San Manuel Miner

Cycle Masters present students with new bicycles

The Mammoth-San Manuel Elementary and Junior High held an assembly for the SaddleBrooke Cycle Masters bike winners on Monday, March 28, 2022. This annual event highlights students, who are selected for their outstanding performance in academics and citizenship. During...

Florentino Saiz Jr.

    Florentino "Tino/Buyo/Chief " Saiz Jr. passed away peacefully the evening of Saturday, March 26, 2022, in his home surrounded by his loving family.   He was born in Morenci, AZ on Nov. 22, 1943, to Florentino "Tino" Saiz Sr. and Michaela "Mickey"...

Lady Panthers post 2-1 win over San Manuel

By Nathaniel A. Lopez   At their April 12 away game in San Manuel, the Lady Panthers took to the softball diamond to avenge their March loss against the Lady Miners in a tournament championship game.   The two tough teams stopped each other from scoring any...

Miners tie game with Superior 10-10; Lady Miners lose close game

By Nathaniel A. Lopez   When Superior comes to town, you don’t know what will happen.   For the men’s team, it was a high-scoring tie.   For the ladies, it was a heart-breaking loss.   The San Manuel baseball team started last week off with a tough...

All Aboard! Kids’ Railroad running in Oracle

  The Kids’ Railroad at the Oracle Community Learning Garden will be running trains two Saturday mornings each month from April through June.   On those Saturdays, kids from ages 5 to 85 can make a FREE one-hour appointment to personally run a G Scale train...

Fern Caraway

    The previously postponed Celebration of Life for Fern Caraway has been rescheduled for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2022. It will take place at Living Word Chapel, 3941 W. State Hwy. 77, Oracle, AZ.   Fern went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, March...

Oracle Historical Society’s 34th Annual Oracle Spring Run Car Show

  It couldn’t have been a prettier day for a car show. The clouds were the perfectly puffy kind that the sun loves to play hide and seek behind. The cars were polished to a high sheen, reflecting the clouds and catching the perfect rays of sunshine.  ...

A meeting with the county attorney

Last week, Pinal County Attorney Kent Volkmer, along with Darin Young of AZYP and Mammoth Police Chief Hank Mueller hosted an open house at the Mammoth Community Center to discuss the criminal justice system and preventative measures about drug use. 

More trees planted along Gila River near Kearny

By Tom O’Connor   A beautiful Great Grandmother reflects on days gone by while enjoying the Great Gila River.  She guides a determined Great Granddaughter digging and planting her first tree that will one day provide much needed shade and respite for others....

Copper Classic returns to San Manuel

By Nathaniel A. Lopez   The dust will fly and the engines will roar as the 16th annual Copper Classic off-road motorbike race returns to the desert of San Manuel on Saturday, March 5. The Copper Classic will be the third round of the AMRA Off-Road Championship...