When the county was working on the baseball fields in Claypool, they needed a manlift and asked if RAM Specialists could help erect the new sports lights. The answer: Of course. “That’s a good community project, so we did that,” says Matt Kannegaard, co-owner of the Miami-based business. But instead …
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The Taste of Change
Bananas used to be better back in our great-grandparents’ day. They tasted better and had a nicer texture, and didn’t bruise so easily. The old bananas were a kind called Gros Michel (Big Mike, in English). But a fungus killed all the Gros Michel plants starting in the 1890s. By …
Read More »Community Players take the stage with new production
The Copper Cities Community Players will perform You Can’t Take It With You on April 28, 29, and 30 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 each with 2022 season tickets available for $65. Tickets are on sale at the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts. Set in the 1930s, this …
Read More »RCAC brings annual conference to Globe
The organization that provided resources to help establish Globe’s Economic Development Department (EDD) is coming to town for its annual retreat this month, in an effort to show its members the results of their work and to highlight the successes of the Building Rural Economies (BRE) initiative in rural Arizona. …
Read More »Frank Balaam Paints the Luminous Forest
In south-central Utah, due east of Moab and north of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, lives one of the most remarkable creatures on Earth. From the edge of an alpine lake, a forest of quaking aspen climbs the steep angle of a hillside. A portion of this high-altitude forest – …
Read More »Second-Generation Miners – Aimee Mundy-Ellison
“This is what I’m meant to do,” according to Aimee Mundy-Ellison. In 1924, Hopkin Williams worked underground at the Old Dominion mine. 100 years later, his great granddaughter Aimee Mundy-Ellison works as Principal for Health Safety Environment at BHP in Miami. Responsible for fostering a health and safety culture, …
Read More »San Carlos reports 0 positive cases. Restrictions to remain through May 1.
The Tribe has set up a curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m, restricted travel in and out of the reservation and stopped the sale of alcoholic beverages on the reservation in an effort to keep members safe. It is noted that the Navajo Nation has 1,321 positives and 45 …
Read More »Line up of Events for 2020: Apache Leap Mining Festival: March 13 – 15th
SUPERIOR, ARIZ. — From Friday, March 13 through Sunday, March 15, 2020, the Superior Chamber of Commerce will present the 32nd Annual Apache Leap Mining Festival, a fun-filled event that showcases Superior’s rich history as a mining town. The theme of this year’s festival is “Celebrating Mining Machinery, Past and …
Read More »A Journey to Understanding and Connection
Review of Memoir of a 2G: Story of Secrecy and Resilience by Patricia C. Bischof Patricia Bischof is an artist and teacher in Tucson. She teaches art at Marana Middle School, creates mixed-media and found-object artworks, and collects vintage women’s accessories. She’s also a “2G”: the daughter of two Holocaust …
Read More »Arizona American Indian Festival 2020 coming to Scottsdale, Feb. 8
Two-Day Festival Pays Homage to City of Scottsdale’s Arizona American Indian Heritage SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — On Saturday, February 8 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, February 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Arizona American Indian Tourism Association (AAITA) — in partnership with Arizona’s 22 Native American tribes …
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