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Rena Slaughter takes another breakfast order as she hovers over the counter clients who peruse ...
Maria Gutierrez also does busy bee busboy duties as customers wait by the door for ...
Kassie Sexton cleans a booth as people enter fill the cafe and chat with the ...
Dan Sexton, the bee keeping restauranteur, takes a receipt from a satisfied customer, as he ...
Dean Harpe crosses over into the end zone for another score early in the second ...
About 100 people marched in Payson to protest domestic violence and support the Time Out ...
Barbara Baker gets a hug from Boomer as they both recover from their second frightening ...
Frontier Elementary School
Have your say next Tuesday!
The map shows the approximate location of reports, scattered all over Payson.
The graph charts the alarming rise in domestic violence arrests in Payson since 2007, in ...
Frightfully good fun
Police Chief Don Engler and John Wakelin participated in the recent fund-raising walk for the ...
Tommie Cline Martin
Hallie Overman-Jackman and Tommie Cline Martin
Tickets are on sale now for the annual Rim Country Business Awards luncheon to be ...
Otis
Cinco
Angel
A pair of long-suffering band parents tote water for middle school band members performing at ...
Middle school band members like this trumpet player got a chance to strut their stuff ...
The Rim Country Middle School Mavericks recently took their annual field trip to the Arizona ...
Four candidates are also contending for the two state House seats up for grabs in ...
Drai David Nichols
L. E. Matthews
Pauline Hunt
Ruth Case
Sweeney Todd (Cody Schuler) and Mrs. Lovett (Leah Brahm) discuss their dastardly deeds in the ...
This weekend, the band will compete against 27 other Division III bands.
The Payson High School Marching Band earned its second “excellent” rating of the year last ...
Barbara Baker says she could not live independently without Boomer, but worries that he sustained ...
Taylor Randall smacks the ball back over the net as she defends her side of ...
Austin Moss (#33) races to the end zone to the roar of a cheering crowd ...
Miguel Mendoza, fights off a Globe Tiger and falls into the end zone for another ...
Jake Swartwood, first-year head coach, has led the Longhorns to the playoffs with a 6-4 ...
The Payson Longhorns upset undefeated Alta Vista at Kino Field in Tucson Saturday in the ...
The U.S. Forest Service has proposed opening hundreds of miles of “user-generated” paths to recreational ...
Madeline Tomasicchio recently celebrated her 102nd birthday with family and friends at the Frontier House.
Oct. 30 You Pick 'Em Football Contest. Win up to $20 Each Week of the ...
Sheriff John Armer and Sgt. Brian Havey (at right) were recognized, along with other agencies, ...
Erin Huffman
Saturday, Nov. 3 is opening day of the Pine-Strawberry Guild Christmas Boutique in the arts ...
Sam Boatman catches a short pass and runs for a another fifteen yards before getting ...
Longhorn Miguel Mendoza (#20) follows his blockers and makes a twenty yard gain out of ...
The Longhorn soccer team was all over the field and kept the nail-biting spectators gripping ...
Coach Jake Swartwood
Penny Gilmore, a St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank volunteer, checks out the empty shelves. ...
Jake Swartwood Football coach
Noe Vega, #14, looks on as Jeff Kelly, #2, foot wrestles a Cowboy for control ...
Bubba Neilsen, #9, directs the ball toward the net, as the Camp Verde Cowboys and ...
Starlight
Friends and family of Christy Walton were shocked when the child advocate and Zumba instructor ...
Bob Thorpe (House)
Brenda Barton (House)
Republicans Rep. Chester Crandell (Senate)
Doug Ballard (House)
Angela LeFevre (House)
Democrats Rep. Tom Chabin (Senate)
Tom Chabin, Angela LeFevre, Doug Ballard top row Republicans Rep. Chester Crandell (Senate), Brenda Barton ...
The 4-Forest Restoration Initiative plans to thin small trees from the overgrown forests in an ...
Payson Unified School District Office - South entrance
The Fiesta Bowl gig will give the hard-working band, supported almost entirely by community donations, ...
The Payson High School Marching Band got a fresh flourish of good news this week.
The Payson High School Marching Band has been invited to perform during the Fiesta Bowl ...
Willene Smith (third from the right) was inducted into the Arizona Quilters Hall of Fame ...
