The Town of Miami will get at least one new councilmember in 2025, as three seats are in play during the 2024 election cycle. The seats of longtime councilmen Mike Black, Sammy Gonzales and Robert Licano will be up for grabs and while Black and Gonzales have thrown their hats …
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After several months of unforeseen delays, the new Connie’s Bridge is expected to be open for traffic in June. Completion of the Upper Pinal Creek Bridge Project, as it is officially known, represents a significant milestone in the rehabilitation of Globe’s aging infrastructure as the City focuses resources on building …
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The Cobre Valley Institute of Technology is expanding its offerings in the healthcare fields this fall by adding mental and social health training, in an effort to help address growing worker shortages in the field. Citing a need for mental health professionals across the country, and specifically in Arizona, CVIT …
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Miami High School’s Lady Vandals varsity basketball team came within one game of the pinnacle of success when they fell to the Phoenix Country Day School Eagles in the state championship game on February 24 at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. In the end, the Vandals were runners up …
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As Miami Town Manager Alexis Rivera approaches his second year as the Town’s top administrator, his vision for the future has hit a few bumps, but he is dedicated to ushering in a new and prosperous era in a place that has seen fortunes come and go throughout its history. …
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City leaders have begun the process of updating Globe’s three-year Strategic Action Plan (SAP) and are working to have Council’s new goals identified for the 2024-2025 budget approval in June. As Globe City Council prepared to set off on its second historic lobbying visit to Washington DC this month, the …
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After WWII at the outset of the Cold War, the production of atomic weapons and dreams of a future powered by nuclear energy led to a boom in the uranium market that set off a mining craze in Arizona reminiscent of earlier booms of gold, silver, copper and other rare …
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Maintaining staffing levels at Arizona high schools can be difficult under the best of circumstances, but sometimes positive changes can come when the lives of teachers change. For Miami High School, the 2023-2024 school year has seen some comings and goings and longtime instructors returning to help. “We’ve had to …
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Miami’s Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum celebrates its 100th anniversary this month and is preparing to celebrate what has become a centerpiece of the town’s identity. The building that started out as a segregated school has become a gathering place for celebrations and festivals, but is also one of …
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Battles continue over regulation of hemp-based THC products, social equity licenses and other reforms BY: DAVID ABBOTT – WEDNESDAY MARCH 6, 2024 11:54 AM Arizona legislators introduced more than a dozen bills focused on amending marijuana laws this year, but just five are left standing as lawmakers have passed the midpoint of their …
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