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Seeming to fly through the air without a care, this young man enjoys his freedom ...
Cody Machado, Valedictorian, at New Visions Academy, turns and faces the audience to receive their ...
Rim Relay for Life Help stamp out cancer with your support of the annual Rim ...
Garden Ranch Pasta Salad
The Mountain High Games take place June 1-3 at Payson Event Center with a wide ...
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The Fourth of July festivities in Green Valley Park include good, old-fashioned fun like a ...
The whole family can cool down and stay active at Taylor Pool. There are swimming ...
Zesty Potluck Pasta Salad
Chicken Pasta Salad with Grapes and Poppy Seed Dressing
Junction 87 will be among the performers featured during the annual Summer Concert Series. The ...
Kids Quilt Camp, hosted by the Strawberry Patchers, takes place July 9-12 at the Pine ...
Barrel racing and pole bending practice continue Wednesday nights at the Payson Event Center. Books ...
Golden Gate Bridge
A rather large and undefined object crept through town Tuesday morning, May 29, stopping traffic ...
In the words of Henri Cartier Bresson; a decidedly decisive moment.
Salute!
Nice hair!
A celebrant at Rim Country Middle School gestures her excitement to friends in the audience ...
Robert Schmidt, a new graduate of new Visions Academy gives a thumbs up sign after ...
New Visions Academy students take their seats and await the presentation of their diplomas.
Tears welled up in Jan Clark's eyes as she accepts a dozen roses from student ...
Brittan Staub accepts the Louella Kleinz Leadership Award from Pine-Strawberry Principal, Mike Clark, during the ...
Cadets of Payson Civil Air Patrol raise the flag during Memorial Day services at the ...
CASA volunteer Julie Williams (center) receives recognition for her 18 years of service from Chief ...
The humpback chub is an endangered native fish.
Sam Grassel clowns around before the start of the Payson High School graduation ceremony, Thursday, ...
Nik Searles serves up a cup of joe Thursday at the newest restaurant in Pine ...
Clara Hanich
Helen Patricia Johnson
“We adopted the freeze in a budget crisis, but now we are in a position ...
More than 300 people honored the nation’s war dead at Memorial Day services in Green ...
The Rim Country team of Buddy and Kyle Randall fished their way to first place ...
Some of the best golfers to come out of Payson High School recently squared off ...
Margaret “Peggy” Singer
Alex
Hartnell
Ploughe
PHS chemistry students spent a recent Saturday performing entertaining science experiments to the delight of ...
Daisy
There is always plenty of activities to enjoy in the great outdoors in the Rim ...
Matthew Binney
Messinger Payson Funeral Home collects used cell phones to provide prepaid phone cards to military ...
Staff Sergeant Matthew Binney, United States Army was awarded the Silver Star for his heroic ...
The Payson Patriotic Events Committee will hold a Memorial Day ceremony at 10 a.m. at ...
Memorial Day is a time to honor the men and women who sacrificed their lives ...
Anna Van Zile
Bull Flat Fire
Hellsgate’s SAFER grant will allow the department to to keep its staffing levels at eight ...
Payson High School graduating senior Natalie Black hugs the sister she has never met after ...
The Hellsgate Fire District board recently approved the purchase of a new fire truck after ...
“We’re always patching things and not going solid ... We’re not looking to the future ...
Tonto Creek Fish Hatchery recently stocked half a dozen Rim Country streams including Tonto Creek.
“Many times governments can brag about what they have been able to provide, but it ...
Water deficit Despite raising base water rates 40 percent, the town expects its new water ...
Cheetos
15 percent the decline in local sales tax in the last year. 50 percent photo ...
Weary firefighter trudges towards the Bull Fire near Young to keep it from crossing fire ...
Natalie Black (right) met her sister Morgan Dell (left) for the first time just before ...
Strawberry resident Edwin Jett displayed his handcrafted birdhouses at the May Day Festival in Pine. ...