The annual Trunk or Treat will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, ...
The Shelby School Cub Scouts, Pack 7787, recently visited Hellsgate Fire Station in Star Valley ...
Sydney Samuels (#14) in action Saturday, Oct. 20 against the Mingus Lady Marauders at Wilson ...
Mckenzie Creighton (#6) in action Saturday, Oct. 20 against the Mingus Lady Marauders at Wilson ...
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Padme
Foghorn Leghorn
Delta
Slick
Cagney
Autumn
Longhorn running back R.J. Cox (#12) drives around the left side following his blockers during ...
One of the successful young hunters at the Juniors Turkey Hunting Camp near Payson.
Longhorn Bubba Neilsen, #9, directs the ball towards the net, as the Camp Verde Cowboys ...
Sweeney Todd sort of meets his match in the guise of Mrs. Meanly as she ...
Angel, a feral cat.
The creativity of volunteers participating in the annual Trunk or Treat Festival and Haunted House ...
After you get over the frights from the Haunted House – Psychotic Hospital – take ...
Expect to see more than a few familiar faces disguised for Halloween fun at the ...
Zane Grey
The Eurasian Collard Dove is one Rim Country residents can put in their FeederWatch record ...
Spread out a selection of cheeses for quick entertaining.
During an exploration of the Yucatan Peninsula, make sure to go inland to visit the ...
The upcoming St. Philip the Apostle Parish Holiday Craft and Bake Sale is only one ...
Harold Fish
Macy Daily and Logan Morris enjoy their moment of glory at halftime as the newly ...
Payson cheerleaders celebrate another Longhorn score in Friday’s homecoming victory. The winning game capped a ...
The Payson High School marching band won the top award for percussion in Prescott on ...
The Longhorn boys soccer team starts its championship run Thursday.
The Payson Longhorn marching band won its first “excellent rating” to qualify for the statewide ...
The 16th Annual Chili Supper will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. ...
Richard Carmona, left, and Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
Richard Carmona
CM Okerwall sketches a portrait of actor Ben Johnson as patrons mill around each artist’s ...
Always a crowd gathering place during any exhibition of his work, Don Harmon’s sculpture of ...
John Lyons (left) asks Kathryn Spiess about the process of spinning wool or other fabric ...
Larry Cory, Garah Monnich, and Gary Norem
Gary Norem
Garah Monnich
Larry Cory
Homecoming King and Queen, Logan Morris and Macy Daily, wave to the crowd during the ...
Dean Harpe jumps up to snag a pass for the Payson Longhorns during their Homecoming ...
Homecoming events started with a bonfire on Thursday continued with a parade on Friday afternoon, ...
Radio personality laughs out loud as Andy Towle props his feet up on the table, ...
The Forest Service used helicopters deployed from the Payson Airport to dump flame retardant to ...
Bill Konopnicki
John, left, and James Abrams turn up the volume, and delight the audience with their ...
Elijah, left, and John Abrams jam it up on stage to the delight of the ...
The Abrams Brothers’ performance in Payson last week left Roundup photographer Andy Towle filled with ...
Star Valley and Payson recently connected their water lines.
Massage therapist Tina Shepherd greets client Jonoanie King to her peaceful studio.
Win up to $20 each week of the NFL football season. See your copy of ...
The Payson Longhorn boys soccer team qualified for the Division IV state tournament as a ...
Lady Longhorn soccer coach Amy Wilcox held out hope until the final day that her ...
Miguel Mendoza escapes the clutches of a Coronado Don as he charges up the field ...
Aspen Gorry, 2012 PHS graduate, won the Collegiate National Mountain Bike Cross Country and Short ...
Longhorn Dean Harpe scampers into the endzone for a touchdown in a close Homecoming Game ...
School board candidate Lynette Brouwer.
School board candidate Shirley Dye.
School board candidate James Quinlan.
School board candidate Carmelita Locke.
Payson School Board candidates Gerald Rutz, Ron Silverman, Barbara Underwood and Devin Wala were among ...
Payson Roundup Cover Photo
Lady D’s Wine, Chocolate and Art Bar opened Wednesday in the Swiss Village.
Debora Sable
Marlene Armstrong
Crews relied on helicopters to drop fire retardant to keep the Big Canyon Fire from ...
