Angela and Rafael Lopez provide in- home chiropractic care in easternSanta Cruz County. Photo by Maria Fitzmaurice If you are old enough, you may recall a time when doctors made house calls, a service long gone, but being revived in the Mountain Empire by husband and wife chiropractic healthcare providers, Drs. Rafael and Angela Lopez, […]
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Council Notes – March 2018
Tears flowed, emotions ran high and discord reigned at the Patagonia Town Council meeting on February 14. In a request, that in retrospect was a harbinger of things to come, during the call to the public, local resident Joe Nitsche called on council to put on the agenda for a future meeting a discussion of […]
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Youth Re-enact Mormon Trek on the Cienega
Participants in the three day reenactment of the Mormon trek to Salt Lake City walk into the headquarters of the Empire Ranch February 24. Photo by Alison Bunting Over 190 youth from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Tucson South Stake) spent four days of their school break re-enacting a Mormon pioneer […]
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Residents Resist Courthouse Closing
Sonoita and Elgin residents listen to comments protesting the closing of the Sonoita Courthouse at a meeting held at the Sonoita Fairgrounds February 13. Anger and frustration were evident at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting February 21, as nearly 30 people stood up to speak against the proposed closing of the Sonoita […]
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County Considering Closing Courthouse
The county is looking to close the Sonoita Court, according to Jennifer St. John, the Santa Cruz County Manager. If the County Board of Supervisors does vote to suspend operations in Sonoita, all cases currently heard in Sonoita will transferred to Nogales. Justice Precinct 2 (JP2) Judge Keith Barth who presides over the court in […]
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Local Activists Join March to the Wall in Nogales
Photo by Lynn Davison Over 120 women, men, and children marched to the wall in Nogales Saturday, January 20, on the first anniversary of the2017 worldwide Womens March. The group included mothers and fathers with their sons and daughters, local teens, and plenty of gray hairs. Marchers came from throughout southern Arizona, including Nogales, Patagonia, […]
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Town Council Notes – Feb. 2018
The Town Council and its Planning and Zoning Committee held a joint meeting on January 10th. The primary agenda was review and decision on two use permits. The Patagonia Youth Enrichment Center (PYEC) requested the conversion of a residence at 115 South Third Street to a clubhouse for their youth programs. The Planning and Zoning […]
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Sonoita Neighbors Upset by Deer Hunters
Game warden Brittany Oleson explains hunting laws to the audience at the Sonoita Fairgrounds. Photo by Marion Vendituoli Two Representatives from AZ Game and Fish met with more than 50 residents Saturday, January 20, at the Sonoita Fairgrounds after complaints were raised about hunters seen taking a deer in the Sonoita Hills area. “We’re not […]
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A Growing Passion for Plants
Summer Lewton harvests some of her 50,000 lettuce plants at Dirty Girl Farmette. Photo by Marion Vendituoli Dirty Girl Farmette “was a passion that organically evolved,” Summer Lewton said, describing her wholesale produce operation in Patagonia that has recently opened a retail farm stand at 283 W. North Ave. “We began the farm stand to […]
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DM Excavating CompanyChanges Hands
Brent Bowdon has sold his Patagonia based business, DM Excavating, to Rumco, a heavy construction company based in Phoenix. Bowdon, whose company has been contracted with AMI, said “It was the greatest opportunity for my employees, and it guarantees their future employment. Rumco has some good environmental contracts with AMI, which guarantee about 2 ½ […]