The 5th Annual Miami Loco arts festival begins tonight! The festival is an all-inclusive arts experience aimed at all ages and tastes, and showcases live art, music, and poetry. Acquaint yourself with a few of the local/formerly local artists who will be at this year’s Miami Loco: Jules Dinehdeal, aka Cleopache Poet …
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Amy Schugar: Keep Your Head on Straight
Amy Schugar is easy to spot on Cedar Street. She has that Los Angeles rock mystique, a rare sight here in Globe. Her mane of hair reaches well-below her shoulders, long and full. Her red, studded boots scream rock n’ roll, as do her vest and button-down shirt. I walk …
Read More »Learn about new Common Core Standards
Press Release: Education, Common Core Standards This coming Monday, High Desert Middle School will be hosting a program from Expect More Arizona about Arizona’s College & career Ready standards . Parents, business leaders and the community is invited to attend. These new education standards will impact everyone in Arizona – …
Read More »Canadian Company Seeking Copper at Van Dyke Holds Open House
Desert Fox Minerals, aka Copper Fox Metals, held an open house last night at the Veterans Memorial Park in Miami to answer questions about its activities at the Van Dyke claims. Roughly 30 people showed up, including Elmer Stewart, the company’s president and CEO, project manager Dr. Tim Marsh, geologist …
Read More »Last AmeriCorps VISTA Bids Farewell to Globe-Miami
Perhaps you met AmeriCorps VISTA Tara Celentano within the last year somewhere around town; yet, you may or may not have known exactly what she was doing here. Celentano, originally from Portland, Ore., arrived here a year ago. This weekend marked her last in the area. She was the last …
Read More »Gila County Holds First Water Fest
To the side of the Pinal Little League Complex in Claypool, students piled ice cubes on the tops of plastic mountains, illustrating how water travels through a watershed, starting from mountain tops. At the neighboring water conservation station, students raced each other to fill buckets of water from one bin and …
Read More »Watch Globe High Compete Three-Against-One in FIRST Robotics Competition
Globe High School’s Robotics Team took on three teams solo during one of the matches at this year’s FIRST Robotics regional competition. Jenn WalkerJenn Walker began writing for Globe Miami Times in 2012 and has been a contributor ever since. Her work has also appeared in Submerge Magazine, Sacramento Press, Sacramento …
Read More »Globe High Wins Rookie Award at FIRST Robotics Competition
Globe High School won the Rookie Inspiration Award at this year’s FIRST Robotics regional competition, held at Hamilton High School in Chandler over the weekend. Approximately fifty high school teams entered the competition. Globe’s team, team 5059 (aka Tigerobotics), ranked 19 out of the 49. This is the first year that …
Read More »2014 Pow-Wow at Apache Gold Casino
The spring pow-wow has returned to the Apache Gold Casino this weekend. The festivities began Friday and will continue through Sunday afternoon. Dancers have traveled from as far as the East Coast and Canada to participate. GMT caught the grand entry Friday evening; we had the pleasure of speaking with a …
Read More »Tales of Law and Order in Globe
“Former Sheriff in Trouble While out on Parole” In July 1905, former Gila County Sheriff W.T. (Tom) Armstrong was arrested for stealing cattle while on parole. Armstrong had been sentenced to five years in Yuma for stealing cattle just a year before. Then, during his parole (granted to visit his …
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