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- Right person needed to fill academic scholars position in Payson
- January 2, 2009
- Richard Meyer is certain that the vacated position of Payson High School’s coordinator for Arizona Academic Scholars will fill.
- Ex- Blue Ridge coach sought by two 5A schools
- January 2, 2009
- Rumors in high school coaching circles are that Mountain Pointe and Dobson are pursing former Show Low coach and ex-Blue Ridge star Jeremy Hathcock.
- Lady Horns hoping layoff doesn’t hurt them
- January 2, 2009
- The Lady Longhorns can be excused if they appear more than a bit rusty when they take to the Wilson Dome court tomorrow, Jan. 3, to take on the Estrella Foothills Wolves.
- Foothills, Longhorns to tangle Saturday
- January 2, 2009
- A fierce rivalry is sure to be stirred tomorrow, Jan. 3, in Goodyear Estrella Foothills where the two prep teams that battled for last year’s 3A state championship renew acquaintances.
- All-Arizona honors go to senior Matt Wilson
- January 2, 2009
- Earning all-state honors is a huge accomplishment for any high school football player.
- 3A champs honored by Cards
- January 2, 2009
- Payson High was among the seven high school football state championship teams honored Dec. 28 by the Arizona Cardinals.
- Eagle biologists’ report overruled by higher-ups
- Desert bald eagle debate reveals how politics trumped science at Fish and Wildlife Service
- January 2, 2009
- The internal debate about whether to continue to protect the bald eagle population in Arizona offers an example of the mingling of politics and biology at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, concluded a report from the Office of the Inspector General.
- Payson community thanked by St. Vincent de Paul
- January 2, 2009
- Once again the Society of St. Vincent de Paul would like to thank you, the compassionate, caring community of Payson, for the generous donations during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons.
- Efforts to encourage music program applauded
- January 2, 2009
- I want to applaud the efforts of those in the Payson Unified School District and the community who continue the fight for music programs in the elementary schools.
- How can a kid have ‘nothing to do?’
- January 2, 2009
- If you can remember your childhood even slightly, I’ll bet I can tell you something you said almost every day, sometime between five and seven in the evening.
- Much can happen in one second
- January 2, 2009
- Those sneaky clocks. They’ve done it again.
- Around Rim Country
- Main Street hosts First Friday events
- January 2, 2009
- The Main Street merchants invite residents and visitors of the Rim Country to join them from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 2 for the celebration of a New Year.
- ADOT officials say Beeline slide still slipping
- January 2, 2009
- State highway crews will build new barrier walls to prevent loose soil from falling onto Highway 87 near the site of a March landslide, the Arizona Department of Transportation said Wednesday.
- Workshop gives businesses the edge
- January 2, 2009
- Business owners looking for a financial edge for 2009 are invited to a special workshop Jan. 6 — Guerrilla Tactics: Financial Operations.
- Gila County officially out of drought status
- January 2, 2009
- At the start of 2008, Payson and Gila County experienced abnormally dry conditions — a drought you might say — but with nearly 5 inches of rain and snow in the last month and rainfall totals above average for the year, we enter 2009 with no short-term drought in sight.
- Endangered Species process ‘abused’ by wildlife service
- Report says three Rim Country species among those subject to manipulation by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- January 2, 2009
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife official in charge of protecting endangered species repeatedly “interjected herself personally and profoundly” to prevent the listing of species and used tactics that were “abrupt and abrasive, if not abusive” to intimidate and demoralize managers and biologists, concludes a recently released report from the Office of the Inspector General.
- Drivers take seniors for a ride
- January 2, 2009
- John Breaux drives circles in Payson for 28 hours each week. “I go home and I’m dizzy,” he said, laughing, the sleigh bells affixed to the bus’ ceiling ringing. He pulled into Walmart’s parking lot for the second time Tuesday, before heading to Bashas’, also for the second time.
- Car show moves to Green Valley Park
- January 2, 2009
- After months of negotiations, Beeline Cruise-In Auto Show organizers have found a new place to park all those import, classic, hot rod, low-ride, roadsters and award-winning cars.
- Reflections on 2008
- January 2, 2009
- 2008 is now in the past. It was a very busy year here at the shelter. There were many highs and lows. We handled roughly 830 dogs, 608 cats and 14 “others.” Among the others were a pregnant mini goat, an angry Pot Bellied Pig, two geese, a couple of ducks, several bunnies, ferrets and a guinea pig.
- Questions to ask to protect your inheritance
- January 2, 2009
- At some point in your life, you may inherit a sizable sum of money — and what you do with it could have a major impact on your financial future.
- Affordable housing complex nearing completion near Beeline Highway
- January 2, 2009
- With more apartment complexes converting to condominiums, it could become harder for low-income households to afford housing in Payson, but a new 48-unit complex is nearing completion and could alleviate some of the demand.
- Here’s hoping for better times in the new year
- January 2, 2009
- Well, it’s a new year and I am sure everyone is hoping for better times. Especially for the economy to turn around. Let’s hope 2009 is a better year. Let’s hope for no more home foreclosures, and for the lowest gas and oil prices. Let’s hope for lower mortgage rates. For the end to the war, and for a cure for cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Let’s just remember to have hope.
- Wind keeps residents awake, leaves yards a mess
- January 2, 2009
- Well we might have lost most of our snow during the Christmas storm, but we certainly were not lacking for moisture.
- No lights, and the pipes were frozen
- January 2, 2009
- It is wonderful to be back in the village after spending a week in Yuma. Don’t get me wrong, I loved being with my family for the holidays, but it was very hectic.
- Famous artist fondly remembered
- January 2, 2009
- The dark blue kitchen cabinets and the gold and burnt orange art deco décor inside Frances Rich’s Payson home belied the whimsical core beneath a sometimes gruff exterior. The gruff Rich fired many a household helper on her first day. The gruff Rich was stern, a sometimes isolated genius of an artist who sculpted the seven-foot Army-Navy Nurse Monument that sits in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
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