http://www.silverbelt.com News RSS Feed Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:22:00 -0600 http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=849 MIAMI - That big Pinto Valley Open Pit copper mine west of the town of Miami presently has 100 persons working at the mine site. Company spokesman Francis McAllister said that number includes 40 workers who are associated with the residual leaching activities there and at Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:46:55 -0600 http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=848 MIAMI - The Town of Miami has been approved for a $1.6 million WIFA (Water Infrastructure & Finance Authority) loan to begin its Waste Water Collection System project. The town was well represented at the regular meeting of the WIFA Board on Wednesday afternoon in Phoenix as Miami was represented Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:46:26 -0600 http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=845 GLOBE - Last Wednesday's regular bimonthly meeting of the Globe Unified School District No. 1 Governing Board didn't end until nearly 10 p.m. The board held two long executive sessions regarding student discipline, and talked at length with its attorney for legal advice. The board Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:06:36 -0600 http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=844 Arizona Silver Belt GLOBE - The Globe Fire Department responded to a report of smoke inside the building at the Center for the Arts on December 17, at 2 p.m. The initial engine had no smoke showing on the outside, but had light smoke on the Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:05:56 -0600 http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=826 MIAMI - The collapse of sewer pipes at both Water Street on the west end of Town and Loomis on the east end of Town caused Miami officials some major headaches last week, especially with virtually no money in hand to fix the pipes. After discussions Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:49:27 -0600 http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=825 BY TED LAKE Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Last Wednesday, the stalled Resolution Copper Land Swap Bill suddenly sailed through the U.S. Senate's Energy and Natural Resources Committee and is expected to come to a vote of the full U.S. Senate sometime early next year. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:46:48 -0600 http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=824 BY TYLER KENT and MARC MARIN GLOBE - On Sunday, Dec. 20, Globe Fire Marshal Joe Bracamonte closed the Hill Street School until further notice. The closure is due to the fact that a fire sprinkler line broke and leaked into the building. The electricity Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:46:13 -0600 http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=823 PHOENIX - The proposed Job Corps site in the Globe-Miami area came one step closer to reality on Wednesday, Dec. 16, when H.R. 3288, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill must next be considered by the Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:44:54 -0600 http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=822 MIAMI - Sargeant Fane of the Gila County Sherriff's office gave a presentation on sexting and other dangers at Miami School Board's regular meeting this month. After attending a recent training in Scottsdale, Fane highlighted the dangers the Internet can pose to minors. He began by Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:44:19 -0600 http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=821 WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Although the amended Senate Bill 409 (the Resolution Copper Land Swap) easily sailed through the full U.S. Senate Committee and Natural Resources on Wednesday eventually on its way to the full Senate, it came under fire from Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:43:48 -0600 http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=820 GILA COUNTY ― A list of Gila County's top property taxpayers for the year has been released by the Gila County Treasurer's Office and given to the Arizona Silver Belt by Martha Gonzales, with BHP Billiton paying the highest amount in taxes to our local Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:42:43 -0600 http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.silverbelt.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=819 GILA COUNTY ― The unemployment rate for Gila County fell to 10.3 percent last month from the record high for the year of 11.2 percent in October, according to the Arizona Department of Commerce. The lowest monthly jobless rate for Gila County was 8 percent Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:40:47 -0600