Copper Town Days was a day for people who grew up in or worked in San Manuel to reconnect with old friends and memories of their youth. One of these was Patsy Kaufman who told me a story about growing ...

When it comes to grant funding, you can never have enough. Just ask the Oracle Fire Department. Some new funding has allowed it to extend and expand the brush abatement program. The Oracle Fire ...

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Report is taken from the daily logs, based on the information provided by deputies. All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Dec. 5 ...

The San Manuel Lady Miners varsity basketball team has tallied up some court time in the past couple of weeks, picking up two wins over Amphi and Greenfields while taking two losses to Pusch Ridge and ...

Gold Canyon flute player Bernie Haley invites Arboretum members, their guests and visitors to slow down and relax during a peaceful Saturday interlude Dec. 17 – a lunchtime concert from about noon to ...

On Saturday (Dec. 17) plan to visit Boyce Thompson Arboretum to meet Mesa resident and Bible scholar David Oberpriller and join him for a relaxed, slow-paced walk through gardens that are all easily ...

Shear Expression, Benny the Barber and Marquella’s Place Salon are teaming up to put on a back-to-school haircut drive […] ...

“Instead of taking all 7 qualifying swimmers to State, we took only 3, a lesson that everyone involved I am sure will remember,” commented Coach Alex Gort. Preliminaries were held on Saturday morning ...

The most important of Apache rituals is the Naichee ceremony, the female puberty initiation. The four days of pageantry include drumming, dance, song, and rituals meant to bless both the initiate and ...

“The guys played their hardest, so us coaches couldn’t ask any more than that,” Ray assistant coach Jimmy Fessenden said. A depleted roster due to injuries and low participation were among the main ...

Next to water, the most important natural resource in the desert is shade. Shade ramadas have been used for thousands of years in the Southwest. Volunteers from the Arizona Trail Association are ...

The Gila Pueblo Campus of Gila Community College just wrapped up its annual Holiday Food Drive. Their goal was to collect 1,000 items in five weeks; the students, faculty and staff more than met this ...