The adage is true. One spark can start a wildfire – just like the Sawmill Fire in Southern Arizona. And every year, people continue to be the number one cause of wildfires in the state. With the abundance of winter moisture across Arizona, the Department of...
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Active Parenting: First Five Years Classes
Arizona Youth Partnership and First Things First are sponsoring free Active Parenting: First Five Years classes for parents and other caregivers of children, aged birth through five years. In four sessions, held at Hayden High School, 824 Thorne Ave. in...
Annual Oracle Spring Run Car Show moves to Living Word Chapel April 13
The Oracle Historical Society’s (OHS) annual fundraiser, the 33rd Oracle Spring Run Car Show, will be held on Saturday, April 13 in conjunction with Oracle Oaks Festival. Due to major construction at the Pinal County Courthouse Park, there will be change...
Fast spreading brush fire reminds residents to prepare for wildfire season
Superior Fire Department assisted Queen Valley Fire District with a fast spreading brush fire off of Hewitt Station Road east of Queen Valley on Sunday, March 31. QVFD and SFD units held the fire back as US Forest Service units arrived and inserted...
Oracle Artist Studio Tour set for this weekend
This weekend, Spring begins in earnest in the Tri-Community with the first of two weekend celebrations. The Oracle Artist Studio Tour is happening Saturday and Sunday, April 6 and 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The popular art show and sale features 40 Oracle...
Archaeologists, tribal monitors talk about Resolution Copper Cultural Resource Studies in Superior on April 10
The Superior Community Working Group (CWG) will hear a presentation about Native American cultural resource studies and monitoring being conducted for the Resolution Copper Project at the next CWG meeting on Wednesday, April 10, at 6 p.m. in the Superior...
Legends of Superior Trails: Final Hashbrowns, History & Hiking April 12
The Legends of Superior Trails Inc will be hosting its final Hashbrowns, History and Hiking event on April 12, 2019. The topic for this session is “The History of Apache Trail and the US 60 Miami-Superior Highway.” The session will be led by...
Oracle State Park named to top three hiking trails to explore in April
PHOENIX – Spring weather and Arizona State Parks and Trails go hand-in-hand! This is the perfect time of year to lace up your boots, grab your water bottle, and hit the trails. Because there’s an extensive network of trails in the more than 30 parks...
LOST celebrates grand reopening of connector trail
More than 100 people gathered at the Picket Post trail head on Sunday morning for a ribbon cutting celebration and hike on the newest segment of the Legends of Superior Trails. In 2011, the LOST had opened the first Gateway Community Connector...
Earth Day and other April events at Oracle State Park
Spring is definitely in the air at Oracle State Park. Case in point: the park’s Ceanothus bush. This bush up to 6 1/2 feet tall is blooming now in the Park. You smell it and hear the buzzing of the bees before you see it. Other times of the year, it...