Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Miami -- The Miami School Board had an unusually thick stack of Public Requests to Speak at Monday night's regularly scheduled school board meeting, which had to be moved from the library's back room to the MHS auditorium. More than 100 people sat in the audience. Six Sheriff's deputies were on hand as well.
In all, 14 Request to ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Globe -- The Copper Dust Stampede Rodeo was alive and kicking this weekend at the Gila County Fairgrounds. The weekend's festivities started with the annual parade through downtown Globe. ...more
Modified: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Globe -- Officer Kalen Trimble, who has been with the Globe Police Department for 18 years, has seen a variety of crimes in his day. Writing tickets for something like parking the wrong way on a neighborhood street may appear to many as more of a nuisance, especially for the person on the receiving end. But as Officer Trimble sees ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Miami -- Despite wind damage that ripped the roof off of Miami's Hostetler pool house last month, the historic attraction is set to open by Memorial Day weekend. Electrical improvements are being made in the filters and pumps and about half of the roof has been replaced.
The next step is to fill the pool with water in preparation ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Globe -- With Inspired Learning Academy calling it quits and moving out of the Holy Angels campus, many parents and students are hoping for other options for the 2012-13 school year.
One new charter school preparing to enter the scene is Sequoia Choice Arizona Distance Learning School. Sequoia Choice, which operates 17 schools throughout the state, offers both online learning ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Gila County -- The Gila County Board of Supervisors approved a Small Government Enterprise License Agreement with Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) at last Tuesday's regular meeting.
The item was introduced by Public Works Division's Deputy Director Steve Stratton and then further explained by Tom Holman, the Public Works Division's technology person. ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Gila County -- The Gila County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution last Tuesday supporting projects described in the Arizona Department of Transportation's Five-Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program. This programs currently includes the reconstruction and lane additions to U.S 60, the Silver King and Superior sections, to begin no later than 2015. ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Superior -- The Resolution Copper Company has published the following information about the land status of the Oak Flat area east of Superior, which is fee title land owned by the U.S. Government/Tonto National Forest based on the current official records of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and actions of record in the Federal Register. ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
In making reference to the alleged corruption/extortion trial of former Congressman Rick Renzi underway in federal court in Tucson, San Carlos Tribal Attorney Alexander Ritchie told the Globe City Council last week it was former Republican Congressman Rick Renzi who started the ball rolling on the issue of the Resolution Copper land exchange.
Quite the contrary -- our past news reports show different. It was Renzi who ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Globe -- A recent survey conducted among Gila County residents and health care providers indicates that at least three quarters of us consider ourselves to be in good or very good health.
About the same number get medical insurance through their employers, but even they might find co-pay costs prohibitive. Half of those insured have delayed filling their prescriptions ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Globe -- The Arizona Silver Belt will be raffling off this beautiful, hand-made quilt as part of its fundraising activities for the Relay for Life event, coming this June. The quilt was made by cancer-survivor (and Arizona Silver Belt staff member) Bethel Baker. Tickets are available for purchase at the Arizona Silver Belt office, 298 N. Pine Street, in downtown ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Globe -- District 4 Councilman Desmond Baker has been urging caution for the past three times the Resolution Copper support issue has been on the agenda. This time he was more emphatic. He said he was making, ". . .one last plea. Let's continue to conserve that land for America NOT for corporate greed."
The Resolution Copper item was next ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Globe -- The Globe Council received an amendment to the City Code from City Attorney William Sims that clarifies what constitutes an abandoned vehicle.
When the City Code was amended a few years ago, the existing language allowed police to enforce the code only if a vehicle was parked on a sidewalk. The amended section allows city police to enforce ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Globe -- Among the many major issues that required much presentation of information and discussion were several items at Monday's Special Globe Council meeting that were quick votes, albeit still important.
Back for the third reading and final approval was the issue of Home Rule and the elections of council members for districts 3, 4, and 6. Finance Director Teresa ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Globe -- Beginning about the third week of May of first week of June, several streets in Globe will be chip sealed. Streets and areas designated for improvements are: Escudilla from U.S. 60 to Pinaleno Pass; Hackney from U.S. 60 to Gleason; Maple from Third to Sixth; Sixth from Maple to School; East from U.S. 60 to Maple; Linda Vista ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Globe -- Globe City Council held a special meeting Monday night with the most important item being to address immediate water and wastewater concerns that the city is facing.
The council approved an authorization for City Manager Brent Billingsley to issue a purchase order to EUSI LLC not to exceed $57,588, for three months of operation and maintenance of the ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Miami -- Early last week, community members, students, educators and even coaches from around the state reeled in shock of the news of long-time Miami High School teacher and title winning coach, Cherry Roberds being replaced after the 2012-13 school year. The realization that this was happening was immediately met with ill regard from a large number of MHS alumni, ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Miami -- News spread like a wildfire of the letting go of long-time teacher and coach Cherry Roberds from the MUSD payroll. While students organized protests and rumors spread of a conspiracy to bring in family members to fill the positions, MUSD superintendent Sherry Dorathy told the Silver Belt, "They were informed."
"They" refers to staff members who retired ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Hayden -- On Tuesday, April 30, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced that an investigation into the ASARCO Copper Mine theft led to 18 grand jury indictments with 136 felony counts stemming from the investigation. Starting in late 2012, DPS Criminal Investigations Division detectives began investigating a large and complex criminal syndicate suspected of stealing enormous amounts of copper ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Globe -- Globe Unified School District Business Operations Manager Jennifer Kinnard had encouraging things to say to the Board of Directors at last week's meeting.
Kinnard presented the district's finalized expenditure budget with almost $90,000 more available than originally thought. ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Globe -- The Globe Fire Department responded to a brush fire on Friday, May 3, at 4:25 p.m. The fire was in the creek area just east of Libby's El Rey Restaurant on Broad Street. Arriving units found a large amount of fire, as approximately 1/10th of an acre of brush and trees burned. ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Globe-Miami -- Carlota Copper Mine, owned by KGHM International of Poland, will stop producing Sulfide Copper this summer and will focus entirely on reclamation work (restoring the 3,000 acre former mine site which consists of company lode mining claims filed on U.S. Forest Service lands, mainly the Eder Claim Group and others.)
Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold, Inc. plans to stop mining at its restarted Miami open pit operations at ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Vancouver -- The Vancouver-based Capstone Mining Corporation, which is purchasing BHP Billiton's Pinto Valley Mine for $650 million, was founded in 2006 by Darren Pylot. Pylot is still involved with Capstone and is currently serving as the company President and Chief Executive Officer.
In its 2012 annual report, the Canadian mining company said it had a net profit for the year at $59.6 ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Miami -- The 1,100 acres of the historic Van Dyke properties and mineral rights in, around and under the town of Miami are now owned by another Canadian company. Elmer Stewart, President and Chief Executive Officer of Calgary based Copper Fox Metals, says his company has now acquired 100 percent of Bell Resources interests in the Van Dyke copper deposit in the town of Miami. ...more
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