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- Firefighters continue prescribed burns near Payson, Pine this week
- March 6, 2009
- Wildland firefighters conducted more prescribed fire operations near Payson and Pine this week. Payson Ranger District conducted prescribed fire operations northwest of Payson in the Brushy Basin area early in the week.
- Utility response time impacted by available crew
- March 6, 2009
- If a car happened to plow into the side of your house in the middle of the night, taking out the electrical and gas lines, sending gas and flames into the air, how long would it take utilities crews to arrive? A few minutes, you hope.
- Forest Service seeks comments on allotment analysis
- March 6, 2009
- The Tonto Basin Ranger District is initiating two environmental analyses on the Tonto Basin, 7/K, Walnut and Boneyback grazing allotments, located in the Mazatzal and Sierra Ancha mountains near Punkin Center.
- Forest burning to get stimulus funds
- Ranger District pushes for windfall to help thin 50,000 acres that pose critical fire danger
- March 6, 2009
- Smoke from a controlled burn this week smudged the sky north of town, a sight the Payson Ranger District hopes to make much more common if it can tap into roughly $2 billion in federal stimulus funding.
- Magazine gives Judy Baker health care leadership award
- Arizona Business gives Mogollon Health Alliance leader top honor
- March 6, 2009
- Judy Baker, of the Mogollon Health Alliance, won the second annual Health Care Leadership Award sponsored by Arizona Business magazine.
- Gila College takes building ownership steps
- Legislative bill introduced to allow college to issue taxpayer-backed bonds for new construction
- March 6, 2009
- Gila Community College’s fight to gain independence stands on the precipice of legitimacy, with toes of two developments hanging over the edge.
- Women’s Wellness programs filling fast
- March 6, 2009
- Time is running out to register for the 2009 Women’s Wellness Forum, “Pearls on the Path” on March 14 at Payson High School.
- Book fair develops reading habits, helps library
- March 6, 2009
- Outside the book fair room at Frontier Elementary School Tuesday night, an art extravaganza raged, with projects on display like dragonology masks and portraits of George Washington.
- The most important thing I ever learned about fishing
- March 6, 2009
- I thought all I was going to do that warm Friday afternoon was try out a few things I’d learned about freshwater fishing by reading a half-inch-thick book I took out of the base library.
- In politics, truth is stranger than satire
- March 6, 2009
- “My Horseback Opinion” was originally intended to contain a considerable amount of political satire, but I have encountered a slight problem. Truth is stranger than fiction, and in today’s political climate, truth is stranger than satire. I fear that when I write satire, folks will think it is the truth and vice versa.
- Fee for off-road vehicles was just another government scam
- March 6, 2009
- I see the government has managed to pull another scam on the public.
- Full disclosure will better serve Pine-Strawberry taxpayers
- March 6, 2009
- As a resident of Pine, I have several comments about the issues concerning the Economist.com report supported by PSWID, and the areas of concern highlighted by Mr. Sam Schwalm.
- Donations for students help
- March 6, 2009
- We would like to thank the supportive businesses and community members of Payson for donating toward our recent benefit event on Feb. 28.
- Reopen the Tonto Natural Bridge
- March 6, 2009
- “Blackmail!!!” Just one of the comments at the March 3 meeting at the Best Western in Payson regarding the unbelievable closing of the Tonto Natural Bridge.
- ‘Per pupil’ spending statistic meaningless, misleading
- March 6, 2009
- On a recent visit to Show Low where I met with city and county officials and students at Show Low High School, a number of attendees brought up the question of Arizona ranking 49th in the nation in education funding.
- Rim rallies support for natural bridge
- March 6, 2009
- Ronald Reagan liked to tell the one about the optimist confronted with a room filled to the ceiling with horse dung.
- Around Rim Country
- Spring break youth rec program slated
- March 6, 2009
- Register your child today for the second Payson Parks and Recreation Spring Break Recreation Program, which will be held from 8 a.m. to noon, Monday through Thursday, March 9-12 for children in kindergarten through the fifth grade.
