Ynez “Nechie” Lopez left his family and friends to return home to the Lord on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Nechie was born in Hayden, Arizona on Dec. 30, 1931, to parents Jesus and Ignacia Lopez. He had 90 wonderful years filled with love, laughter, and...
San Manuel Miner
Pinal Board of Supervisors approve election for transportation tax
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted last week to approve calling an election to allow the voters of Pinal County to approve a 1/2 cent sales tax to fund transportation improvements across the county. Voters will see this new ballot measure on the...
Sen. Kelly touts funding for public safety in Pinal County with law enforcement, local officials; Kelly secures $187,000 for Pinal County Operations Center in this year’s federal funding bill
Last week, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly visited the Pinal County Emergency Operations Center which will receive $187,000 from this year’s government funding bill. The Kelly-secured funding will support technology upgrades at the Emergency Operations...
Rudy G. Lujan running for Copper Corridor Justice of the Peace
Rudy Lujan is a native Arizonan, growing up in Tucson, AZ and attending Santa Cruz Catholic Elementary School and Salpointe Catholic College Preparatory High School. After graduating from high school, he attended Pima College. Rudy moved to the...
Municipal Elections for 2022 across the Copper Corridor: Pinal County made errors on Superior, Mammoth ballots
Arizona voters, televisions, radios, and mailboxes are all starting to be consumed by information from candidates in the upcoming primary elections for Governor, Secretary of State, State School Superintendent, State Legislature and federal seats for Congress...
Board of Supervisors Approve Solution to Early Ballot Errors in Seven Municipalities
At a Special Board of Supervisors Meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the Board approved a definitive solution to the errors found on early voting ballots that left city and town contests off the ballots in seven Pinal County Municipalities: Apache Junction Casa...
Pinal County Sheriff’s Office searching for murder suspect
On July 4, 2022, at approximately 9:40 p.m., Pinal County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call regarding shots fired at a home in the 3000 block of Aravaipa Drive in the Winkelman area. Deputies located two victims: a 39-year-old male victim was deceased...
Mining Our Past – Drama at SMHS
San Manuel Miner – March 1977 Wolfman play planned Friday, Saturday in SM “Thursday Meets the Wolfman”, a production by the Drama I class at SMHS, will be presented on Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26 at the high school auditorium beginning at 7:30 pm....
An Unseemly Killing
By John Hernandez Earl Gardner was an Apache Indian raised on the San Carlos Apache Reservation. On Dec. 6, 1935, Gardner committed a heinous crime of murder when he used an ax to kill his wife, Alice Dia Gardner, age 20, and his 28-day-old son Edward. He told...
The Dudes on the San Pedro
By John Hernandez Captain Edward M. Joyce served with distinction in France during World War I. Joyce was one of the youngest Captains serving in France. He returned to his wife and daughter in 1919. They would have another daughter in 1920. He soon found...