Mary Yazzie, a graphics instructor at Miami High School for the past 15 years, has worked with CVIT for more than a decade. Her graphic design classes help prepare students with “real-world” classroom experience. “We like the program a lot,” Yazzie says. “By the time they’re finished, my kids have …
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Work of Local Photographer Liz Eaton on Display at CVCA
She can often be seen with her trusty camera at community events, or taking pictures and schmoozing with roadwork crews, or maybe holding court at the local coffee shop. Her Facebook page is a rich chronicle of the people and places of the Globe-Miami region and her photos are on …
Read More »Miami School District Launches Technological Solutions to Teacher Crunch
“We’re not asking them to come and save rural education, we’re asking them to let us save it ourselves,” says Miami High School Principal Glen Lineberry. “Which means we need some help, affirmative help, and sometimes we just need them to get out of the way.” In lieu of action …
Read More »CIVIT: Celebrating Student Success:Christian Napolitano
Christian Napolitano graduated from Cobre Valley Institute of Technology in 2018 and is now working at Capstone making a good hourly wage with great benefits. Born in Globe, Napolitano moved around the state in his youth, but returned, attending Globe High School for his final two years. David AbbottJournalist, writer …
Read More »Barry Schwenk Finds Calling as CCYS Globe Miami Piranha Swim Team Coach
The CCYS Globe Miami Piranha Swim Team has many challenges, but finding a great coach is not one of them. Coach Barry Schwenk, who serves as pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Miami, is in his second year at the helm, bringing a lifetime of community service and talent …
Read More »Roosevelt Lake: The Place to Play this Summer
In the wake of the Woodbury Fire, Paul Heley of AZ Stay + Play wants everyone to know that Roosevelt Lake is open for business. “We had two days where we had an hour of smoke,” he says. “But for the fire to get to us, it would have had …
Read More »Public workspace in the works for Historic Downtown Globe
The City of Globe has embarked on a project that it hopes will anchor development on a high-profile corner in Historic Downtown with the rehabilitation of the Michaelson Building on the corner of Broad and E. Sycamore streets as a co-workspace, business incubator and welcome center. The corner is diagonal …
Read More »SYMTP presents ‘Shrek The Musical Jr.’
The Summer Youth Musical Theatre Program will present “Shrek The Musical Jr.’ at High Desert Middle School, located at 4000 High Desert Dr., beginning on Friday, July 5. Watch as Shrek (Joey Keel), Donkey (Ally Shank) and fellow fairytale misfits fight a fearsome dragon (Ruby Parker), save a feisty princess …
Read More »Running the rocks: Rotary hosts 19th annual Round Mountain Sunrise Challenge
The Globe Rotary Club hosted its 19th annual Round Mountain Sunrise Challenge on Saturday, June 8, bringing boulder bouncers from as far away as Safford to Globe for the annual race that featured a 5K race and a 2-mile walk. David AbbottJournalist, writer and editor who has worked for community …
Read More »Dispensary no longer a walk-in facility
The Nirvana Center Dispensary in downtown Globe has changed the way it operates and will soon begin pickup and delivery services, no longer selling on a walk-in basis. Additionally, there will be a physician on site two Saturdays each month to offer referral services and renewals and the store will …
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