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Superior Mayor Besich signs Declaration of Emergency. Thanks Fire Crews.

SUPERIOR- The Town of Superior will be forever grateful to all of the crews who have worked to extinguish this horrific wildfire near our community.  At this time, we continue to support our neighboring communities of Globe/Miami as the fire still rages through our Copper Corridor region. Today, Mayor Mila …

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Chairman Rambler responds to withdrawal of Resolution Copper FEIS

San Carlos Apache Reservation Chairman Terry Rambler Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it is directing the Tonto Nation Forest to rescind the Final Environmental impact Statement and draft Record of Decision for the proposed Resolution Copper Mine. This action stops the transfer of Oak Flat, land that …

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Griffin Fire Grows. Communities Remain in ‘Set’ and ‘Go’ mode.

  Griffin Fire Grows, Communities Remain in “Set” and “Go”  Ko’ Ba Nagoni i’  Fire crews worked throughout the night to build and burn out along existing roads southeast of the Griffin Fire to protect homes along the Highway 60 corridor and keep the fire from moving toward Cutter. Crews today …

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Monday, August 24, 2020 Salt & Griffin Update 

  Griffin Fire Continues to Progress into the Sevenmile Drainage  Ko’ Ba Nagoni i’    Salt Fire  Location: 11 miles north of Globe, AZ near the junction of Hwy. 188 and SR 288  Cause: Lightning  Size: 20,809 acres  Percent containment: 57%  Vegetation: Sonoran Desert Grass and Brush  Fire Strategy: Full Suppression      Griffin Fire  Location: 5 …

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CVRMC announces Blitz Testing program starting May 16th

Earlier this month Governor Doug Ducey announced the state would conduct a blitz of covid-19 testing to take place on three consecutive weekends. According to the Governors’ office the testing was being done (1) to determine the extent of the population affected by COVID-19 and allow intelligent decisions to be …

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