Kearny, to help build upon the opportunities for students to learn with technology. Each computer included a monitor, mouse, keyboard and software....

Arizona Forestry visits San Manuel to discuss wildfires and Firewise

T.C. Brown Copper Area News   Corey Guerin, Lead Prevention Officer, with the Arizona Department of Forestry & Fire Management met with members of the community at the San Manuel Community Center on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. Frank Molina from BHP and Ernie...

Local Rider Scores at the 2024 AMA Supermoto Nationals in Tucson

By T.C. Brown The journey for “making the podium” started about a year ago when Parrish Traweek and his wife Carla, went to the Supermoto Nationals held at Musselman Honda Circuit south of Tucson, Arizona in November of 2023 as spectators. The adventure came full...

Superbike phenom Brandon Paasch visits San Manuel

By T.C. Brown Brandon Paasch rides professionally for Factory Vision Wheel, M4, Ecstar Suzuki in the Motoamerica Superbike Class. Some of his previous accomplishments include winning the 2021 and 2022 Daytona 200, finishing third in the 2020 Motoamerica SuperSport...

Sonora Historical Marker relocated to Kearny; celebration planned

 The Sonora Historical Marker was erected on May 5, 1999, by members of El Club Sonorense. Its members were former residents of Sonora. That day coincided with the last Cinco de Mayo of the 20th Century.   To acknowledge the dedication of the Marker and its...

Superior Junior/Senior High School receives award from T-Mobile

      T-Mobile announced this week that Superior Junior/Senior High School in Superior is one of 16 schools across the country to receive a $25,000 grant as part of the company’s “T-Mobile Friday Night 5G Lights” competition which launched in early...