Late “Breaking” News

June 2, 2021 By Zay Hartigan Construction has been completed this spring on Phase 2 of the Train Track Trail (TTT) that now connects the town of Patagonia with the Arizona National Scenic Trail (AZT) at Casa Blanca Canyon.  The TTT was originally envisioned by Betsy McGee and Cornelia O’Connor to connect the towns of Patagonia and […]

June 2, 2021 By Marion Vendituoli Marilyn Miller is looking forward to having time to spend in her garden this summer. Since January, the Patagonia resident has been devoting her time and energy to help the Santa Cruz County effort to vaccinate residents against COVID. She showed up to help when the vaccine site at […]

June 2, 2021 By Marion Vendituoli Sky Island Tourism Association, Patagonia Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department, and the Town of Patagonia are excited to announce the 4th of July Parade and Fireworks will take place this year!  The “Hometown” parade will start staging at 10:00 a.m. at the Patagonia Schools parking lot. Bring a float, bike, […]

By Marion Vendituoli May 1, 2021 Twelve local students will be competing in two Arizona High School Rodeo Assoc. rodeos on May 7- 9 at the Sonoita Fairgrounds.  Middle school students Cienna Beyer, Kaydee Zerbal, Lexie Miller, Cole Hubbell, Damian Padilla and Jake Scouten will be competing in the Junior High Finals Rodeo May 7- […]

By Charlotte Lowe May 1, 2021 Patagonia artist Paula Wittner has figured out how to spin a pandemic into pure gold. A year ago, Wittner was scheduled to have an international opening of recent works in both Arizona and Sonora. Acknowledging an unusual serendipity, the shows were entitled “Both Sides Now” and scheduled to open […]

By Nisa Talavera May 1, 2021 Patagonia has a new Mexican restaurant in town. El Pancho Villa, the freshly painted red and yellow building located at 328 Naugle Ave. opened its doors on January 24, 2021 and has been well received by the local community. Owners Clementina Dumont and Stacy Armenta, a mother and daughter […]

By Marion Vendituoli May 1, 2021 The PRT surveyed area restaurants to learn how the pandemic affected them and what they did to stay afloat. Three Sonoita restaurants, Tia Nita’s Cantina, the Steak Out Restaurant and the Copper Brothel Brewery described the challenges that they faced over the past year.  Tia Nita’s Cantina Anita Kay, […]

By Sarah Klingenstein May 1, 2021 “I’m so proud of these kids,” said Tonya St. John, FFA teacher at Patagonia Union High School. “Not only did they excel at State this spring, they did so in areas that were very new to them not long ago.” FFA is an “intracurricular activity”, meaning the Club activities […]

By Pat McNamara April 1, 2021 Third generation Sonoita native Ralph Quiroz was met by a catastrophic scene when checking his heifers on Feb. 18 on leased land off of Highway 82 in Sonoita. He found some of his cows down and others staggering from some unknown cause. He contacted Sierra Vista veterinarian, Dr. Gary […]