Jim passed away peacefully on Aug. 28, 2023, at Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center in Globe. He was born in Moorhead, Mississippi, in 1942.

David C. Felix, 74, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, passed away on June 22, 2023, after a 19-month battle with metastatic prostate cancer that had spread throughout his body.

A recent Miami Town Council work session discussed a “Sister Cities” agreement with Trincheras in Sonora, Mexico. Located about 100 miles south of Nogales, Trincheras is a mining town, but the major industries are farming and ranching. Natalia Mena de la O, political affairs of the Mexico Consulate General, was available via phone to answer questions.

A public arts initiative that has endeavored to beautify Globe, Arizona, lift community spirits amid the COVID-19 pandemic and increase tourism has now drawn statewide attention.

Rural Policy Forum 2023 Recap: The Rural Policy Forum is an annual signature event convening in rural and tribal communities. This event is organized by the state’s federally designated Rural Development Council and Local First of Arizona.

Firefighters, their families and friends participate in the City of Globe Fire Department’s first 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb during First Friday on Sept. 1.

First responders constantly prepare for disasters, and local, county, state and national level threats are on the agenda Thursday, Sept. 7, at the historic 1916 Train Depot in Globe when the Gila County Local Emergency Planning Committee convenes for its annual conference from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

More than 100 community volunteers have dedicated time and energy to restoring the “M” at Miami High School’s Ragus Stadium – a local landmark that dates back to the stadium’s construction in the late 1960s.

It was the Gila County Industrial Development Authority’s (IDA) first formal report to the Gila County Board of Supervisors in around two years, said IDA Board President James “Mac” Feezor, and there was quite a bit to announce. The IDA’s presentation kicked off an Aug. 29 Board of Supervisors work session that included discussions of fire/flood mitigation efforts and a proposal to remove dilapidated vehicles from Forest Service land in northern Gila County.

The Miami High School Vandals opened their 2023-24 football season with a home loss to the Veritas Prep Falcons, falling to the visitors from Phoenix 42-6.

The Globe High School Tigers set the tone early in last week’s home football game with the Greyhills Academy Fightin’ Knights, going on to record their second straight runaway victory.

A film crew was in Globe last week to shoot scenes for “The Dog Bite Murders” – an independent film that takes a page from Globe history – on the steps of the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts.

Neta Lynn Jenkins, age 70, of Globe, Arizona, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, at her home from natural causes.

Raul Encizo Jr. passed away peacefully surrounded by his daughter Angela Renee Pholphiboun, her husband Ken, and his long-time partner Duchess Sotello on Aug. 17, 2023.

George Theone Biggs was born to John Theone and Rosetta Irene Huntsman Biggs on July 13, 1936, in Farmington, New Mexico.

The Globe City Council’s August 22 agenda included multiple items related to city water systems. Leading off was a presentation by Andrew Sandoval, circuit rider for the Rural Water Association of Arizona, a 501(c)(6) nonprofit that aids rural water and wastewater systems with funding applications, as well as training.

A local fire department and two arts organizations are the beneficiaries of nearly $70,000 in recently awarded grants.

Thea Wilshire has invited readers to “come laugh and cry again” with her new novel “Nugget Goes to the Dogs,” the second book of a series set in the fictional small town of Nugget, Arizona – a place modeled on Globe, her current home.

In a meeting held Monday, August 21, rather than their normal Tuesday, the Gila County Board of Supervisors set a fiscal year 2024 primary property tax levy rate of $4.19 per $100 of assessed value, a rate that has stayed consistent since 2010.

Three vacant buildings were destroyed, and two firefighters suffered injuries, when a large fire broke out along Live Oak Street in Miami last week.