City finances Hollis Cinemas purchase to keep the movies playing in Globe

Hollis Cinemas owner Bobby Hollis has decided it is time to sell.
Having survived a fire, a pandemic and a rapidly changing film industry, Hollis Cinemas owner Bobby Hollis has decided it is time to sell — with the help of a city financing tool created in 2008 but never used until now...
Deep underground at Resolution Copper, crews recently completed a major upgrade to the 46 Level pump station, modernizing a critical system that helps manage water in the mine’s underground workings.
The Honorable Douglas Rayes who serves as a Senior U.S. District Judge, Class of ’70, with Tiger-Head, Jeff Stone. 
This last weekend Tiger alumni poured into town to celebrate their almaater during the homecoming game weekend. It is estimated that over 200 came to their class reunion this year which...
Government

Lost in translation at City Hall

Aubrey Sanders, founder of the Whimsy Bar, a new crafting hub in Globe. GMT covered the opening of Whimsy in July.
One day shy of her three-month store anniversary, Aubrey Sanders of The Whimsy Bar was contacted by a City of Globe representative for possible city code violations. It was a busy morning. “I was getting ready to open, it was homecoming and I open at 11...
Workers prepare sections of Hagen Road from Oil Circle to the skatepark or the sidewalk, curb, and gutter along Hagen Road. 

Jesse Hayes sidewalk project underway, adding infrastructure to Globe's southeast corridor

Amidst the reclamation and flood mitigation work taking place along the Pinal Creek corridor in recent months, an unrelated project has...
'Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State' by Michael Lewis.
Athens was fighting Sparta in 406 BC and won a major victory at Arginusae. After the battle, a violent storm broke out and the Athenians were unable to rescue sailors on wrecked or disabled Athenian ships. Many sailors drowned...
Politics & Elections

Have your say about Arizona's laws — without leaving home

Have Your Say in Arizona's Laws — Without Leaving HomeHave you ever heard about a new Arizona law and wished you had had some input to it — before it got passed? Maybe you've wanted to speak up about something happening at the State Capitol, but...

Miami seeks public input on Forest Avenue traffic change

At its October 12 meeting, Miami’s Town Council postponed a proposed traffic change on Forest Avenue to allow...

An Arizona voter carries her ballot to a polling place to vote in the 2018 primary election in Phoenix. Faith leaders are urging peace at the polls and respect for election workers ahead of the 2026 midterms. Photo by Ralph Freso | Getty...
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Museum dedicates new exhibit celebrating Mexican Hour

Joe Sanchez and Luis Jose Rodriguez
An iconic radio show that ran for more than 40 years was honored with an exhibition dedication at Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum. La Hora Mexicana (The Mexican Hour) was founded by Pete …

Globe’s best-kept secret broadcasts to the world

From his studio in downtown Globe, located in The Suites at 656 Broad, Andy Olson

Anyone who works in music will tell you it’s in their blood — it’s a passion, a calling, and not just a job. This can certainly be said for longtime radio DJ Andy Olson. Olson’s career began …

Globe-Miami Community Concert Series

The 71st season of the Globe-Miami Community Concert Series is just around the corner and it’s sure to get some toes tapping and heads bobbing. The series features six concerts – one monthly from November to April. It is presented by the...

From ghost walks to block parties

October is the start of cooler weather and some of our most memorable community events. Discover all there is to enjoy with our big run down of events this month! Globe-Miami comes alive with …

Things to Do

Christmas Boutique coming to Holy Angels

Holy Angels will be hosting their annual Christmas Boutique and Bake Sale on Thursday, November 6 and 7, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Parish Hall...

30th Annual Globe Halloween Block Party

2024 Portrait by Yvette Vargas of Lucinda and Tim Horta. 

Saturday, October 31, 2026 (yes, on Halloween night!) 5:00 pm: Streets close 5:30–7:30 pm: Broad Street candy flow (or until the candy runs out!) Free Halloween portraits Yevette Vargas Photography returns this year to take Halloween portraits...

