Gila County’s Office of Health and Emergency Management has partnered with the award-winning company Everbridge to instantly disseminate life-saving information in the critical moments at the onset of a crisis. Available now, the Everbridge Mass Notification System is an opt-in program that immediately sends key information through any combination of email, …
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Promoting Leadership in the Copper Corridor
By Guest Author For some time, Mila Besich-Lira had heard wonderful feedback about the Hispanic Leadership Institute program offered by Valle del Sol in Phoenix. Although Besich-Lira, who lives in Superior, was interested in attending the 10-week leadership institute, which helps individuals to develop their leadership skills in order to …
Read More »This Arizona High School Has a Waiting List for Japanese
Contributed by: Amanda Rollins Japanese Language Program Coordinator as published in JapanFoundation LA Miami Junior/Senior High School in a rural part of Arizona educates fewer than 600 students from grades 7 to 12. Last year, some students discovered that their new English teacher Dan Hill is also licensed to teach Japanese. They …
Read More »Architecture School plans a public exhibition of student work at Center for Arts
The seven FLLW (Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture) Studio students will present their designs and proposed interventions for Broad Street that will help revitalize the downtown corridor of Globe. The students took on an dditional project, and have also worked to produce the design or a community garden in …
Read More »School of Architecture plans a Public Exihibition
The seven FLLW Studio students will present their designs and proposed interventions for Broad Street that will help revitalize the downtown corridor of Globe. The students took on an additional project, and have also worked to produce the design for a community garden in Claypool that can be used by …
Read More »Remembering the Three Bills
Y’know, it hurts to realize the fantastic humans who have vanished from our midst here in Cental Arizona in the not-too-distant past. Three Bills come to mind right off the bat: Bill Hardt, Bill Taylor and Bill Schminke. Each of these guys had a special part in Central Arizona’s history. Guest ContributorGuest Contributors include …
Read More »Tonto National Monument is an archaeology treasure located in Tonto Basin
By: Jean Sullivan Tucked away in canyons high above Roosevelt Lake stand two 700 –year-old cliff dwellings inhabited by a multi-ethnic group that archaeologists have named the “Salado”. Salado dwellings were located along the Salt River, Tonto Basin and in Globe (Besh Ba Gowah and Gila Pueblo). Archaeologists believe these …
Read More »Making the Most of our Magnificent Prickly Pear
Story by Gina Gentry McElroy Cheri’s Desert Harvest products will be represented at this year’s Prickly Pear Festival. Who knew so much could come from a desert cactus? Cheri Romanoski, that’s who. A native Tucsonan who grew up appreciating the desert and its natural resources, Cheri took it upon herself …
Read More »Introducing the Business Buzz
According to the Small Business Association (SBA), more than half of Americans either own or work for a small business, creating approximately two out of every three new jobs in the U.S. each year. Micro businesses are the backbone of America. Bigger businesses may get the headlines, but micro businesses …
Read More »A letter from GUSD Superintendent
March 30, 2015 Dear Greater Globe Community, Globe Unified School District continues to press forward in its efforts to “Capture Hearts and Empower Minds”. There are many ways that the district is striving to live up to its vision statement. Chief among those strategies is the continuous implementation of our …
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