Three meetings over the next month have been scheduled to give “an opportunity for stakeholders to update the community and respond to questions,” the Board of Supervisors said in a news release.
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[Press Release] Hermosa CPBA Signatories Report November Work
In a Dec. 18 press release, the City of Nogales, the Town of Patagonia, Santa Cruz County and South32 outlined how they were advancing a Community Protection & Benefit Agreement.
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[News Release] Sonoita Elementary District’s Erickson Named AZ Superintendent of the Year
Superintendent Daniel Erickson is the Arizona School Administrators’ Superintendent of the Year for small school districts serving fewer than 1,000 students.Â
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County Sees Wins in Ongoing Gutfahr-Related Lawsuit Against State, AZ Auditor General
The Board of Supervisors said they would continue to seek in court “accountability for the systemic failures that allowed a decade of theft to go undetected despite the Auditor General’s yearly audits of the County finances.”
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[Press Release] PARA Gala Honors Environmental Advocates and Supporters
This year’s event at Patagaonia Lumber Co. was a true ‘friend-raiser,’ welcoming 150-plus attendees, with many new faces, including a student group visiting from Whitman College in Washington.Â
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[Press release] UA, South32 Launch ‘Community Health Impact Assessment’
“A 12-month Health Impact Assessment will be initiated before mining operations to help protect community health throughout South32 Hermosa’s full lifecycle,” said a joint Dec. 2 press release.
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Research Ranch Sets Potluck Schedule, Seeks Volunteers for Jan. 2 Bird Count
The Elgin-based 8,000-acre Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch has also shared its year-end annual report, highlighting ongoing research and recent publications.
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[Press Release] South32 Launches Community Air Quality Monitoring Dashboard
The mining company says the new publicly accessible dashboard will provide regular measurements of manganese, lead, silver, zinc, copper and total suspended particles in the air.
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Officials Confirm Two Dengue Fever Cases in County
Here are the key facts to know, details on how public health agencies are responding, and how to protect yourself.
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[Press Release] Signatories Report Progress on Hermosa Project CPBA
Santa Cruz County, Nogales, Patagonia and South32 give a joint update on the status of the Community Protection and Benefit Agreement process.