Tyler Apps, left, a Payson High School senior, capped his prep career in glowing fashion ...
Former Payson High School teacher and coach Ted Pettet, center, poses with the winner and ...
Former Payson High School teacher and coach Ted Pettet, center, poses with the winners for ...
Peach
Cosmo
Lizzie
Doyle Coffey was a driving force in getting a community college in Payson.
Dutch Oven cooking will fill the Payson Event Center with terrific aromas June 2.
Skill, endurance and speed will all be part of the Mountain Bike Races at the ...
Chips will fly in the Sawdust Games events planned for the 2012 Mountain High Games. ...
Yes, that’s a person riding a cowhide behind an ATV in the ATV Rodeo at ...
Runners of all ages and skill levels are invited to participate in the 2012 Mountain ...
Three ATV trail rides are part of the 2012 Mountain High Games, one slated each ...
The horseshoe tourney will have $250 for first; $150 second; and $100 third.
Archers of all ages and skill levels are among the first folks invited into the ...
The 4-Forests Restoration Initiative on Friday issued a long-awaited contract to thin 300,000 acres of ...
C. Sharon Gossett
Doyle Coffey
Troy Neal, a former high school basketball coach turned cattle rancher, shows the putting form ...
Veteran golfer Ken Althoff has had his share of golf triumphs, but came up just ...
Payson pro fisherman Clifford Pirch took ninth in the May 17-20 FLW Tour tournament on ...
The partially eclipsed sun shines through a pair of pinyons at the Grand Canyon.
JoAnne Koke from Jake’s Corner was a very lucky winner during the 2012 Gary Hardt ...
Savannah Todd, the header in this duo of team ropers, throws her green rope with ...
As an Associate Press photographer, Jeff Robbins spent his whole life chasing light — and ...
Crews have the Sunflower Fire 30 percent contained the fire on the south east side, ...
Casey Rupp concentrates on getting the paint job accomplished on this funerary vase.
Leslie Reisdorf’s first-graders made pyramids, coffins with mummies in them, and other artifacts from ancient ...
Amethist Nova watches artist Donn Morris as he demonstrates how to daub paint on a ...
Frankie “Punkintown” Smith was the specialty entertainment at the 2012 Gary Hardt Memorial Spring Rodeo ...
Casey Dove may not be around this obstacle, but knowing how her horse is responding, ...
Larry Stephenson GCC Board President
Leslie Reisdorf First-grade teacher
Gary Hatch Hellsgate fire chief
Pia Wyer took this stunning eclipse photo in Payson: "Connie Agnes and I decided it ...
Forest Managers hope sale of small diameter trees for new wood products will avert the ...
Mary Jean Tanner
Socorro Parra Perez
Hannah Grace Lloyd
Economic director Mike Vogel fielded business and ASU-related questions Tuesday at Tiny’s Restaurant, including those ...
Economic director Mike Vogel fielded business and ASU-related questions Tuesday at Tiny’s Restaurant
Fire manager Curtis Heaton maps the strategy to contain the Sunflower Fire in the Forest ...
Roundup Photographer Andy Towle got close enough to the Sunflower Fire to get an image ...
The fire started Sunday and has grown to nearly 16,000 acres, but it has not ...
This map shows the area the Forest Service has closed as it battles the Sunflower ...
Tamara Morken of Rimside Grill and Cabins, shows residents, Boyd and Nancy Miller the work ...
The Payson Airport has served as the base for many firefighting helicopters.
Charlotte Beilgard Time Out Thrift Store
Taylor Pool in North Rumsey Park will kick off the swim season next Saturday, May ...
Steer wrestling cowboy
Nancy Renison with a bat
Bobby Davis
The Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction Inc. has won one of 11 of the state’s 2012 ...
Raelene Ramirez, Shenia Wolf, Chandra Cushman and Rebecca James take four dogs out of their ...
