Executive Director Anita Budhraja at her home office in Patagonia. Photo by Aisha Sander Anita Budhraja has recently started work as the Executive Director of Deep Dirt Institute (DDI). DDI is an accredited 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission, Budhraja says, is to use “hands-on demonstration and inspirational education to empower individuals and their communities to […]
August 2019
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Herstory: Changing Lives
Describe an experience or event that changed everything in your life – maybe not immediately, but over time, little by little. It came in the form of a jury summons from the Federal Court in Sacramento, the state capitol. I had no problem getting excused for the day from my job in the bookstore in […]
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Check It Out at the Library – Aug. 2019
Children in Ms. Laura’s Summer Reading Program get the chance to feed her snacks instead of the other way around. With the help of many community partners, donors, and volunteers, the library served an estimated 1,450 lunches to kids 18 and under this summer. Photo by Audrey Doles The popular on-demand film streaming service Kanopy […]
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Zach Farley – Patagonia’s Home Grown Musician
Having spent virtually all his 46 years in Patagonia, Zach Farley, personifies the term “home grown.”
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Glimpses Into Our Past: Local Suffragettes
Votes for Women a Success: The Map Proves It,” circa 1914. Courtesy Washington Post The Glimpses article about George Beebe in the June PRT issue, reported on “a meeting offriends of the cause of equal rights… [to] extend the right of suffrage to the women of the new commonwealth.” [The Oasis, 6/29/1912]. The suffrage movement […]
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New Town Manager Hired for Patagonia
Ron Robinson took over the office of Town Manager on July 1. Photo by Aisha Sander By Aisha Sander Ron Robinson was chosen by the Town Council to be the new Town Manager for Patagonia after a selection process that included interviewing five candidates. Robinson is a retired private businessman who moved to Patagonia from […]
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PRT Joins Nonprofit News Network
As we approach our tenth anniversary in Nov., the PRT is very pleased to announce that we have been accepted as members of the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN). We now join more than 200 other nonprofit news sources, including such media notables as Mother Jones, the Tucson Sentinel, the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, […]
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South32 Land Purchases Raising Concerns
Arizona Minerals, Inc. has purchased several properties in the Harshaw Rd. and Red Rock Canyon area over the past year. Many residents of the Patagonia area are concerned by the recent acquisition of properties by Arizona Minerals, Incorporated (AMI). AMI is a corporation registered in the U.S. and owned by South32, an Australian based mining […]
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Community News Items – Aug. 2019
Robert Gay took this photo north of Patagonia in the Wildlife Corridors area as he was attempting to get a shot of the rainbow over the Santa Rita Mountains at the start of this year’s monsoon season. Rainfall has been spotty in the area so far, with Sonoita receiving 3.44 inches, Elgin .88 inches, Canelo […]