Call to Action South 32 owns a 26-acre parcel on the Harshaw Road for which they are applying to the town for a use permit. The lot is the one where the cattle graze on the north side of Harshaw. It is NOT Charlie Montoy’s lot that is currently being used for parking. A joint […]
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AMI Receives Award for Best Global Discovery
Don Taylor (left) is presented the Thayer Lindsley Award for his work at the Hermosa Project. Arizona Minerals, Inc., has been awarded the 2018 Thayer Lindsley Award for discoveringthe Taylor zinc-lead-silver deposit at the Hermosa Project in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. This prestigious award recognizes an individual or team for a significant mineral discovery, globally. […]
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Act Now to Reduce Fire Risk
By Ray SayreDirector of Emergency Management, Santa Cruz County Information on how best to mitigate your risk can be found at www.firewise.org and at http://wildlandfire.az.gov/prevention_news.asp. The 2017 fire season was very active with numerous wildfires in Santa Cruz County with several homes lost in Sonoita. The National Weather Service sent an email to Emergency Managers […]
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A Series of Fortunate Events
Aisha and Brad Sander with son Ali Brad Sander and his wife, Aisha, live in Pakistan. They met while Brad was leading adventure expeditions in the mountains. Brad’s mother, Joyce Sander, and his stepfather, Ken Ludwig, live halfway around the world in Patagonia. Thus this serendipitous story begins. When Aisha Chapra Sander discovered she was […]
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Judge Calls ADEQ’s Air Permit Approval “Arbitrary and Capricious”
Courtesy of Save the Scenic Santa Ritas An Arizona court’s decision to revoke a required air pollution permit for the proposed Rosemont mine underscores the myriad risks facing both Hudbay Minerals’ investors and southern Arizonans from the controversial $1.5 billion open pit copper project. Maricopa County (AZ) Superior Court Judge Crane McClennen’s March 6 decision […]
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Bluebird Project Is a Win-Win
By Keith Ashley, Tucson Audubon’s Paton Center Coordinator, and Jonathan Horst, Tucson Audubon Restoration Ecologist Gary Prosch and Lorry Wendland set up a new bluebird home. When we hear about people transforming bird habitat, it’s often for the worse—but not in this case. In early February a troop of Tucson Audubon volunteers mounted nest boxes […]
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Letters From Our Readers – Jan. 2015
An Innovative Partnership This edition marks the third month of Patagonia High School’s partnership with the Patagonia Regional Times (PRT) and on behalf of the Governing Board of the Patagonia Public Schools, I want to express our gratitude to the PRT staff for the opportunity and support that you have provided our students. Through this […]
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From Our Readers – Nov. 2014
Getting the Record Straight Your October issue contained an article about our monsoon rain totals that said that the 14.5 inch recorded average from the two observers in Patagonia that enter data on rainlog.org “may make this year’s monsoon season total a record high.” Even newcomers to the area that ask about big rain years […]
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From Our Readers – Oct. 2014
Readers Take Issue With Sonoita Landfill’s Glass Recycling The PRT received two reader responses to last month’s front page article on the Sonoita landfill. Both were concerned with the landfill’s current recycling of glass. In the article, county landfill manager Karl Moyers stated that recycling glass costs the county money, because by the time a […]
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Letter to the Editor – Sept. 2014
The Feminist and the Misogynist? When I first called myself a feminist in the 1970s it was in an era of hope that the equality of women would be recognized and the abuse of women reduced. The progress has been slow; decades later gender equality eludes us and violence against women is still rampant. When […]