San Manuel Miner

Club keeps wrestlers sharp and ready for competition

By Nathaniel A. Lopez   On Saturday, Aug. 6, seven wrestlers from the Tri-Community traveled to Scottsdale to compete in the Grand Canyon Wrestling Championships which were held at WestWorld of Scottsdale. Wrestling under San Manuel's Comet Wrestling Club were...

Academic Gains in the Oracle Elementary School District

Submitted by: Crystle Nehrmeyer, Superintendent   Arizona public school students demonstrated their understanding of and growth in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics during the Spring 2022 administration of Arizona’s Academic Standards...

Pinal County Election Updates: new Elections Director hired

  The primary election for Pinal County held on Aug. 2, 2022, has been fraught with one major “human error” after another.     The first error began when the municipal elections for Apache Junction, Casa Grande, Eloy, Mammoth, Maricopa, Superior and...

Arthur Raymond Predgo

  Arthur Raymond Predgo “Art” passed away peacefully with his loving family around him on June 14, 2022.  He was a wonderful brother, uncle, husband, endearing father, and friend.  He always had a smile on his face and a joke you might have heard for...

John Bigbey

  On the evening of July 23, 2022, John Bigbey claimed his heavenly home and passed from this earth. John was born to Homer and Mary Bigbey in July 1941. He chose a career with the copper mines. He worked for Phelps Dodge in Tyrone, NM while raising his family...

Oracle Public Library murals updated

By T.C. Brown   Local artist and muralist LouDon, aka Jack Small, has been working on transforming the murals at the Oracle Public Library since March. The wonderful murals, originally started in 1993 and completed in 1996, had become faded and chipped over the...

Melinda Kay Smith

  Melinda Kay Smith (Kay), 69, passed away on June 13, 2022, in San Manuel.   She is preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Bill Smith; her parents, Bob and Betty-Jo Wood; brother, Randy Wood; and granddaughter, Joree Smith-Garcia.   Kay is...