Sara Hock, director of the Humane Society of Central Arizona, comforts one of the cats ...
Byron Quinlan RCMS counselor
Lilah Price is in her best cowgirl duds including a hat, a six-shooter and pink ...
Bryce Shreiner is a two- water gunslinger during story time at the library.
Taylor Petersen
Megan Wessel
Kaitlyn Wessel
Arianna Paulson
Donnie Smith, 13-year-old Rim Country Middle School eighth-grader, set an Arizona Junior High Power Championship ...
Members of the Longhorn state runner-up golf team include coach Denny Morris, Mason Ridley, Dean ...
Byron Quinlan has resigned as head football coach at Payson High School and will move ...
Zachary Cotney understands the importance of winning the race by taking your time during the ...
Stamp
Sheila
Nova
Marnie
ISle
Eckle
By directing the fire back into previously burned areas the fire fighters on the ground ...
The 'Air Boss' for the Sunflower Fire flies through the billowing smoke as assessments are ...
The representatives from the two Jumbo Helicopter companies and the Forest Service working the Sunflower ...
These fire fighters from Mescalaro, NM, check their repelling equipment before they leave to attack ...
Map of Arizona forest fires
Sunflower Fire closure area
Looking like it might be heading towards Payson, the drifting cloud from the Sunflower Fire ...
The huge cloud from a wind shift, slowly drifts over Payson, raising speculative inquiries about ...
A map of the Sunflower Fire burning west of Mt. Ord.
Barbara Kathrine Cockrum
Samuel G. Warren
After being awarded more than $240,000 in grant money, Bonita Creek residents agreed to pay ...
The Cactus Women’s Professional Rodeo Association event will be held Thursday at Payson Event Center. ...
Organized by the Parent Teacher Organization for Julia Randall Elementary, the Spring Fling Carnival this ...
A disgruntled employee purposely infested the hotel, resulting in pandemonium as the staff and owners, ...
Payson High School thespians Emily Price, Cody Schuler and Sarah Sprinkle played the staff at ...
The Forest Service used slurry bombers and helicopters this week to keep a wildfire 21 ...
Lady Longhorn leadoff hitter Devann Runzo fouls off a pitch in Payson’s disheartening 7-2 state ...
Lady Longhorn players kneel solemnly while emergency medical personnel treat Bourgade infielder Victoria Ortiz who ...
Piano jazz vocalist Pam Morita will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20 at Payson ...
Tyler Apps was a model of consistency in the Division III state golf tournament, finishing ...
Crews recently thinned thickets that had regrown since the Dude Fire around Bonita Creek, now ...
Crews fighting the Sunflower Fire used the Payson airport as a base of operatoins Sunday ...
Vicki Dietz, RN and Transition Care Manager at Payson Care Center, will speak on the ...
Payson High School student Rockell Schmidt (left) and her fellow ecology classmates went on a ...
Riders participated on various makes of bikes, including an Indian motorcycle (top left photo).
Payson American Legion Riders held their annual “Fun Run” motorcycle ride Saturday to benefit Payson ...
There was plenty to do for the many volunteers who showed up at last Saturday’s ...
ADEQ Northeastern Arizona Liaison Byron James, kneeling with the work crew, was among those participating.
Excellent shooter
Anna Van Zile presents Payson High School student Bhavin Ahir with an academic award. Van ...
The Sunflower fire has stretched into a wilderness area about two miles north east of ...
Kenny Evans
Mountain lion
Rabies Chart
Lorraine Austin
Carrie Dick
Janice Clarice Workman was among 34 GCC graduates.
Chuck Reagan
Chuck and Mary Reagan’s draft mules Pearle and Pauline aren’t the fastest mode of transportation, ...
GCC graduated a record class Wednesday.
Vicki Dietz
Mary and Chuck Reagan sell postcards to fund their journey across America in a covered ...
