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- Wildfires plague high country
- June 29, 2010
- Back-to-back fires along Highway 87 last week left 192 acres of Tonto National Forest badly charred. The cause of both fires is still under investigation, but officials believe both were human caused.
- Rescuers called to help ATV rider, hiker
- June 29, 2010
- With a man rolling a quad over himself and a dehydrated hiker in Box Canyon, another busy weekend left rescue workers exhausted.
- Man charged with assault on mayor
- June 29, 2010
- Police say a meeting on barking dog complaints turned violent when one resident snarled at the mayor and reportedly hit him with his hand.
- Business Briefs
- June 29, 2010
- APS business customers have even more incentive to use energy more efficiently. Through its Solutions for Business program, APS is raising the rebate amount for eight of its offerings.
- Wildfire evacuations raise insurance concerns
- Insurers offer firewise safety and insurance tips
- June 29, 2010
- As the threat of wildfires near Flagstaff forced evacuations of homes, the Arizona Insurance Council (AIC), the state trade association for property and casualty insurers, is urging residents to check with insurers about their coverage.
- What don’t they tax?
- June 29, 2010
- There are people trying to survive the real estate slow-down by renting their properties to avoid a short sale or foreclosure.
- Experts offer free endangered forests tour
- Top forest managers and researchers offer public an education in how open, fire-resistant forests became deadly tinder boxes
- June 29, 2010
- A high-level group of researchers that have revolutionized forest management and the officials charged with implementing their ideas will join forces on Wednesday to explain the whole mess to the public.
- Why fireworks in Payson on the 4th of July?
- June 29, 2010
- The holiday we mark on the 4th of July is a celebration of the anniversary of this great country’s adoption of the Declaration of Independence. In 1776, John Adams wrote of this to his wife, Abigail, “… the day will be most memorable in the history of America.
- Disappointed with Pine-Strawberry water district board
- June 29, 2010
- On Saturday, June 19, I attended my first PSWID board meeting.
- Saving money
- June 29, 2010
- “To save money, Payson plans to offer … buyout packages to two employees and then rehire them as private contractors,” Payson Roundup, Tuesday, June 15.
- Arizona needs to abandon Canamex Highway project
- June 29, 2010
- The Canamex Highway is alive and well. Since the North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect in 1994, we’ve heard the great sucking sound of American jobs going south to Mexico. Soon after, the flight of U.S. companies going to Red China for even cheaper wages was the norm.
- Citizens suffer bureaucratic runaround
- June 29, 2010
- Note to citizens who would serve their country by getting involved: Stay calm, take up meditation, brace for frustration. Don’t take our word for it.
- Community Almanac
- June 29, 2010
- Learn about restoring Southwestern forests with researchers from the Ecological Restoration Institute of Northern Arizona University and the Tonto National Forest. There will be a Walk in the Woods reception from 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, June 30, starting at the Payson Ranger Station, 1009 E. Highway 260, Payson. Refreshments will be served.
- Circle benefits can save funds
- June 29, 2010
- A Senior Circle member recently came in to the Circle office and said she was astonished — she’d been a member at the Circle for more than a year and had never thought to use her Scriptsave card, one of the Senior Circle discount benefits.
- Fireworks highlight July 4th activities
- June 29, 2010
- Enjoy a “staycation” over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Revel in the cooler climes of the Rim Country and sample all kinds of old-fashioned fun in Payson, Pine and Tonto Village.
- Payson shuts down redevelopment effort
- Council on Thursday closes up town’s decades-long effort on Main Street
- June 29, 2010
- After nearly 20 years of persistent, frustrating effort, Payson this week will officially shut down the Green Valley Redevelopment Agency.
- Few state agencies have power to audit, CAC finds
- June 29, 2010
- Governor Jan Brewer’s office says it has no authority to ask for additional audits of Eastern Arizona College or Gila Community College, according to a recent response to a Citizens Awareness Committee request.
- Child lost in the woods
- 4-year-old found hours after wandering from camp
- June 29, 2010
- Thanks to scores of volunteers who dropped their weekend plans, a Hotshot crew and a DPS helicopter, a parent’s worst nightmare was turned into a dream come true.
- Bill to speed pipeline passes key senate committee
- Confusion about which federal agency is in charge has already delayed project by one year, says Mayor Evans
- June 29, 2010
- The U.S. Senate’s Natural Resources Committee this week approved a “momentous” bill to smooth the bureau waters that have rocked Payson’s Blue Ridge pipeline construction.
- Family fishing fun on the July 4th weekend
- June 29, 2010
- Are you trying to figure out what to do this coming holiday weekend and don’t want to travel far from home or spend a ton of money — why not go fishing in northern Arizona? So many lakes and not enough time, how true this is.
- Couple close beloved candy store
- June 29, 2010
- Payson addicts count your chocolate coins because the Sugar Shack is no more.
- Business steps up to help pole vaulting camp
- June 29, 2010
- Bo Althoff is extending a huge “Thank You” to Jim Carr at The Rock Yard in Payson. The show of gratitude is because Carr helped Althoff acquire the building materials and pallets he needed to co-host the Kiss the Sky pole vaulting camp that was held June 13 to 17 at Camp Tontozona east of Payson.
- No challenge too great for Payson High School graduate
- June 29, 2010
- If there were rewards for heart, Maddie Nossek would be clutching most all of them. Her spunk and gusto turned evident her freshman track and field season when she won the state class 3A long jump championship and continued throughout her prep career in basketball as well as track.
- Stars get first-round area tourney bye
- June 29, 2010
- The Payson 9-10-year-olds Little League All-Star baseball team has drawn a bye for Area 1 first-round play on July 1 in Flagstaff.
- Manager sure team primed to shine
- June 29, 2010
- Payson’s 10-11-year-olds Little League All-Star manager Tony McNeeley is expecting big things from his players, mostly because of their talent and experience.
- Three-peat rivals to open Little League all-star game
- June 29, 2010
- When Payson Little League’s 12-year-old stars square off against Flagstaff Continental at noon on July 1 in the opening round of the Area 1 tournament, the two teams will be no strangers to one another.
- Night patrols seek out campfires during restrictions
- June 29, 2010
- Four agencies will begin patrolling the skies and land of Flagstaff, Coconino National Forest and Coconino County as part of the enforcement of fire restrictions implemented Friday.
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Question of the week
Do you think new Principal Anna Van Zile has a valid idea in eliminating the Asst. Principal and replacing it with an Athletic Director position that would share her duties as Principal?
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