April 6 was a busy day in Downtown Superior with the inaugural Superior Arts Festival. A self guided mural walk, silent auction, musicians, art rock hunt and a multitude of vendors and demonstrations made the event a hit with the many folks who...
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Prevention is key when it comes to wildfire risk reduction
The adage is true. One spark can start a wildfire – just like the Sawmill Fire in Southern Arizona. And every year, people continue to be the number one cause of wildfires in the state. With the abundance of winter moisture across Arizona, the Department of...
Superior slugs past Arete Prep
The third-ranked Superior baseball team slugged nine of its 11 hits for extra bases in last Tuesday’s 11 – 1 mercy-rule victory against visiting Arete Prep. With the win, the Panthers remain undefeated (5 – 0) in the 1A East Region and atop the standings....
Rebuild Superior has planning workshop
The Rebuild Superior, Inc. Board of Directors held an internal workshop Saturday, March 30. Topics included a look at Rebuild’s roots, current work, as well as initiating a review of Rebuild Superior’s vision and mission. Later in the year, Rebuild Superior will hold...
Fast spreading brush fire reminds residents to prepare for wildfire season
Superior Fire Department assisted Queen Valley Fire District with a fast spreading brush fire off of Hewitt Station Road east of Queen Valley on Sunday, March 31. QVFD and SFD units held the fire back as US Forest Service units arrived and inserted...
Archaeologists, tribal monitors talk about Resolution Copper Cultural Resource Studies in Superior on April 10
The Superior Community Working Group (CWG) will hear a presentation about Native American cultural resource studies and monitoring being conducted for the Resolution Copper Project at the next CWG meeting on Wednesday, April 10, at 6 p.m. in the Superior...
Legends of Superior Trails: Final Hashbrowns, History & Hiking April 12
The Legends of Superior Trails Inc will be hosting its final Hashbrowns, History and Hiking event on April 12, 2019. The topic for this session is “The History of Apache Trail and the US 60 Miami-Superior Highway.” The session will be led by...
Pinal County to suspend issuance of open burn permits starting in April
FLORENCE, AZ –Starting April 2, Pinal County Air Quality begin issuing only three-day open burning permits. All permits will expire May 1 and Pinal County will suspend the issuance of all open burning permits on April 27. Burn permits allow for...
LOST celebrates grand reopening of connector trail
More than 100 people gathered at the Picket Post trail head on Sunday morning for a ribbon cutting celebration and hike on the newest segment of the Legends of Superior Trails. In 2011, the LOST had opened the first Gateway Community Connector...
Lorona’s long ball leads No. 1 Ray past No. 5 Superior
Senior Tara Lorona, a Gateway Community College commit, broke a scoreless game with a sixth-inning homerun to lead the top-ranked Lady Bearcats to a 1 – 0 victory against the visiting Pantherettes last Wednesday. The game was the first of two...