Superior Sun

Resolution Copper hosts community update on reclamation

  Resolution Copper hosted a community update last week on the reclamation of the west plant area and the historical preservation research being done by the company.   Officials from the company announced that many of the buildings will start to be torn down...

New shade at the Superior Pool

  The Town of Superior installed new sun shades at the public pool this week. Windstorms had destroyed the original shades, now there is shade inside the pool facilities.   Monday is free swim day for everyone, sponsored by the Town of Superior Youth...

Pastor’s Corner: Choose Life in Jesus

Galatians 5:1 tells us:  “For freedom Christ freed us.  Stand fast therefore and do not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”  Stand fast:  a firm, fixed position.  Entangled:  to involve difficulty,...

Carlos Ruiz Martinez

  Carlos Ruiz Martinez, 91, passed away on June 21, 2018 in his home in Superior surrounded by his children.  He was born in Dos Cabezas, Arizona on June 15, 1927 and moved to Superior in 1936 at the age of 9.    He was a graduate of the class of...

Community fun planned for Fourth of July in Superior, AZ

  The Town of Superior Youth Leadership Council would like to invite everyone to attend their Independence Day Celebration on Wednesday, July 4th at the Swimming Pool Park located on Panther Drive.  Free swimming will begin at 1 p.m. when the pool opens and...

Familiar faces start new positions at Superior Town Hall

  The Superior Town Council voted unanimously to hire Ruby Cervantes as the Town Clerk for the Town during their June meeting.  Laws in the State of Arizona require every incorporated town and city to have a Town Clerk. The Town Clerk position, is a very...

Rural by Choice hosts Arizona Film Commission

  The Superior Town Hall was the site of an informational presentation and meeting with Studio 48 – Arizona Film Commission.  The presentation was hosted by Rural by Choice and Copper Corridor Economic Development Committee. Sponsors and supporters were...

Along the Gila: The Rurality of Movie-Making

I possess a picture of me sitting on Alan Ladd’s lap, both of us on a Warner Brothers camera truck. I was eight or nine years old, and Ladd was at the height of his career. That day he was in Sedona, Arizona, filming the movie “Drum Beat.”   I spent most of my...