The 2025 AmeriCorps-NCCC Team has successfully arrived in Superior this week. Their team name is Earth Team 3. Earth 3 consists of seven team members including their team leader Mackenzie who is from Georgia. The team members are Derrick from Southern...
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Superior Mayor Mila Besich appointed Vice Chair of National League of Cities Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee
Mila Besich, Mayor of Superior, Arizona, has been appointed as Vice Chair of the National League of Cities (NLC) 2025 Energy, Environment and Natural Resources (EENR) Federal Advocacy Committee. Mayor Besich was selected to serve a one-year term and will provide...
Hang out at the Hayden Library
By Nichole M. Aranda Hayden Library has been hosting events for as long as anyone can remember. Known mostly for their “Storytime,” which is geared towards children, they also have events that are sure to be of interest to teens, and even adults. “We try to do...
Teen drivers involved in motor vehicle crashes
Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two motor vehicle accidents in San Manuel involving teen drivers. On Dec. 13, 2024, at around 1 a.m., deputies were called to an address in the 100 block of S. Avenue B regarding a vehicle that had left the roadway...
Oracle State Park hosts first star party of 2025
By Nathaniel A. Lopez On Saturday, Jan. 4, the Oracle State Park hosted their first star party of 2025. Starting off the evening, Oracle’s dark sky guy, Mike Weasner, gave a presentation on smartphone astrophotography. Those in the audience were given a slight history...
Mystery Mammoth girls in online article on history of color film
Do you know who these girls are? Copper Area News reader Bob Grassi was reading an article online about the history of color film when he came across this photo from the 1940s with the caption, “Little girls at Mammoth, Arizona, May 1940.” “Some of these...
Fueling the Future has successful fifth year
By Edie Crall Fueling The Future has experienced its fifth successful year of providing food to 75 Mountain Vista School students and families who would face food insecurity during the school’s winter break. These students rely upon school breakfasts and lunches...
A Good Sam-aritan
By Nichole M Aranda Everyone in the Kearny area knows Sam Horton. Many know him as the “grave digger,” funeral home worker, and a maintenance worker for the Kearny Cemetery. People describe him as quiet, kind, always willing to lend a hand when needed, always...
Arrests made in Paul Clifford homicide
Pima County Sheriff’s Department today announced that they have made three arrests in connection with the Dec. 24, 2024, murder of San Manuel teacher Paul Clifford. The three suspects were arrested Dec. 30, 2024, and booked into the Pima County Jail on felony...
Local non-profit takes on revitalization of Fairview Cemetery
By Nathaniel A. Lopez Superior is in the midst of a revitalization era, which is something that Superior based non-profit, Adelante-Juntos President Robert “Veto” Cervantes, and Vice President Alex Romero are part of, in conjunction with a Missouri based...