Plane dropping flame retardantPhoto by Sonoita-Elgin Fire District There was a fire in the Tunnel Springs / Casas Arroyo area in Sonoita that started Sunday June 9. The estimated size of the fire was 60 acres. Several planes, some dropping red fire retardant, and helicopters dumping water worked to contain it. The fire, named the […]
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Community News Items – June 2019
Local Student Qualifies for Nat’l Rodeo Finals Cade Hubbell ropes the heels of a steer during the state finals of the AZ Junior High School Rodeo held at the Sonoita Fairgrounds May 10 – 11. Cade Hubbell, the son of Sam and Stephanie Hubbell, a rising 8th grader at the Elgin School, finished in 3rd […]
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Council Notes – June 2019
At the May 8 meeting, Charlee Farley reported that she had obtained the Sierra Vista ordinance about animal control, particularly feral cats. The council agreed to continue thediscussion of possible town ordinance changes at a future meeting, perhaps adding in a work session as well. The Town is advertising for replacement for one of its […]
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Secession Bill Fails
By a 16-13 vote, the AZ State Senate killed a plan that would have created a committee to study realigning the boundary between Santa Cruz and Cochise Counties. Three Republican Senators Carter, Farnsworth, and Mesnard voted no on the measure and Senator Boyer (R) abstained. Prior to the vote in the Senate, the bill passed […]
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Activists Lobby for Reform
PARA spokesperson Carolyn Shafer joined other community activists in Washington, D.C. to lobby for reform of the 1872 Mining Act. (From left) Kimberly Strong of Chilkat Indian village, Karri Kabyle of Yellowstone Gateway Business Coalition, Senator Tom Udall, Representative Raul Grijalva, Carolyn Shafer. On Thursday, May 9, 2019, Congressman Raul Grijalva’s (D-AZ) bill HR2579 to […]
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104th Sonoita Races
Photo by Lou Schatz The 104th annual Sonoita Races went off without a hitch the weekend of May 4 – 5, due to the hard work of Race Chairman Jim Lewis, the Fairgrounds Board of Directors, Fairgrounds Manager Jen Rinaldi and a host of volunteers and sponsors. “Everything ran so smoothly, we thought we must […]
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Wildlife Corridors Expands, Renames Protected Land
Justin McEldowney and Alex Johnson inspect the kiosk which they fabricated and donated to orient visitors to the new Borderlands Wildlife Preserve. Photo by Bob Brandt Wildlife Corridors, LLC (WC) recently renamed the area set aside to be preserved in its natural state the Borderlands Wildlife Preserve. They have also expanded it by 72 acres […]
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Lion Shot in Patagonia
The male mountain lion that has been seen frequently over the past several months in Patagonia was euthanized by AZ Game and Fish (AZGF) officers on May 17. The Patagonia Marshall’s office had alertedAZGF that the animal was under a mobile home on Roadrunner St. in town. The cat had been deemed a category level […]
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Elgin Boy Survives Snake Bite
Santiago Padilla is back riding his bike after being bitten by a Mohave rattlesnake in Rain Valley. Photo by Pat McNamara On the evening of April 27, six-year-old Santiago Padilla, of Elgin, stepped off his horse at a Rain Valley roping party and stepped on to his bicycle. Little did he know that his changing […]
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Mitigation Plan Raises Questions
Hudbay Minerals plans to redirect portions of Sonoita Creek on this property north of Patagonia as part of their mitigation plan for the Rosemont Mine. Photo by Marion Vendituoli 1,580 acres of the Sonoita Creek Ranch (SCR), running along the east side of Hwy 82 five miles north of Patagonia, represents the core of Hudbay […]