The PRT Weekly News Bulletin for Aug. 13-19, 2025

A young boy from Rio Rico holds onto his sister’s goat before she enters the showring at the Sunday, August 3 SAILA show in Sonoita. Photo by Pat McNamara

In this week’s news bulletin:

  • Agenda set for Patagonia Town Council’s Aug. 13 meeting
  • Candidates for Congress to debate at Patagonia’s Tin Shed Theater this Saturday, Aug. 16; the event will be live-streamed
  • PUHS’s Journee Hayes wins 2025 Santa Cruz County Teacher of the Year
  • 12-year-old Elgin girl survives nasty Mojave rattlesnake bite
  • Local youths, and their animals, prepare for County Fair at SAILA shows
  • Monarch butterflies get their start at Patagonia Library
  • An obituary for Jose Gerardo Martinez

Plus: Public service announcements, school news and information on upcoming events, concerts, fundraisers, workshops, farmers markets, public meetings, church services and much more

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