On Monday, Feb. 5, volunteers from Kids’ Closet were busy helping kids by providing a spring wardrobe. Students from Mammoth STEM and 5th and 6th graders from the Miami School District were given clothing. Around 80 students were able to get clothes....
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State Champion: San Manuel’s Rodriguez makes dream a reality
San Manuel freshman wrestler Gilbert Rodriguez made a 10-year-old dream come true at the 2018 Division IV State Wrestling Championships, which were held at the Prescott Valley Event Center on Feb. 9-10. Rodriguez, the top seed in the 106-lb weight class,...
Barbara Kemp Cowlin opens show at Rancho Linda Vista
On Saturday, Feb. 10, the opening reception for artist Barbara Kemp Cowlin’s show “Water, Flowers and Askew” was held at Rancho Linda Vista Gallery. The show will continue through Feb. 28. The gallery is open Sunday afternoons or by appointment. ...
Mammoth-San Manuel School District plans unification of campuses; public hearing set for March 3
The Mammoth-San Manuel School District Governing Board is considering creating a centralized campus for pre-K-12. Pending final approval, all students will be housed at the San Manuel Jr.-Sr. High School. The Mammoth STEM and First Avenue Elementary...
Oracle Center for the Arts features Juni Fisher
On Sunday, Feb. 4, the Oracle Piano Society presented Juni Fisher in concert at the Oracle Center for the Arts. The show was sponsored by Rachel and Michael Opinsky and Sarah and David Hardin. Juni Fisher is an award winning western singer and songwriter...
Mammoth-San Manuel School District: Infant and preschool child development screening offered
The Mammoth-San Manuel School District and the Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP) will provide a free child development screening to any child living in the community who is under the age of 5. The school district and AzEIP are very committed to...
Vincent Abraham ‘Chenté’ Chavez: Remembering an Oracle son and artist
Vincent Abraham Chavez, or Chenté as he was known to his family and friends, was a self-taught artist. “An amazing one,” his sister-in-law and friend Sandy told the San Manuel Miner in an interview. He worked in watercolors and pencil, often...
Mountain Vista fourth graders viewing the night skies
On Wednesday, Jan. 24, fourth grade students from Mountain Vista School in Oracle visited Michael Weasner at the Cassiopeia Observatory. The kids used the EclipseView 114 telescope to look at the moon and the Great Nebula in Orion. The EclipseView 114 telescope was...
Georgie Digs: Online Histories of Interest
I again have been reading my Georgie Digs article, "My Collections of Writings" that mentions the 22 typed pages with the title of "Early Pioneers Of The San Pedro River Valley" that was written in 1994 by Albert C. Bittick, Jr. I really enjoy the first part that...
Mammoth families seek answers in double murder case
There is probably nothing worse than having your child or grandchild die before your time has passed, unless it is losing your loved ones to a senseless, violent act. The DeSantiago and Reynoso families of Mammoth have experienced the tragedy of losing a...