Driving into Globe feels like coming home to those who love living here, so in order to share that feeling with visitors the City has partnered with Local First Arizona to create a new marketing campaign featuring a logo reflecting the beauty of the region. The campaign was approved by …
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Superior Mayor’s Minute: What is in store for 2023
Greetings of the New Year! The holidays have come and gone too quickly it seems, and hopefully by now, we are all settling into 2023! Our Town achieved many major milestones in 2022, including the purchase of the original high school; the groundbreaking of the wastewater treatment plant renovations, and …
Read More »Katie Hobbs will be Arizona’s next governor
Kris Mayes leads Abe Hamadeh for attorney general by less than 4,200 votes BY: CAITLIN SIEVERS – NOVEMBER 14, 2022 7:52 PM Democrat Katie Hobbs has been projected as the winner of the Arizona race for governor after six days of vote counting in a tight race that left Arizonans and others across …
Read More »City of Globe addresses sustainability of new community amenities in new budget
The City of Globe City Council is in the process of approving a far-reaching 2022-2023 budget that will include funds dedicated to providing citizens an improved quality of life with investments into City parks and a reimagined community pool. “This is a great moment in the history of our City …
Read More »Creek bank stabilization along Six Shooter Canyon Road has residents up in arms
Residents along Six Shooter Canyon Road have tangled with Gila County administrators and Supervisor Tim Humphrey’s office for the past few months over a project that is expected to remove a number of large trees from the wash that parallels the road. There may have already been 18 to 30 …
Read More »Miami boosts sewer rates to comply with funding requirements for system improvements
By Carol Broeder and David Abbott Miami residents will soon have to pay a little bit more for each flush, as an increase in sewer rates will take effect Wednesday, Aug. 21. The increase is a condition of the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (USDA-RUS) funding for …
Read More »The Journey of Water in Globe-Miami, From Faucet to Drain
And the Problems That Come With It Back in California, for the first time in history, Governor Jerry Brown mandated water use restrictions in April, responding to the state’s four-year drought. Meanwhile, Phoenix is uneasy as the Colorado River continues to wane. Further east, in rural Arizona, we have our …
Read More »New parking violation angers local couple
Dear Editor: Last Wednesday, May 1st, a police officer stopped in front of our home at 9:30am and put a violation notice on our truck windshield for parking “the wrong direction” on our street. We have parked this way for the past twelve years as have many who live in …
Read More »Globe is not becoming a ‘Prison Town’ any time soon
Dear Editor: The ‘official’ word is that Emerald Co. failed to secure state land for their prison proposal. Does this mean that Emerald Co., the EDC, Globe’s Mayor and majority Council, and Gila County Supervisors —- did not perform the required due-diligence? It is tempting to explain the news by …
Read More »OUR TOWN’S PRIVATE PRISON FIASCO
By: Jim Moss Globe is not becoming a ‘Prison Town’ any time soon. The ‘official’ word is that Emerald Co. failed to secure state land for their prison proposal. Does this mean that Emerald Co., the EDC, Globe’s Mayor and majority Council, and Gila County Supervisors —- did not perform …
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