Holy Angels will be hosting their annual Christmas Boutique and Bake Sale on Thursday, November 6 and 7, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Parish Hall...
Holy Angels will be hosting their annual Christmas Boutique and Bake Sale on Thursday, November 6 and 7, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Parish Hall...
Books

Your obituary is your last word, so make it a good one

Writer James Hagerty has written over 800 obituaries while at the Washington Post and from that experience came his book, Yours Truly where he talks about how much he hates obituaries but loves what …

A call to courage

In 1991, Navy Lieutenant Mark Kelly was piloting an A-6E Intruder, flying into Iraq as part of the first air assault of the Gulf War. En route to drop bombs on an Iraqi airfield, Kelly realized a …

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Veterans

Senate clears way for Gila County Veterans Retreat

A former Forest Service ranger station in the small community of Young, Arizona, is one step away from becoming the permanent home of a retreat for rural veterans and their families. The U.S. …

Proposals for Veterans Retreat repairs rejected for cost, strategy

At their Sept. 15 meeting, the Gila County Board of Supervisors rejected two contracts for the Pleasant Valley Veterans Retreat and discussed funding for operations and construction at the facility. …

Democrats warn federal voucher credit would spread Arizona’s problems nationwide

Arizona’s congressional Democrats are calling to repeal a federal plan that would spend billions on a school voucher tax credit, saying the Grand Canyon State’s universal voucher program is proof that public schools across the country will suffer.  The “One Big Beautiful Bill” that President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans championed last year included a […]

Each September, thousands of people in more than 40 cities climb 110 stories, the height of the World Trade Center towers, to honor the 343 FDNY firefighters killed on 9/11.
The Globe-Miami community gathered to commemorate one year since the  Sept. 26 flood that struck the community in 2025. The memorial, State of Globe: One Year Later , was held in front of Globe …
Mining news

Mining pride packs Sullivan Street

The first of its kind, the Miami Mining Expo, led by Evelyn Vargas, Melinda Baeza and a team of volunteers, brought one of the biggest turnouts downtown has seen in some time to celebrate the …

New protocols, faster response: Pinto Valley’s HSE team delivers

Tim Rogers

Pinto Valley's health, safety and environment department has spent this year strengthening the mine's emergency-response capabilities, and last month that investment paid off. Under new mine rescue …

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Superior's Prickly Pear Festival marks 15 years

August in Arizona is so hot that even the lizards stay hidden until dark. People cocoon in front of the air conditioner, and travel for anything non-essential slows to a crawl. But in downtown …

From a desert landscape few wanted to an oasis that bring travelers from afar

The monastery welcomes both Orthodox and non-Orthodox visitors free of charge, and wandering its grounds is worth the trip on its own.

South of Florence, Arizona, the desert offers little to suggest what lies ahead. Greasewood, scrub brush and cholla cactus stretch across a flat, sunburned expanse of the Sonoran Desert, the kind of …

See the streets of Victorian England come to life and watch ‘Oliver! JR.’

This year’s performance by the Summer Youth Musical Theater Program features “Oliver! JR.” Pictured here is actor Jonas Schwenk playing the character Fagin during last week’s dress rehearsal.

The streets of Victorian England will come to life when the Summer Youth Musical Theatre Program presents “Oliver! JR.”  Based on the Broadway Junior version of Lionel Bart's classic …

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Sports

40 Miles, four lakes, four days

Chris Cook and Stephen Heidari-Robinson kept warm with space blankets before their 17-mile swim across Apache Lake.

Under a dark Arizona sky, with only scattered shoreline lights and the silhouettes of mountains to guide them, two English swimmers pushed themselves through Roosevelt Lake in the final miles of one …

Cherry Roberds Tournament returns to Miami High School

The Miami Vandals tennis team led by head coach Joy Wilson

The Cherry Roberds MHS Invitational Tennis Tournament returned to Miami High School on April 3, bringing together teams from across the region for a full day of competition featuring 86 matches …

Friends first, rivals Wednesday

Matthew Zamora at the pitcher’s mound for the Vandals.

