BENSON — Benson is ringing in the holiday season on Saturday with Christmas Off Main, an annual light parade and a tree lighting ceremony at City Hall.
BENSON — Benson is ringing in the holiday season on Saturday with Christmas Off Main, an annual light parade and a tree lighting ceremony at City Hall.
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DOUGLAS — The Douglas City Council has scheduled a special meeting for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in city hall council chambers to discuss the possible sale of the Douglas Municipal Airport located east of Douglas on Airport Road.
BENSON — While the Benson Police Department has determined the source of a fire that destroyed Wild Dogs restaurant on Nov. 12, detectives are still looking for the person responsible for setting the blaze.
WILLCOX—For as long as the Hispanic Royalty has been in existence (since 2016), Paloma Herrera, 17, has dreamed of being Reina, the queen.
Courts and Crime
- Former Douglas teacher accused of sexually molesting at least 7 children
- Families add a new member on National Adoption Day
- Suit against supervisors back before judge who dismissed it
- Undocumented migrant previously convicted of dismemberment arrested in Naco
- New Cochise County public defender hopes to bring more resources to office
- Expectations met: Buena's Emileigh Furry emerges as Southern Region's top offensive player
- Convicted sex offender seeking asylum in U.S. placed on probation
- Bond increased in child murder case following emergency motion
- Child killer sentenced to more than 30 years in prison
- Teenager indicted on sexual abuse, exploitation of child charges
- Police arrest Hereford man following Nov. 10 shooting
- Police seeking escaped suspect
- Deputy's body cam video shows shooting of suspect who pointed weapon at him
- Paperwork glitch results in lower bond for accused child killer
- Man shot by sheriff's deputy is arrested, charged in incident
- Accused child killer surrenders at jail, officials say
- Additional charges filed against Mesa teen involved in fatal crash
- Ex-candidate indicted on perjury charge appears at contempt hearing
- Sentencing postponed for convicted child molester seeking asylum
- Sheriff's deputy shoots man he says pointed gun at him
BISBEE — Following the recommendation of the county’s Redistricting Advisory Commission, the county Board of Supervisors made it official and approved the existing boundaries of the supervisor districts with no changes.
DOUGLAS — Hundreds of Douglas residents, both young and old, were on hand for the city of Douglas tree lighting ceremony followed by the annual Christmas parade Saturday, officially kicking off the holiday season.
They say it’s their last book, but Midge LeMay and Sue Poirier have learned one thing from exploring Arizona for the last decade: You never know what’s around the corner.
BISBEE — The duo Four Shillings Short is returning to Bisbee for a free concert at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, at the Lowell Junior High School auditorium as part of the Copper Queen Library’s concert series.
BISBEE — The Bisbee Community Chorus will hold a “A Christmas Carol Sing-Along,” part of its “Together Again” celebration, at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Covenant Presbyterian Church Annex on Howell Avenue.
DOUGLAS — Studio 917 Gallery will feature an exhibit by Hone Williams on Friday, Dec. 3, 4-8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 4, noon-4 p.m.
BENSON — Customers took advantage of Black Friday specials in Benson, with Walmart and Ace Hardware reporting great holiday shopping crowds.
Arizona officials and advocates praised U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland for declaring “squaw” as a derogatory term and ordering that it be removed from any geographic feature on federal lands, which will rename 67 locations in Arizona. “The removal of such language is bittersweet as it addresses an everyday indignity that Native Americans […]
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Due to Covid, we will no longer be open on Saturdays 2-4 for adoptions. We will make appointments 7 days a week adoptions or donations. Call 520 457-2545. No plans for off site adoptions.
SIERRA VISTA — More than 500 people were treated to a bountiful Thanksgiving courtesy of the Sierra Vista Salvation Army Corps and a large group of volunteers.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is the next part of a series looking at farm and ranch life across Cochise County. Some will be small, recent start-up operations, while others will be larger with generational legacy ties to the community.
A lot of changes have taken place in the past decade to fulfill the city of Sierra Vista’s needs and demands for recycling in the community and surrounding areas.
The annual Christmas Light Parade is fast approaching as the season’s holidays have arrived. However, this year there will be some changes to the city’s parade route.
BISBEE — Thanks to the Bisbee Community Foundation, an $8,900 informational kiosk noting the City Beautiful plan that gave rise to the Warren District and its many historic sites will be installed in Vista Park in the near future.
FLORENCE (AP) — Pinal County personnel are clearing a road to an isolated 10-acre tract for a future sheriff’s shooting range, which neighbors fear will cause property values to plummet in the surrounding pristine desert and open range land north of Florence.
Holidays are a time for family spending, relaxing and celebrating. For many people, they’re also a time for holiday shopping.
So there was this Big Bang. And sometime after that, humans appeared on this Big Blue Marble, also known as Earth, left to fend for themselves.
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SIERRA VISTA — “I think coffee is the only thing that the whole world agrees on ... It’s brought countries together, it’s brought cities together, states, small towns, families. And so, we really just need to take everybody up on that and we just need to work together and try to make the wor…
In the real estate world most people believe nothing ever changes. We have seen some fantastic changes in the past few years.
With Schieffelin’s early discoveries proving viable, a milling operation now had to be constructed to turn raw silver ore into the currency of silver bullion. Gird would choose the San Pedro River as the location for his mill, and the Corbin Mill would soon follow.
PHOENIX — A bid by a Prescott Valley lawmaker to mandate that Arizona students be taught about communism isn’t the state’s first foray into the issue.
PHOENIX — A first-term Arizona lawmaker wants to require that students have to study what he says is the “brutality’’ of communism before they can graduate.
COCHISE COUNTY — On Tuesday morning three semi-trucks stuffed with holiday cheer and messages of faith pulled out of Calvary Chapel in Sierra Vista, en route to Fullerton, California.
SIERRA VISTA — With the Sierra Vista Unified School District reporting the passing of a Buena High School senior in October, interim Principal Nicole Young shares the school’s protocol for handling such cases.