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News Release Gila District, Arizona Media Contact: June Lowery, (520) 258-7223 May 29, 2020 Prescribed fire planned for Las Cienegas National Conservation Area Project will improve grasslands in the Sonoita Valley Tucson, Ariz. – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Tucson Field Office and Gila District Fire Management Office will conduct a multiple day prescribed […]
Note from Supt. Kenny Hayes of Patagonia Public Schools Patagonia Public Pool will not be opening as scheduled this year and will be closed until further notice. Even if the pool was in perfect working order the current COVID-19 crisis would probably prevent its opening. The installation of the new pump, while it worked for a […]
By Aisha Sander May 15, 2020 A few weeks ago like many other teachers around the country, Anna Coleman, teacher and the director of Patagonia Youth Enrichment Center (PYEC), was thinking how she can honor and celebrate this year’s graduating class. Coleman had an idea to print their pictures on banners and display them on […]
Legislative District 2 Debate Live Online, May 27, 6 p.m. The Arizona State House of Representatives Legislative District 2 has a contested race in the Democratic party primary. Current State Senator Andrea Dalessandro (who is term-limited in the Senate) and current State Representative Daniel Hernandez will face Nogales attorney Luis Parra and Tucson attorney Billy Peard […]
By Murphy Musick May 15, 2020 Memorial Day is Monday May 25th. This is one of two days that the whole country regularly honors our Military Veterans. The Patagonia Museum is the leading group in Patagonia to place flags at the gravesite of each fallen veteran. This year we have purchased 100 very high quality […]
May 4, 2020 – News Release from the Governor’s Office The press release details the updated guidelines for businesses to reopen. Below you can find the state’s specific guidelines for both customers and the businesses. County Reopening Guidance Guidance for Retail Guidance for Barbers & Cosmetologists Guidance for Restaurants Providing Dine-In Services
By Pat McNamara March 2020 22 wild horses and 20 burros were shipped into to the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds for a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wild horse and burro adoption event, held March 13 – 15. The animals were sorted into pipe corrals for the public to view and possibly adopt. These animals […]
By Jo Dean February 2020 The gathering of peaceful protestors on January 26 at the Hereford Bridge was expected to be about 200. A few parking places were set aside and volunteers in yellow vests were ready to direct traffic. About an hour before the protest was scheduled to start, cars, trucks, and bicycles began […]
By Aisha Sander May 12, 2020 On April 13 the State Dept. of Health Services launched a zip code map to help track confirmed cases of COVID-19. If there are less than 10 cases in a zip code the state nor the county will release the exact number. Chris Minnick, from the Public Information Office […]
PRESS RELEASE Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office May 4, 2020 The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce that both 9-1-1 Communications Centers in the county have been enabled for Text-to-9-1-1. As of Monday, May 18, 2020, citizens and visitors alike will be able to text the Sheriff’s Office and the Nogales Police […]
