Latest news
- Town targets fire marshal 3 comments
- Payson school board yearns to be just average
- Payson plans tributes to veterans
- Controversial career class spurs school board debate 1 comment
- When your doctor doesn’t take Medicare
- School board grapples with changes 2 comments
- Payson job seekers hope for a match
- Large cat spotted in RV park
- Crews snuff out church brush fire
- Fire chief takes early retirement 1 comment
Features
- Coyote, foxes positive for rabies in Young
- New OB/GYN joins PRMC staff
- Elderly have least control of hypertension
- Dress up dessert
- Kid-Friendly Vacations
- When skin patches lose all color
Opinion
- A painful necessity
- A conspiracy or just plain stupid?
- The right thing to do
- Budget cuts, jumps both raise questions
- Long-term plan needed for Pine-Strawberry water
- Connect the dots
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
Firefighters’ refrain: ‘What a dummy’
Wisconsin firefighters have poked, prodded and killed him more times than his rubber, pliable fingers can count.
Sports
Lady Horn speedster second at Meet of Champs
Lady Longhorn sprinter Morgan Chilson came up just .39 of a second shy of winning the 100-meter gold medal at the prestigious Arizona Meet of Champions.
Schools
Students show skills at Band Jam 2013
Most tapped their toes, while others had trepidation etched on their brows, but all had smiles on their faces after the last note of each song died out.
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
Pine water doubles taxes, boosts water rate 33%
A sorrowful Pine-Strawberry Water Improvement District board Saturday doubled the district’s property tax rate and raised water rates by 20 to 33 percent, depending on usage.
Columns
Something new at the Center
The mourning doves that have nested near our back yard in previous years are back — we hear their cooing morning, noon, and yes, even at night. Thank goodness it is a soothing sound. We’re glad it isn’t a family of ravens! A pair of jays also have nested nearby, they and the squirrels are in constant battle over rights to the baby acorns just beginning to grow on our back yard oak trees. Fun to watch!
