Paraphrasing the lyrics of a Broadway show tune from a bygone era, our county fair is a great county fair. It’s the best county fair in our state. And well it should be, considering the fair is entering its 50th year. The first fair was held in 1970 at the …
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By Carol Broeder and David Abbott The proposed Cobre Valley Regional Aquatic Center (CVRAC) just might help foster better communication among family, friends and neighbors, improve the overall health of residents in the Globe-Miami area and make it more attractive to businesses that want to set up shop locally. …
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Ranch kids are different. They grow up with purpose. Responsibilities. Pride in tradition and a love for the land they live on. “They look you in the eye,” says Seth Joel, a photographer from New York. “L.A. kids don’t do that.” “Respect for the family is tremendous,” says Charlie Holland, …
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GILA COUNTY- Last weekend’s volunteer clean-up of the Pinal Cemetery in Central Heights cleared 6,420 pounds of brush and other greenwaste from the area! Volunteers, including Supervisors Woody Cline and Tim Humphrey as well as Gila County Manager James Menlove, came together to spend the morning beautifying the areas in need …
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Gila County employees turned out this morning to spearhead a clean up of the Pinal Cemetery. Although the call was put out for a community-wide volunteer effort, the workforce this morning wielding rakes, hoes and wheelbarrows was largely all county employees, including Supervisors Cline and Humphrey and Gila County Manager, …
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Each December, Gila County Recycling & Landfill Management presents the community with better-than-new, refurbished bikes, which get distributed to families in need throughout Gila County. This year, the county will distribute a record number of bikes– over 160. A 14 year long tradition, each bike giveaway represents a year’s worth of work …
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CAG- The Central Arizona Governments (CAG) Transit Feasibility Survey is designed to identify opportunities and needs, demand for public transportation, and local mobility issues. The results of the survey will help define future public transportation options in greater Gila County. Submit your completed survey by September 30th to be entered …
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The Gila County Board of Supervisors officially approved the tax rates for all jurisdictions for the 2017-2018 fiscal year at its regular meeting on August 21. The board’s action at Monday’s meeting approves the tax rates set by special taxing districts, such as fire and school districts, and sets the County primary …
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GilaCounty-Even as the Pinal Fire was still burning, Globe-Miami residents expressed concerns about post-fire flooding. Gila County staff at the Pinal Fire community meetings heard these concerns and began to formulate a multi-faceted response, including securing $300,000 dollars of federal funds to hire local contractors to clean out the waterways …
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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 …
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