MAYOR’S REPORT – JULY Adoption of Final Budget 2017-2018 On July 11th, the final budget was adopted for fiscal year 2017-18 in the amount of $21,590,488.00. The goals identified for the upcoming year are public safety, roads, WIFA funding, blight, housing, regionalism, and tourism Arizona Creative Community Grant The City …
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Globe among 9 Arizona Communities Selected for Inaugural AZ Creative Communities Institute
12-month collaborative learning program is guided by leaders in field of creative engagement Today, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, an agency of the State of Arizona, Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts (HIDA), and Southwest Folklife Alliance (SFA) announced the 9 communities that will participate …
Read More »Gila County becomes 14th Farm Bureau Agency in the State
A group of Gila County ranchers made a bit of history this June when they formed a Farm Bureau in Gila County. Of Arizona’s fifteen counties, Gila County becomes the 14th to form a Farm Bureau; a grassroots, volunteer-led farming and ranching advocacy organization. The group met in June and voted …
Read More »Gila County Supervisor Tommie Cline Martin Selected as Chair of NACo
FRANKLIN COUNTY, OH (July 31, 2017) – Last week, Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin was appointed chair of the Public Lands Steering Committee of the National Association of Counties (NACo). NACo President, Commissioner Roy Charles Brooks, of Tarrant County, Texas, announced the appointment at the NACo Annual Conference last week …
Read More »Community makes Cobre Valley Youth Club opening a success
It’s always risky to step away from the familiar, but when it comes to making a community a better place for its young people, the former advisory board of the Boys & Girls Club was willing. All it needed was to find others who could catch the vision, and it …
Read More »Freeport-McMoRan Announces 2017 Grant Recipients
This year’s recipients of the Globe-Miami Community Investment Fund were announced at Freeport’s 3rd Quarter Partnership meeting in Globe. The fund, established in 2012, has distributed $1,326,000 to this region and is governed by a board made up of local community leaders representing diverse organizations and two FMI representatives. The …
Read More »Fishing tournaments to resume at Apache, Canyon lakes
Saguaro Lake tournaments remain suspended The U.S. Forest Service has been notified by the Arizona Game and Fish Department that fishing tournaments at Apache and Canyon Lakes can resume, effective immediately. Fishing tournaments were temporarily suspended when golden alga (Prymnesium parvum) blooms developed over large portions of the lakes. Golden …
Read More »Tonto National Monument Closed on Monday, July 10, 2017 Due to Power Outage
Roosevelt, AZ- The Salt River Project will be working on updating critical powerline infrastructure near Tonto National Monument on July 10 th . Because of the power outage and impacts to visitor safety, Tonto National Monument will be closed all day Monday. Also, on Tuesday, July 11 th and Wednesday, …
Read More »Contractors to start work on flood mitigation today
GILA COUNTY- As part of Gila County’s Pinal Fire Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) project, local contractors will begin working to remove debris in the waterways downstream of the fire on the morning of Thursday, July 6, 2017. Guest ContributorGuest Contributors include press releases, guest authors, and columnists who contribute less than …
Read More »Heritage Health Care Center welcomes new Marketing Director
Heritage Health Care Center in Globe would like to introduce their new Marketing Director Lacey John. Lacey started her career in the medical field at the age of 18 as a Certified Nursing Assistant and is attending school through Maricopa colleges. She is currently on the wait list for the …
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