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There’s a ranch in the Pinals, southwest of Globe, named for a mythical creature half eagle, half lion.  Gryphon Ranch, 469 acres of private canyon land, is home to Jim and Carol Ptak, their champion Griffon dogs, and a herd of long-haired, big-horned cattle.   “It represents the duality in …

GLOBE- Ana Petty of Capstone-Pinto Valley Mine presented a check for $3,000 to fund construction of six ore car benches at the Old Dominion Mine Park (ODMP).  The bench design is by Bruce Binkley, Architect, and the historic ore car chassis were donated by BHP.  Also in the picture are ODMP …

GLOBE- Fred Barcon, President of the Industrial Development Authority of Gila County, hosted a tour of five buildings in Miami for a group of artists interested in older buildings with high ceilings for large-scale artwork. “Most of the commercial buildings in Globe-Miami are mixed-use with the retail space downstairs and …

Globe-Miami, AZ (February 12, 2018) — Freeport-McMoRan is aware of the needed repairs at the Cobre Valley Country Club and in an effort to improve the facility, the company will assume operational and financial management. Assuming this responsibility allows the company to achieve the goal of restoring this family-friendly amenity …

*Another in our Tech Series from SecureTheBeast.com The importance of smart phones in our lives cannot be underestimated. A fact not lost on anyone who has ever dropped one in the toilet, knocked it into a sink full of dishes, or, in the case of recent hurricane victims, ​ plucked …

A WiFi connection has become one of life’s necessities when we’re on the road. Our smart phones have a cellular network we can tap into for internet access, but for laptops and most tablets, an available Wi-Fi network is the only way to reach the outside world. We are all …

A group of Gila County ranchers made a bit of history this June when they formed a Farm Bureau in Gila County.  Of Arizona’s fifteen counties, Gila County becomes the 14th to form a Farm Bureau; a grassroots, volunteer-led farming and ranching advocacy organization.  The group met in June and voted …

By Aimee Staten & Linda Gross The widespread optimism that surrounded the launch of last year’s Globe-Miami Studio Project, which many hoped would spur economic development and make the region a tourist attraction, appears to be gone. It has been replaced by hope from some that the investment this community …

In an age when self-reliance was a valuable commodity and computerized robotics a distant dream, McGowen Machine Works was the place to go for the entire state of Arizona. Now, the machine shop on the corner of Oak and Pine is mostly still, but that doesn’t mean the stillness is …