Gila County Public Health and Emergency Management and Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute will provide SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) testing, utilizing a simple saliva collection method for the Copper Corridor. Two testing days are offered: Friday, Oct....
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CASA of Arizona celebrates 35 years; volunteers have been changing children’s lives in Arizona since 1985
(Gila County, Ariz.— Sep. 25, 2020) Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) have been standing up for children in Arizona’s foster care system for 35 years. CASA volunteers are everyday people who get to know the kids to whom they are appointed, talk with everyone...
Copper Corridor Coalition to host National Night Out Oct. 5-9
National Night Out Wish your town, or your neighborhood, was a safer and more caring place to live and raise your family? Get involved with National Night Out! Events are planned in communities across America, Copper Corridor Coalition has a week's worth of...
Superior Police Department joins Overdose Fatality Review Board
Joyce LopezSgt. Sam Sosa The abuse of opiates, both legal and illegal, has reached crisis proportions. Overdoses of opioid drugs are epidemic. The United States Government National Institute for Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse reported in 2018 that...
Frank Alexander Gerola
Caption: Frank Alexander Gerola Frank Alexander "Gerola" Gerola, 64, passed Aug. 29, 2020 in Superior, Arizona. Frank was born on Feb. 1, 1956, in Globe, Arizona to his beloved parents, Frank and Bernice Gerola. Frank was a lifelong resident...
Resolution Copper fulfills back-to-school needs for hundreds of local students and teachers
Superior, Ariz., Sept. 22, 2020 - Resolution Copper announced today that the company has awarded more than $185,000 in grants to five local school districts for the upcoming school year. Along with supplying personal protective equipment (PPE) for teachers and...
Superior Police welcome new officer to their ranks
Jessica Brown is Superior’s newest full time officer. The Town of Superior has a new full-time police officer. Jessica Brown was hired on Aug. 31, 2020, and will be replacing an officer who will be retiring soon. Jessica was born in Auckland, New Zealand...
Winkelman Natural Resource Conservation District: Preserving the Copper Corridor’s Agricultural Heritage
Winkelman Natural Resource Conservation District (WNRCD) has helped maintain agriculture as an economic powerhouse in our region for nearly 70 years. While not every agricultural operation can be seen from our picturesque highways, there lies along our dirt...
SUSD board extends online learning until Oct. 12
On Sept. 2 at its regular meeting, the Superior Unified School District Governing Board voted to extend remote-learning until Oct. 12. This means the teachers will continue to run their classes using Microsoft Teams as well as School PLP. The District...
Nothing will stop Phoenix couple from celebrating their 70th anniversary
Back about five minutes ago in the early spring of the year 1949, when bright, young, energetic, 20-year-old Jim Karam was singing a romantic ballad at a Maharajan in Phoenix and looking out over the room, his eyes landed on, to use his words, “the most...