After a nail-biting, come-from-behind quarter final victory last Saturday, the Lady Longhorns softball team heads ...
Betsy Porter and Sally Schindel (front) check out the material books and baskets at the ...
Pam Smith created a fantasy village after she was inspired by a picture her niece ...
Theresa Ann Isenhower
Gwenna Jean Ethington Eagar
Expansion work at the former location of Payson Athletic Club started earlier this week. Crews ...
Payson Schools administrator Barbara Fitzgerald helps train teachers.
The Northern Gila County Republican Party opened its office to the public with a grand ...
Payson Bobier, shown running the relay earlier this season, will be one of the Longhorn ...
Richard Nielson, shown long jumping, actually has qualified in the high jump for this weekend’s ...
Jack Morris
Payson will be buoyed at today’s state golf championships near Prescott by seniors Anthony Smith ...
Clifford Pirch, of Payson, missed the winning weigh-in by just .26 of a pound when ...
Aurora Alvarez was the guest of honor last Saturday when her three children, nine grandchildren, ...
Pine Strawberry Community Center Thrift Store volunteers Jeanne Coppins and Judy Mueller were honored with ...
"Tear Down the Wall" from a song by Jefferson Airplane, 'Volunteers' album, a work crew ...
Sarah McAnerny brightens up the garden wall at Payson Elementary School by painting the wall ...
The annual Payson Wildlife Fair takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May ...
The annual Payson Aero Fair takes place from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May ...
Cool off with a refreshing swim at Taylor Pool which opens for the season May ...
Miss Rodeo Arizona Audrey Hall
Miss Teen Rodeo Arizona Brittney Hamilton
Fiesta Chicken, Rice and Bean Casserole
Green Valley Lake will receive double its usual stocking of trout for the Wildlife Fair ...
Venice Irene (Phillips) Talley
“Great progress has been made so far, but the cost has been borne by just ...
Barrel racer
American Kestrel
Catcher Taylor Petersen goes after a foul ball in Saturday’s 7-1 playoff win against Fountain ...
Devann Runzo gets on base during Friday’s game against Fountain Hills. The Lady Horns defeated ...
The Lady Longhorns’ normally almost unhittable pitcher, Arianna Paulson (left), struggled for six innings against ...
The Lady Longhorns managed to slide, hit and bunt into their second playoff win on ...
Devann Runzo takes a turn at bat against Fountain Hills.
Katie Jones slides into second base in an attempt to beat the tag of a ...
Lady Horns batter Devann Runzo (left) executes a perfect bunt in the seventh inning in ...
Bryce Goodman and Becky Bauer scale a wall, clipped into safety ropes that will protect ...
“If we drill more wells in polluted water, we have polluted water.” George Binney SV ...
Trout Unlimited is hoping to raise funds to help the Arizona Game and Fish Department ...
Youngsters gathered at the Payson Public Library the afternoon of Thursday, May 3 for a ...
In just two years at the helm of the Longhorn baseball program, Scott Novack earned ...
Challenger’s British Soccer Camps return to Payson June 4-8 on the Rumsey Park north multi-purpose ...
Inner Geek Race results
Nate Anderson (355) finished the 5k first in a time of 20:32. See the results ...
A wide range of participants, from kids to moms with their babies, took part in ...
The Payson High School golf team that will be advancing May 11 to state at ...
ZUMBA workouts spurred an enthusiastic welcome at the Oxbow Saloon for a First Friday fundraiser. ...
A Rim Country Middle School Student, Chaz Davis, walks a beam far above the ground, ...
Coaches Randy Wilcox and Jackie Wallace receive assistance from Brittany Golden as they act as ...
Students from a Rim Country Middle School class scale a wall, clipped into safety ropes ...
Lady Longhorns catcher Taylor Peterson (shown here in a Friday Game) on Saturday hit a ...
Team Blues Brothers Bobbie Roxy, left and his dad Bob was among the mostly out-of-town ...