When the Globe Tigers and Miami Vandals take the field, the bleachers fill fast. This rivalry draws a crowd that's equal parts Globe and Miami — parents, sibling, and cousins who've watched these …

Ryder Guerrero earns all-American honors at track nationals

Commitment, dedication, and a love of the sport have kept Ryder Guerrero at the top of his game. The Miami Junior Senior High School senior placed 6th in the nation in the 800-meter race …

Piranhas dive into a new season with 45 swimmers 

The Piranhas had their home meet at the Globe Community Center Pool on June 13.
The Piranhas Swim Team is moving into its 30th-plus season with 45 swimmers and a new coaching structure as Globe-Miami's summer swim program gets underway.  Three evenings per week, the …
State news

Maricopa County election HQ locked down briefly due to ‘suspicious activity’

The Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center went into a brief lockdown Wednesday afternoon due to “suspicious activity” that an election worker observed in a nearby building.  The lockdown happened at approximately 12:30 p.m., leading to the building being put on lockdown for about half an hour, according to a statement released by the Maricopa […]

Clean Elections to AZ Supreme Court: Fraud case against Green Party candidates is growing

A pair of Green Party candidates dismissed allegations they fraudulently obtained millions in public campaign funding as a “black helicopter” conspiracy theory, but the director of the Clean Elections Commission told the Arizona Supreme Court on Monday that investigators have already uncovered 17 voters who say they didn’t give money to help those candidates qualify. […]

Advocates say Trump’s plan to exclude noncitizens from the 2030 census is unconstitutional

Community advocates and city leaders are sounding the alarm over a federal push to make sweeping changes to the census, warning that those changes will make it harder to meet public needs.  Last month, the Census Bureau published a proposal to count only citizens and lawful permanent residents when the census is next collected in […]

An ICE deportation jet with a broken fuel gauge leaked fuel at Mesa airport, closing a runway

An aircraft used for President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda leaked fuel onto the runway at the Mesa Gateway Airport, temporarily closing it, and an Immigration and Customs Enforcement pilot told air traffic controllers that his plane’s fuel gauge wasn’t working, according to audio reviewed by the Arizona Mirror.  “Can you send the trucks? We […]

FBI investigating suspicious letters sent to Grijalva, Ansari and Stanton

Suspicious letters, some of which contained unknown substances, were sent to three of Arizona’s Democratic members of Congress, just days after the Secretary of State’s Office was evacuated because of an envelope filled with white powder.  In a joint statement, U.S. Reps. Adelita Grijalva, Yassamin Ansari and Greg Stanton said they were notified by the […]

Arizona congressman demands answers on unmarked ‘pop-up’ immigration courts

Democratic U.S. Congressman Greg Stanton learned that the Department of Homeland Security was using a Federal Emergency Management Agency building as an immigration court, but when he went to inspect it, he was met with roadblocks.  “No. 1, there is no signage indicating this is an immigration court room,” Stanton told the Arizona Mirror in […]
History

Time capsule reveal marks courthouse's 50th anniversary

Tim Humphrey, chairman of the Gila County Board of Supervisors, passes the first envelope from the 1976 time capsule to Supervisor Woody Cline.
Last Thursday, Gila County celebrated the county courthouse's 50th birthday with a time capsule opening. “Ninety to 95% of all time capsules are forgotten,” said speaker James Dawdy, whose …
Home & Garden

APS announces assistance for middle-income families

PHOENIX – Arizonans earning average wages may be eligible for as much as $640 or more in assistance to pay their Arizona Public Service (APS) bills through a state program called Power AZ, while …

To afford aging in place, older adults turn to ‘Golden Girls’ housing

Shirley Jennett, a retired nurse, loves her spacious ranch-style house in Denver, with its big backyard and gazebo. “I want to stay here,” she vowed. “And die here.” She might pull …
Op-Ed and Letters
I think every day about what it will take to keep our town and the rest of Gila County strong in the years ahead. One of the biggest pieces is making sure people can get the education and training …
Since opening its doors in 1970, Gila Community College has been an important part of our community, providing local students with affordable educational opportunities, preparing a skilled workforce, …
Writer James Hagerty has written over 800 obituaries while at the Washington Post and from that experience came his book, Yours Truly where he talks about how much he hates obituaries but loves what …
Business

Well, that happened. What’s next?

