Coach Nate Porter was named Coach of the Year by the AZ Interscholastic Association. Photo by Brad Sander PUHS basketball coach Nate Porter has been named Coach of the Year for Region 1A South of the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA). This was Porter’s first year coaching the team. Porter said that he felt flattered to […]
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Local Healthcare Response to the Pandemic
The Mariposa Community Health Center (MCHC), which has offices in Nogales, Patagonia, Rio Rico and Tubac, has instituted a series of changes in response to the coronavirus pandemic to implement best practices to protect patients and healthcare providers with the goal of slowing the spread of the disease. A patient waits to be screened for […]
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Milestones: Far From Home
I am an accidental migrant. I never wanted or needed to leave home. Not at 18 when I left to pursue higher education nor at 34 when I married Brad. I miss the life I left behind and the incredible richness of my culture on most good days and definitely on every hard day. Far […]
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Readers Respond to PRT Survey
The PRT asked our readers to respond to a survey about their feelings about the coronavirus pandemic. 130 people responded, 62 people from Patagonia, 45 from Sonoita/Elgin, eight from Nogales, seven from Tucson and eight from other areas. More than three times as many women responded to the survey as men. A large majority of […]
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Local Students Compete in Spelling Bee
Elgin Elementary School student Liam Morgan accepts his second place award at the SCC Spelling Bee from School Superintendent Alfredo Velasquez. The Santa Cruz County School Superintendent’s Office hosted the annual County Spelling Bee competition for middle school and elementary students on Feb. 7 in Nogales. Twenty-two students competed, including Elgin Elementary School students fifth grader Tiffany […]
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Milestones: Two Stories
“Both versions of the story are true,” said Shaykh Ebrahim Schuitema, my Sufi teacher from South Africa. Shaykh Ebrahim has a majestic presence, tall, commanding, strong and yet humble with an unexpected high-pitched laugh. He doesn’t prepare his talks. He is concise and sticks to one theme most of the time. What he shared that […]
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New Candidate Vying for State Legislature
Billy Peard hopes to win a seat in the AZ House of Representatives in the 2020 election. Photo by Aisha Sander Billy Peard is running for Arizona State House Representative for Legislative District 2 (LD2), a district that includes everything south of 22nd Street in Tucson; Santa Cruz County, Amado, Arivaca, Green Valley and Sahuarita. He […]
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School Board to Conduct Internal Search for New Supt.
More than 30 high school students and five faculty members of Patagonia Union High School attended a special joint board meeting on Feb. 24 to give input on the selection of the next superintendent for the school district. Kenny Hayes has been filling in as interim Superintendent during Superintendent Rachell Hochheim’s maternity leave this fall, […]
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PUHS Boys Basketball Compete in State Playoffs
The PUHS boys basketball team gathers for a group photo at the state playoffs held in Prescott. The Patagonia Lobos High School Boys Basketball team had a successful season, finishing in the elite eight for the entire state in the 1A division. Patagonia was competing against schools that had student bodies two to three times […]
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Superintendent Leaving Patagonia
The Elementary and High School Boards met with Supt. Rachell Hocheim on Feb. 24 at a special joint meeting. From left: Kathy Pasierb, Nancy McKoy, Rachell Hochheim, Paula Schaper, Ron Pitt, Cynthia Matus-Morriss, Bo Simpson, Jim Cosbey. Seated: Audrey Doles and Lorenzo Doles. Photo by Aisha Sander Rachell Hochheim, Superintendent and Principal for Patagonia Union High […]