Saturday’s Cannonball Run Road Rally brought none other than Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrain (that’s him, ...
Students in the wearable art classes taught by Leslie Peacock at Gila Community College Payson ...
JoAnn Burr hows off her first ever wearable art jacket and the tote she also ...
White Horse Moon. Last night the moon was at its closest point to the earth ...
Megan Wessel catches an easy in-field pop-up as the sixth inning comes to a quick ...
Attempting to take second base on an in-field hit, Katie Jones is called out by ...
Lady Longhorn Taylor Petersen catches an in-field pop fly as the Lady Horns continue to ...
Taylor Petersen came through in the clutch and slammed one over the center field fence ...
Chelsea York and Russell Hintze
Lisa Nicole Bartoli
Charles and Sherry Brunson
A recent house fire has sparked Deer Creek homeowners and personnel of neighboring fire districts ...
More than 25 local artists, including Jim Strong, will open their studios to share their ...
Thursday morning, May 3, three vehicles were involved in a collision at the corner of ...
Payson Choral
Mesquite
Rascal
Riley
Rutty
Simone
Skipper
Truly
Motorcycle accident debris
verde Watershed Trail
The valley at the trailhead that has lush grass, graceful trees and a stream that ...
Each year, the Salt River Project pumps some 11,000 acre-feet out of the Blue Ridge ...
Robert R. McDowell
Helen Schuessler
During the outdoor expo, there will be the opportunity for target practice with a number ...
In addition to hosting public and member shooting activities, the range is used by several ...
Jeannie and Chris Cline were the lucky winners of a 2012 Polaris Ranger 800 XP ...
The Payson Choral Society performs at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., Saturday, May 5 at ...
Pine Strawberry School student Hailey Hamblen playing Cinderella, along with a cast of 25, were ...
Wendy
New Legislative District
Bubba
Buddy
Eva
Honey
Joker
KC
Lady
Max
Baron
Vern Leis
George Binney
Members of the Payson Choral Society are preparing to present their spring concert Saturday, May ...
Jan Hodson will share art, along with other members of the Payson Art League during ...
Daria Mason will direct the Payson Choral Society’s spring concert, “Let’s Go to the Movies,” ...
A wearable art fashion show will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, ...
The Threadplayers Fiber and Fabric Art Exhibit will include the group’s miniature town, Threadville. The ...
Backyard Burger
Peppercorn Crusted Strip Steaks
Flowers, and most living organisms find a way to plant themselves, grow, and survive, even ...
Marion L. Switzer-Erichsen
Michelle Echo Seay
There were plenty of smiles on display at the weekend’s annual classic car event at ...
Students at Payson Elementary School last week got some impressive demonstrations to highlight keeping their ...
Gila Community College students prepare for Thursday’s “Wearable Art” exhibit from 2-4 p.m. at the ...
Academic DeDecathlon students work with advisor Kristi Ford to prepare for a presentation at the ...
Max Foster/RoundupPayson High School’s Morgan Chilson set a personal best mark of 12.77 in the ...
Payson’s first community garden was blooming with excitement Saturday as volunteers and officials gathered to ...
Get ready to garden in the Rim Country. If you don’t have space where you ...
A someday musician gets into the spirit of the Payson High School Carnival on Friday ...
The destruction of this Deer Creek home awakened residents to a lack of fire coverage. ...
Courtesy photoTanner Morgan, now in U.S.A.F. Special Operations, once starred for the PHS track and ...
Nick McMullen, only a sophomore, was one of the baseball team’s finest all-around players and ...
PHS third baseman Chance Randall, shown fielding a throw to tip an advancing base runner, ...
An eagle that stops in Payson for several months each year for the last seven ...
Leon Roberts, a professed “doodler” works on a piece in Jaqui Jeffrey’s drawing class. He ...
Two middle school students attempt to walk straight while wearing the “drunk goggles” during the ...
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