By Mila Besich Every May, the flurry of activity increases at Superior Unified School District as the school and community prepare to celebrate the end of another school year. From honors assemblies and sports banquets, students of all grades and...
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Meet the RUSD 2024 Valedictorian & Salutatorian: Cambria Garcia and Yasmin Rivera
By Mila Besich As the 2024 school year comes to a close, the Ray Unified School district has announced the top two graduates from the Class of 2024: Valedictorian Cambria Garcia and Salutatorian Yasmin Rivera. Both have been active students at Ray...
Meet the top two 2024 Hayden Graduates: Valedictorian Christopher Casillas and Salutatorian Ismael Gallego
By Nathaniel A. Lopez The sun is setting on the Hayden High School Class of 2024, as the 2023-2024 school year comes to a close. Most students will leave for the summer, only to return in the fall. But this year's seniors will become one of the many...
Meet the top two 2024 San Manuel Graduates: Valedictorians Joana Cano and Jasmine Sanchez
By Nathaniel A. Lopez As the month of May comes, so comes the end of the 2023-2024 school year for San Manuel K-12. Books, pencils and papers will be put away for another summer, before students return in the fall. But for the Senior class of 2024, they...
Ray High School inducts new members into National Honor Society
On Thursday, May 2, the Ray Junior-Senior High School Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted new members for the 2023-2024 school year. Each student was selected based on consideration of their scholarship, service, leadership and character....
Volunteer cleanup in Superior beautifies Queen Creek riverbed
Volunteers with Local First Arizona’s Keep Arizona Beautiful campaign gathered in Superior recently to participate in the 2024 Great American Cleanup. The day included litter and debris removal in the Queen Creek watershed area, clearing 1,000 pounds of...
Youth Summer Jobs in Superior, Kearny, Hayden-Winkelman
If you’re between age 16-21 and looking for summer work, apply online before the May 13 deadline next week for June-July jobs based in in Superior, Kearny and Hayden-Winkelman. Jobs are sponsored by the Gila County Board of Supervisors, but applicants are not...
Tiger-Mammoth 1960 8th Grade Class Reunion
The majority of the Alumni who attended the Tiger-Mammoth 1960 8th Grade Class Reunion on Sunday, March 17, were in kindergarten together in the town of Tiger. In 1954, they ceased to be Tigers and became Mammoths, as the town of Tiger was condemned, abandoned...
Holocaust survivor speaks at El Rancho Robles
By Nathaniel A. Lopez On Friday, May 3, a group of more than 30 people gathered at El Rancho Robles in Oracle for an intimate, informative, and inspirational talk by Dirk Van Leenen, a Holocaust survivor, and author of a book trilogy on the subject, Resistance...
Copper Corridor Fire District and Departments hold joint cadet ceremony
By T.C. Brown The day seemed appropriate to gather at the Living Word Chapel in Oracle on May 4, 2024, for the Copper Corridor Fire District and Departments Cadet Ceremony. Thirteen Cadets representing various departments from the Copper Corridor completed...