Poets on the Rez is back, and this Friday will mark the first event of the year! An art and open mic night that includes music, painting and poetry, Poets on the Rez is held once a month at the community college in San Carlos. Poets on the Rez invites you to share your …
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Globe City Council Highlights, Feb. 10
Stakeholder meetings are set for the aquatic center. See dates here. Directional signs and maps will be installed around Globe and the Copper Circle within the next month thanks to a $55,000 grant received by Southern Gila County’s Economic Development Corporation from the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation last June. JR and Roberta Reynoso …
Read More »Protestors March 44 Miles Against Land Exchange
Yesterday morning, members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe led roughly 70 people on a 44-mile march in protest to Congress’ recent approval of a bill that transfers 2,400 acres of national forest land, which includes Oak Flat, to the mining company Resolution Copper for development of an underground mine. Individuals from …
Read More »Gold Fever: Why Two Local Gold Prospectors Keep Up Hunt
Shortly after I moved to Globe-Miami two years ago, I was invited to go on a gold prospecting trip with Miami locals Don Reiman (also Miami’s new vice mayor) and Dik Mickle. I met them on Sullivan Street in downtown Miami on a summer morning just before dawn. We loaded …
Read More »The Warrior In The Woman
There is something very intriguing about San Carlos artist Carrie Curley. Perhaps it is the eloquent way she speaks, her voice soft yet strong. Perhaps it is her artistic mystique. Or perhaps it is because this modest artist is a rare find on the Apache reservation, being both female and …
Read More »Building Gardens In the Name of Community
Sometimes, all you have to do is ask. When Adrian Marks moved to Globe last year, one of the first things he noticed was the empty lot across the street from him, behind the old Nob Hill grocery store on Devereaux Street. In September, he approached the owner of the …
Read More »Roberta Hunter-Patten Is The First Apache Elected To GUSD School Board
Roberta Hunter-Patten is bracing herself to serve as the first Apache on the GUSD school board this January after winning last November’s election against Frankie DalMolin and Robert Howard for District 1. Total, Hunter-Patten has spent 30 years teaching students in kindergarten, elementary and junior high school. Until three or …
Read More »Globe City Council Highlights, Jan. 13
Jan. 13 highlights: Lerry Alderman, District 6 councilman, was appointed by former Gov. Jan Brewer to Arizona’s Municipal Tax Code Commission before she left office. Five police officers received the city’s Above and Beyond Award for recently protecting firefighters from various dangers on scene. They are: Sergeant Haines, Sergeant Meintzer, …
Read More »GMT Explores Arizona’s First Vegetarian Festival
Globe Miami Times attended Arizona’s first Vegetarian Food Festival at the Scottsdale Amphitheater on Saturday, where more than 30 vendors sold anything from fresh produce and microgreens to decadent chocolates, and chefs gave demonstrations on how to make chocolate desserts, tacos galore, alfredo sauce and cheesecake… vegan-style. Jenn WalkerJenn Walker began writing …
Read More »City Is Curbing How Many Events It Sponsors; Public Meeting Is Monday
As promised, the city will hold a public meeting this upcoming Monday regarding special events. This will be the community’s chance to have a say on which five special events the city will sponsor in the upcoming fiscal year. As the number of special events held in Globe continues to …
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