Chad Stluka, with Christopher-Kohl’s Fire Department, helps back up Hellsgate’s water tender earlier this week ...
Payson High School football players breaking the homecoming banner.
Josh Frewin
Lady Longhorn, Jayme Chilson, #4, seemed to balance the ball on her foot, but she ...
Lady Longhorn, Savannah Grassel, left, seems to be engaged in an Irish Dance configuration as ...
Liz Harpe (#5) scored a goal against the Camp Verde Cowboys during the Senior Day ...
The PHS cross country team continues strong showings at meets around the state. With so ...
Jake Randall and Chuck Thompson earned a fifth-place finish in the Oct. 13 WON tourney.
Sammi
Lady
Caramel Corn
Frankenstein
Cherry Ann
Candy Corn
Beetlejuice
Apollo
Brawnette
Mesmerize and Milo
Good eats and great fun await all those who come out to help the animals ...
The board, staff and volunteers of the Humane Society of Central Arizona invite Rim Country ...
The former shelter was demolished.
Gila County
Dar Kometh
Vivi-Lou June Batton
Jill Vactor Gunzel
Gila County Building in Payson
Debra Snell
The Blue Ridge Reservoir boat ramp is currently open for vehicles and pedestrians after having ...
The Shelby School Boy Scouts were treated to a visit by Eric Randau, the district ...
Join the Spirit Squad for Homecoming at PHS Friday night at Longhorn Field.
Cruise into Fall Christopher Creek Classic Car Show this Saturday starting at 1 p.m. at ...
Adam Shepherd
Craig Jones
Hallie Overman-Jackman
Michael A. Pastor (D)
David Cook (R)
Lynette Brouwer
Barbara Underwood
Devin Wala
Jim Muhr
Ron Silverman
Carmelita Locke
James Quinlan
Gerald Rutz
Rick Weiss
Melissa McNeely
Margaret Parker
Jessica Barnett
Sadie Jo Tomerlin “Just another example of someone not knowing the process and job of ...
Mickie Nye “Sadie withheld 80 votes from San Carlos... I don’t mind losing, but I ...
Guy Pfister
Patrick Underwood
LaRon Garrett
Greg Friestad
Shirley Dye
Gary Bedsworth
Rep. Chester Crandell
Rep. Tom Chabin
Deborah Savage
Don Ascoli
Doug Ballard
Angela LeFevre
Brenda Barton
Bob Thorpe
Deborah Hughes • Rim Country realtor for 17 years and business owner for 12 years ...
Dale Hom • Gila County Assessor for 25 years. • Grew up in Gila County ...
Air tankers drop retardant on the Big Canyon Fire Tuesday.
Firefighters dropped fire retardant Monday on the Big Canyon Fire, which has burned its way ...
Payson Community Kids
Buried in paper.
Councilor Su Connell helped organize and took a star turn in this weekend’s Fashioneesta Fashion ...
Pete Aleshire
Map prepared by Alexis Bechman The black dots show the locations of car burglaries in ...
Historical talk and luncheon
Humane Society to celebrate new shelter
Corey McClurkan (left) and Jack Windle check out the pieces they are going to need ...
Emma Parker (left), McKenna Bramble and Liberty Faim organize their pieces before they begin the ...
The critically acclaimed bluegrass band The Abrams Brothers will headline the Tonto Community Concert’s Wednesday ...
The Fall Fashioneestas enlisted a bevy of amateur models to show off a creative mix ...
Joseph Prow
Joseph Prow is one of the artists whose work will enliven the ARToberFEST on Oct. ...
Joseph Prow has turned fine-grained wood into an art form.
You Pick 'Em Football Contest. Win up to $20 Each Week of the NFL Football ...
Halloween is just around the corner. If you are carving a jack-o-lantern, don’t waste the ...
Margarite Christine (Christy) Fourzan-Walton
Linda Sue Ansick
Bubba Nielson (9) and his teammates are lauded by Chris Avakian as the finest soccer ...
The fish didn’t cooperate at the 13th Annual Willow Springs Fall Classic trout tournament. Only ...
Shayna Neal slaps the ball back over the net before the opposing team has a ...
