“Read On Express” has become a downtown Christmas tradition. On December 14, the historic depot decked the halls and people came from Globe, Miami, San Carlos, Payson and the Valley to enjoy the festivities and support early literacy. “The main goal of the event is to get a book in …
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Unknown Unknowns
The idea of “unknown unknowns” was popularized by Donald Rumsfeld, the US Secretary of Defense prior to the Iraq War, talking about the potential that Iraq was supplying weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups. It was suspected, but no one knew for certain. The idea percolated through culture, that …
Read More »The Independent Riders’ Toy Drive: Two Decades of Changing Lives, One Family at a Time
It started with three friends, a few beers, and a crazy idea to spread some holiday cheer. The year was 2002, and Billy Mata, Al Nader, and Bobby Pena – the ‘three amigos’ of the Independent Riders – set out on a mission to help local families in need. For …
Read More »Horne: First of more than 16,000 Narcan kits headed to Az. schools
Result of efforts of STOP-IT Task Force, partnership with state agencies PHOENIX – Flanked by representatives from multiple state agencies and members of department’s task force who worked to procure lifesaving Narcan for Arizona schools, state Superintendent Tom Horne today announced more than 16,000 Narcan kits are now available for …
Read More »Punchers play a decisive role in HDMS Division Championship
For the second consecutive year, the High Desert Middle School football team won their division championship, undefeated. Miami Jr. High was runner-up. The foundation for this regional success, according to many in the game, is the CCYS Punchers Tackle Football and Cheer program. The organization involves youth from Globe, Miami, …
Read More »Cultural Success Program gives San Carlos students a chance to say ‘SHIŁ GOZHÓÓ’
The San Carlos Unified School District’s Cultural Success Coaching Program offers a safe space and gives troubled students an outlet for their frustrations as well as material support during the school year. SCUSD support services created the program, in its second year of existence, to help students who may need …
Read More »Blue’s Gone Pink
Blue and Lisa Saiz have a lot to celebrate. Blue’s Shop is 5 years old and Lisa is 10 years cancer-free. “Every day is a surprise,” says Lisa. “We started from dirt.” Blue’s Kustoms, the custom body shop at 106 West Ash Street (Highway 60), atop a hill overlooking Globe, …
Read More »ADHS relaunches its popular COVID-19 vaccination program
PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) is proud to announce it has relaunched its lifesaving mobile COVID-19 vaccination program. This program is designed to ensure all Arizonans, anywhere in the state, still have equitable access to free COVID-19 vaccinations by bringing a vaccine clinic to any community …
Read More »Fire in Peridot destroys homes, burns over 1100 acres
The Watch Fire was initially reported around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10th. By Thursday morning, people were “aware of the fire in the river bottom”, but it seemed no more than a brush fire and one that seemed to move “east into the hills across the river,” so few …
Read More »Two Wheels or a Mule Named Buford
There once was a lady by the name of Anne Mustoe, who lived in Southwold, a small town on the coast of England—also the home of the crime writer P.D. James, and you might know it as the location of the British drama Upstairs, Downstairs. Miss Mustoe was born in …
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