- Rim residents rail against park shutdown
- March 6, 2009
- Rim Country residents made an impassioned plea for help from lawmakers to reopen Tonto Natural Bridge State Park on Tuesday when 150 volunteers, hikers, town officials and business owners jammed an impromptu town hall meeting.
- Hellsgate queries SV about town hall site
- March 6, 2009
- Star Valley council members and staff could one day be rubbing elbows with Payson and Hellsgate firefighters if a 3,700-square-foot mega center that combines the fire departments with town hall becomes a reality.
- Town, animal shelter seek fed grant
- Payson, humane society find loophole and apply for $3.27 million in
- March 6, 2009
- Payson and the Humane Society of Central Arizona have teamed up in a long-shot bid to snag a $3.27 million federal stimulus grant to build a new animal shelter, the town council revealed at its Thursday night meeting.
- Water records to get review
- State corporation commission staff ordered to examine Pine water records; rate hearing deferred
- March 6, 2009
- The Pine Water Company’s application to defer a hearing on a water rate increase has been approved by Arizona Corporation Commission, which also ordered the company to provide complete financial data in 60 days.
- Legislators vow to reopen park
- Political theater and arm twisting rallies support for reopening arch that draws 90,000 visitors annually
- March 6, 2009
- The closure of Tonto Natural Bridge State Park this week provoked a flurry of public outrage, angry volunteers, muddled explanations, contentious meetings, collapsing budgets and blame-shifting lawmakers.
- Don’t wait for market to hit bottom before investing
- March 6, 2009
- Whether you’ve been investing for four decades or four weeks, you’ve no doubt heard this classic piece of investment advice: buy low and sell high.
- First-time homebuyer tax credit available
- March 6, 2009
- You have probably heard a lot of talk about the first-time homebuyer tax credit that the government is offering.
- Great weather in Rim Country appreciated
- March 6, 2009
- The weather has been remarkably warm this past week, and now I have tulips peeking out of the ground along with weeds. The temperature has been hovering around the 70-degree mark, give or take a few degrees. I even got to turn my furnace way down, which is a good thing, considering the price of propane. It will soon be time to plant the veggies. It will be great to eat fresh tomatoes again.
- Closing of Tonto Natural Bridge is shocking
- March 6, 2009
- Holy Cow! What a shocker to read that the Tonto Natural Bridge has closed its doors to the public!
- Tickets going fast for Taste of Rim Country 2009
- March 6, 2009
- Tickets are going quick for A Taste of the Rim Country 2009.
- Closing of natural bridge big disappointment
- March 6, 2009
- As I was driving home last week, I saw a worker posting a large “closed” plaque over one of the Tonto Natural Bridge signs.
- Chuck Proudfoot: Not your typical minister
- March 6, 2009
- Despite his long hair, Chuck Proudfoot denies his reputation as Payson’s hippie pastor.
- 225 million years of history
- Petrified Forest National Park
- March 6, 2009
- It is hard to imagine viewing something 225 million years old, but that is what you can do at the Petrified Forest National Park in northern Arizona, just east of Holbrook. Only two hours away from Payson, you can see one of the largest concentrations of colorful petrified wood and the multi-hued Painted Desert, along with some historic buildings and archaeological sites.
- High country chefs promise great things
- March 6, 2009
- Christopher Creek and Kohl’s Ranch will make a good showing at the March 7 A Taste of Rim Country. Both Kohl’s Ranch Zane Grey Steakhouse and Creekside Steakhouse & Tavern will have representatives at the 5 p.m. event at the Payson Public Library.
- Crappie time at Roosevelt Lake just around the corner
- March 6, 2009
- The beginning of March is upon us and crappie time is right around the corner on Roosevelt Lake. With a week of warm weather and the water temperature inching up to that magical 60 degrees Fahrenheit, these fish will be heading to the bank for that springtime spawn.
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