Husker
Honey
Payson Elementary School
Off road motocycle
Beyond Limits group members recently donated 1,023 pounds of food to the St. Vincent de ...
Bald Eagles
Abrams Brothers
Coats for kids
Elk abound in Payson so nighttime highway crashes pose a major danger. A Payson jury ...
White Mountain Apache Crown Dancer
White Mountain Apache Crown Dancers at Tonto Apache recognition Days
Dr. Ihor Zakaluzny discussed the evolution of surgical treatments for breast cancer. He said many ...
The crowd attending Payson Regional Medical Center’s Oct. 10 Pink Panel discussion on breast cancer ...
Potato Lake through the trees.
B-Group hike led by Harry Jones.
The sound of bull elk bugling in the forest is a tell-tale sign that fall ...
William (Bill) Allen Harding
Richard S. Kutz
Valeta Carol Anglemire
As Arizona’s population of breeding bald eagles continues to grow, young eagles like this one ...
Superintendent Ron Hitchcock feels proud of the job the district has done in increasing clubs, ...
Trevor Anderson
McKenzie Creighton and Megan Wessel show their skills in the recent Lady Longhorn victory over ...
Volleyball coach, Arnold Stonebrink
The Longhorn Basketball Academy taught campers old-fashioned values like hard work, respect, responsibility, citizenship, character ...
The Longhorn Basketball Academy taught campers not only the traditional fundamentals of the game, but ...
Look for these boxes around town to donate clean, warm coats to children in need.
Christopher Creek
Rainey Trotter was recognized for her community service to SCAF and was awarded the 2012 ...
Dave Burkhart (center), president of the Pine-Strawberry Senior Citizens Affairs Foundation, helps serve food during ...
Light Bulb
Payson Police department
Reg McCormick has found his passion in the designs gourds lead him to create.
Called “Dancing in the Wind” this McCormick piece was featured in the Phoenix Home and ...
Linda Harkins sketches the designs for the jewelry she makes.
Ron Harkins inspects one of the rings he has crafted and designed by his wife, ...
Ron and Linda Harkins work with a variety of media in their jewelry designs. This ...
Reg McCormick’s gourd art, is called carving, but in many cases appears more like sculpting.
Author Stan Brown enjoys the rush of water from the Blue Ridge Reservoir in front ...
The Blue Ridge Reservoir on top of the Mogollon Rim was later named Cragin Reservoir.
Cut individual teeth, using the same small paring knife, and use a spoon to dig ...
Use dry-erase marker to draw 2 bat wings (the top of the wings will have ...
Slice 1/2-inch off end of watermelon to provide a stable base. Use pencil to draw ...
Start your carving with a design on paper and etch into scooped out melon with ...
Popcorn Ball Monsters, Monsters on Parade Pretzels, Peanut Butter 3D Sandwich Cookies, and Ghostly Graveyard ...
Back From the Grave Cake and Spooky Pop Cupcakes
A low-cost rabies vaccination clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, ...
Rep. Brenda Barton, Rep. Chester Crandell and Bob Thorpe at last week’s Payson Tea Party ...
Lois English concentrates on her work as other volunteer members also sew, iron, inspect and ...
A snow cone concession stand was a popular place to b as the days warmed ...
Kathe Manning giving a financial report at the school board meeting.
John Wakelin at the School Board meeting expressing his concerns about the lack of green ...
A 1930 Model A Ford Coupe, which cost about $600 when new, attracted these two ...
U.S. Senator Jon Kyl and Payson Water Superintendent Buzz Walker pose with a framed photo ...
Senator Jon Kyl
Mike Varga
Southwest forests are already in the early stages of a mega drought brought on by ...
This photo shows dead ponderosa pines in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico killed by ...
The Rim Country Celts group is having its Third Ceilidh (a public Celtic celebration) from ...
Payson Water Superintendent Buzz Walker, Mayor Kenny Evans, and Sen. Kyl
Many students at Rim Country Middle School raised their hands to ask questions after seeing ...
Wearing the goggles that distort vision and make it difficult to walk and stay balanced, ...
Last year, the Gracie Lee Haught Foundation was awarded Non-Profit of the Year at the ...
Celeste Parsons, left, and Lois English inspect a pillow case during the Third Annual Breast ...