Tanner Hunsaker at his shop on North Broad. His business, Western Reprographics, has long been a staple in the community, serving businesses and municipalities with signs, banners and embroidered products.

There was a moment he could have walked away ... from all of it. Tanner Hunsaker is not just a local entrepreneur, however, but also a local son carved from the rocky hillsides of the high desert. …

Bellas bold new chapter

Will James says his mom is his hero, his favorite person. The two make a strong team, with Will playing the consummate front man and server, and Nancy overseeing the kitchen and ever changing menu of fresh choices, which defines the cafe.

Family photos on the walls, fresh-baked goods in the display case, and a warm, sincere welcome as you walk in — all of these things make up Bellas Cafe on Main Street. Located in the heart of …

Arizona Supreme Court clarifies how vineyards and orchards must be taxed 

The Arizona Supreme Court has issued a ruling that could lower tax bills for vineyard and orchard owners across the state, holding that permanent crops — grapevines, fruit trees, and similar …

Education

Funding set to return after GUSD resolves compliance issue

Dr. Christa Dalmolin-East, Globe Unified School District Superintendent

After months of putting procedures and practices into place to address deficiencies, Globe Unified School District received word from the Arizona Auditor General’s office that they are “no longer …

Globe High School nabs $5,000 sweepstakes

Globe High School has been named a winner in T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights $5K Fridays sweepstakes, receiving $5,000 in funding — and putting the school in contention for a grand prize worth …

Culture

Superior's family grocer beats the odds

Richard Hing in front of his store in downtown Superior, Az

Multi-generational, single-store grocers have nearly vanished across Arizona, but Save Money Market defies the odds. Owned and operated by the third generation of the Hing family, the business has …

Gila County native: Living the rodeo dream

Sheppard was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, the National Cowboy Museum and Hall of Rodeo Fame, and the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs. In 1992, at age 60, Sheppard was invited to a party for clothing designer Giorgio Armani in Milan, Italy as a guest performer.

Trick Roper and Rider Nancy Sheppard Tells Her Story The year must have been 1947 when a dazzling 17-year-old brunette adorned in orchids was entertaining a crowd at what was considered the largest …

The Allure of Typewriters

Duane Jensen at his bench, surrounded by typewriters from every era. He fixed them all, and gained fans of all ages. I was one of them.

The allure of typewriters and the importance of typewriter repairmen By Linda Gross Can a love once lost be restored? I found my answer in a garage in north Phoenix, surrounded by rows of …

Obituaries
Michael Hunter McCarey
Michael Hunter McCarey, 61, passed away on September 7, 2026, just days before his 62nd birthday. Michael was born on Sept. 14, 1964, to Charles Allen McCarey and Aaron Fay Hunter McCarey. He …
Trini Mawson
Trini Mawson, 92, of Globe, Arizona, passed away on Tuesday September 1, 2026, in Gilbert, Arizona. Trini was born on September 13, 1933, in Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, Mexico, to Miguel and Pilar Esparza. …
George Leech
George Leech passed away peacefully in his home in Pinetop, Arizona on August 12, 2026. George graduated from the University of Arizona with a master's in forestry and went on to work for the Bureau …
Mary Susan Holliday
  Mary passed away peacefully on July 27, 2026, in Globe, Arizona, after a long and courageous battle with vascular dementia. She is now at peace and reunited in heaven with the love of her …
Patricia A Kilmer
 Patricia A. Killmer, born January 26, 1943, in Jerome, Arizona, passed away on July 2, 2026, peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones in Globe, Arizona. Her passing marks the end of a …
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