The Miami Police Department proudly announced that, with the help of W. Steven Martin, his staff and his annual 911 Toy Drive, they were able to help families in the community have gifts for their children for Christmas.

On December 18, Freeport-McMoRan announced that the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation had awarded $295,000 in Globe and Miami as part of just over $3 million awarded to 55 projects in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico and Texas through its Community and Social Investment Fund process.

The Globe Police Department sponsored a multiagency operation on Dec. 13 and 14, 2023, to identify and locate people involved in child sexual exploitation crimes and human trafficking.

There was some green in the City of Globe’s Christmas stocking this year – green in the form of a $124,846 federal grant the city plans to use to develop a plan to make its streets, particularly Broad Street, safer for pedestrians and “conduct demonstration activities such as a feasibility study of the downtown district corridor using low-cost and recycled supplies such as paint, signage and plastic delineators to inform the development of their Action Plan.”

Santa Claus arrived at Veterans Memorial Park in Miami for the annual Small Town Christmas event Saturday evening, where Mrs. Claus and the elves wait to greet him.

Native Americans for Community Action, a nonprofit agency in Flagstaff, provides health services primarily to Native Americans of Flagstaff and Coconino County, both on and off the reservation.

December’s graduates of the EAC Gila Pueblo Campus nursing program were saluted on the completion of their educational journey with a pinning ceremony in the Miami High School Auditorium on Thursday morning.

A new prefabricated restroom facility at the Gila County Fairgrounds, part of the county’s ongoing efforts to improve and upgrade the area, is expected to open in the spring of 2024.

Miami resident Ray Webb first appeared at Miami Town Council meetings on Sept. 11 during the Call to the Public. His goal was informing council members of dual problems: property boundary errors in Gila County records, and a new neighbor who, according to Webb, has torn down fences and vandalized properties belonging to multiple owners.

On Tuesday, December 12, the Globe City Council approved the city’s participation in an Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) program that provides funding assistance to public water systems affected by a group of chemicals known as Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, or PFAS.

No, this isn’t about those folks who spend their winters in Arizona or Florida. The snowbird behind this warning is an actual bird, the dark-eyed junco, a small creature you probably know if you have a bird feeder and maybe even if you don’t.

A ceremony to light the community Christmas tree was held outside Cobre Valley Center for the Arts in downtown Globe on Dec. 8 during First Friday.

The Boyce Thompson Arboretum at Superior has launched a campaign to get the public to help them celebrate the next 100 years by considering a year-end gift of $100 or more.

On December 8, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service released the revised Tonto National Forest Land Management Plan, final environmental impact statement and record of decision.

The Gila County Board of Supervisors voted last week to adopt a vacation and short-term rental ordinance.

A planned 58-acre development in northeast Globe has cleared one hurdle in its race to realization, as the City of Globe Planning & Zoning Commission approved a request to increase building heights allowed on parts of the property.

After two delays, Council Member Mike Black’s call for the firing of Town Manager Alexis Rivera was finally appearing before council. The executive session to discuss the issue was cancelled, and discussion moved into the open meeting.

Two local governing bodies met on a late November day, Tuesday the 28th, and each was given an update on a pair of important projects – the new Upper Pinal Creek Bridge (also known as Connie’s Bridge) in Globe and a countywide flood mapping enterprise.

The Globe City Council’s end-of-November meeting touched on city salaries, highway cleanups, annexation, wastewater treatment and a water main replacement.

The Gila County Provisional Community College District (GCC) was recently awarded a pair of grants to help purchase three virtual simulation manikins for the college’s nursing program.