Don Heizer
Lady Longhorn Macy Dailey, #1, used her head to great advantage and scored the first ...
The girls on the RCMS sixth-grade team won first place; Sarah Carter, won the championship ...
Rim Country Middle School runners brought home honors from the Verde Valley League championships, held ...
It was North vs. South at the Arizona State Junior Bull Riding Championships, presented in ...
From left to right in the picture are: Sue Becker, Nancy Althoff, Camille Levee, Executive ...
The mysterious deaths of elk have alarmed residents of Chaparral Pines.
Going up for the ball head first.
Ron Hitchcock PUSD superintendent
Frontier Elementary School building
Mike Vogel Alliance chairman
Kimberly Chambers
Pine Apple Fest
Fred Horton says he watches the Hellsgate Fire Department’s ladder truck drive back and forth ...
Brest Cancer awareness symbol
Payson Councilor Su Connell said she loved being part of last year’s Fashioneesta event.
Pineview Manor senior living apartments recently unveiled new, affordable homes that rely solely on solar ...
Rim Country children and teens will get a chance to spread their wings on Saturday ...
Attendees got some hands-on time with animals including goats and ferrets.
The petting zoo was a popular attraction at Payson Elementary School’s annual Fall Festival.
Rotary members and guests enjoyed a Casino Night benefit Sept. 22 at the Oxbow. Among ...
A Global Malas Yoga for Peace event was held Sept. 30 at Gila Community College.
Jon Fredrick Scofield
Elaine Gould
Alfred Dale Cline
Justice McNeeley
Payson High School girls Invitational Cross Country meet at Payson Golf Course
The Christopher Creek Classic Car Show is Oct. 20 starting at 1 p.m. at the ...
Wildwood Sunrise
Creedence Relived
Apples and antiques, seen here at Pine Country Antiques on Highway 87, will take center ...
Stud Muffin
Socks
Jasper
Gus
Bella
Longhorn Bubba Neilsen (left) competes for the ball with a Blue Ridge Yellow Jacket during ...
Jeff Kelley (2) jumps as high as possible as he attempts to block the ball ...
Basketball
Payson Public Library
Northern Gila County Sanitary District facilities
Leading the celebration of the 40th Annual Tonto Apache Tribal Recognition Days are the members ...
The Tonto Apache Tribe’s Mazatzal Casino started in a small manufactured structure in the early ...
Norwegian Salmon in Aluminum Foil
Smoked Norwegian Salmon & Pearl Barley Salad
Poached Norwegian Salmon with Stewed Vegetables & Cucumber Salad
Mount Rushmore
5th Annual Fall Apple Festival
Ron Escheté
First Friday on Main Street
Besides a Big Lots opening in the Rim Country Mall, both PetSmart and another undisclosed ...
Part of the Payson Roundup team at the Arizona Newspapers Association Awards in Scottsdale. From ...
Alexis Bechman
It's time for the 237th US Marine Corps Birthday Celebration! November 3rd at the Mazatzal ...
A few of our Payson Roundup team at the Arizona Newspapers Association Awards tonight in ...
Paul Gosar at a Payson Tea Party meeting
The Austin family in a happy moment before their baby’s near-fatal illness, a firing and ...
“... EAC has told us how to spend our dollars. I’m trying to give us ...
The Austin family, captured in a happy moment before a mysterious ailment threatened to paralyze ...
Apache Crown Dancer
Retired Salt River Project employee Wayne Kirby points out the particular style of the Hohokam ...
Tommie Martin
Wayne D. Severson
Barbara Single
Margaret A. Bethards
Paul Gosar moved from Flagstaff to Prescott in order to run in the newly redrawn ...
Mike Barr
A Longhorn running back evades a tackle during a recent home game. The Horns travel ...
Lady Longhorn Emma Randall, #9, slams one over the net in a recent game against ...
Mckenzie Creighton sets the ball for a teammate as the Lady Longhorns display their mettle ...
This gun case, with etched glass doors, will be among the many raffle items available ...
Nando Cobos, left, and Aspen Harrison check out one of the replica pots of the ...
Audiences at Payson Old Time Opry Friday, Sept. 28 enjoyed excellent entertainment. Among the performers ...
Marine Corps Ball 2012 U.S. Marine Corps 237th Birthday Celebration
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