On Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2021, the Pinal County Supervisor for the mountain area and District 1 voted with two other conservative members of the board to reject $3.4 million (from the State of Arizona and federal government ) that was to be used for COVID-19 relief and...
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Education Critical to Our Future in the Copper Corridor – Visit to Helios Inspires Collaboration
Recently, the mayors and school district superintendents of Globe, Superior, Miami, Hayden, Winkelman and Kearny were all invited to visit the headquarters of Helios Education Foundation in Phoenix. The purpose of the meeting was to learn more about the current...
Balvina O’Neil
February 10, 1920 - August 16, 2021 Balvina O’Neil, 101, died on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, at home, with her family at her side. Mrs. O’Neil was born on Feb. 10, 1920, to her parents Frank and Aurora Cobo, in the mining town of Hayden. Her father worked for Kennecott...
Lowell Steve ‘Jake’ Jacobson
Lowell Steve Jacobson, also known as “Jake” Jacobson, 80, passed away Saturday, July 24, 2021 at his home in Tucson. He was born in 1940 in Riley County, Kansas, the son of Myron Jacobson and Irene (Anderson) Jacobson. Jake worked for the Union...
Jax Ethan Formo
Our little angel, Jax Ethan Formo passed gently in the arms of Jesus with his loving parents by his side on Aug. 18, 2021. He was born on April 17, 2020. Jax was the son of Hyrum and Camille Formo. He is survived by his loving sister, Maddie....
AFGHANISTAN: A soldier’s perspective
By Gary Michiel Montiel Anyone who is old enough to remember the events of 9/11 and the vivid imagery and raw emotion that day instilled in our country understands the reason we invaded Afghanistan. We were attacked on our own soil and we were compelled to defend...
Albert Wade
Albert Wade, 84, passed away at his home in Kearny on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, surrounded by his family. Albert was born on Dec. 10, 1936 to parents Albert M. and Anton Etta (Brogan) Wade in Cannelton, West Virginia. On June 3, 1960, he married the love of his...
Roberto Antonio ‘Tony’ Chavez
February 7, 1989 - August 3, 2021 Roberto Antonio “Tony” Chavez, 32, passed away in Tucson on Aug. 3, 2021. He was born on Feb. 7, 1989 to his mother, Cindy Cole. He is survived by his mother, Cindy Cole; son, Roberto Chavez; 12 siblings and many other family...
Amanda ‘Mandy’ Renee Meza
Amanda “Mandy” Renee Meza passed away on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 at her home. She was born in Tucson, AZ on April 13, 1982 to Tony and Shirley Meza. She spent a lot of her childhood in California, Arizona, and Nevada. She lived a very adventurous and...
Jose Jesus Arbizo
Jose Jesus “Negro” Arbizo, 71, entered eternal rest on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021 at his ranch in Aravaipa. Joe was a great, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and tio who cherished his family with all of his heart. He was always so proud of all of “his...