Latest news
- Payson rebuffs records request 2 comments
- Fires dramatize restrictions
- Mountain lion rattles residents
- APS smart meters frighten protesters 3 comments
- Yo-Yoers living among us
- School's Out!
- Farmers Market opens this weekend
- Youth have banquet of choices for fun
- Rim angler hooks first FLW crown
- Mud, music and more on tap for summer fun
Features
- Tips to make your pet more adoptable if you give it up
- Travel to explore
- Coyote, foxes positive for rabies in Young
- New OB/GYN joins PRMC staff
- Elderly have least control of hypertension
- Dress up dessert
Opinion
- Hate will eat you up
- No name-calling
- No reason to change
- Page shouldn’t be your personal platform
- Two suggestions
- Fair treatment with letters; but news coverage is slanted
Event calendar
Births
- Cody Waterman and Elle Waterman, Gilbert, AZ, a boy.
- Jimi and Shaya Straw, Soldotna, Alaska, a girl.
- Jon Myers and Hannah Lusk-Myers, Payson, AZ, a girl.
- Tracy Fitzpatrick, Josh Gonzalaz, .
- Jed and Jimi Lei Nitso, Payson, a girl.
Celebrations
- Wedding: Marcek and Crabtree
- Anniversary: Smith
- Anniversary: Merlin and Nelson
- Wedding: Wattleworth and Hegenderfer
- Wedding: Kelsay and Gerard
Obituaries
Local news
Farmers Market opens this weekend
Get ready to find a new food addiction — the fifth annual Payson Farmers Market opens at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 25 — a great way to start the Memorial Day weekend.
Sports
Rim angler hooks first FLW crown
Longtime Payson angler John Browning admits he was more than a bit apprehensive as he watched his final day’s catch being weighed in at the conclusion of the FLW Everstart Western Series Tournament on the California Delta.
Schools
Tire marks tell a story
On the parking lot pavement, two ribbons of black silently sat waiting to tell their story.
Business
Payson job seekers hope for a match
Employers and would-be workers got a chance to connect last Saturday at the Second Annual Community Job Fair at Rim Country Health.
Our Community
‘We will never forget’
They are getting grayer each year and there are fewer of the most senior among them, but the chairs still fill at the annual Memorial Day tribute to veterans in Payson.
Columns
Festival fever ignites in Pine area
The P/S Arts and Crafts Guild, P/S Business Community (PSBC) and other local non-profit groups who serve our community invite you to experience Pine and Strawberry.









