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PHOENIX – Some households have suffered serious threats to their health that went beyond COVID-19 over the past 18 months: domestic violence. … Read more
PHOENIX — Arizonans are poisoning themselves with medication meant for horses and cattle in their belief it will prevent or fight COVID-19. Read more
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They spend hours and sometimes days out in the wilderness looking for lost and injured hikers and ask nothing in return. Read more
The Payson school board this week grilled administrators on whether the host of students quarantined for COVID-19 can keep up with their classes. Read more
The U.S. Forest Service has now replaced the marker near where Pvt. Joseph McLernon was buried in 1882 after the battle of Big Dry Wash in a d… Read more
The Forest Service was going to save us from wildfires. Read more
Michael Armstead has 20-plus years of technical and operational experience with water and wastewater systems. He has been operating and mainta… Read more
The town touts its “Adventure Where We Live” slogan that invites tourists to come up and enjoy the place many of us call home, but parking isn… Read more
At its Sept. 7 meeting, the Gila County Board of Supervisors approved several items to continue the county’s fight against COVID-19. Read more
Husband-and-wife team Melissa and Mike Cave know a good deal when they see one. Read more
I love the monsoon rains — except for all the weeds. Read more
Thanks to community support, a disabled man far surpassed his fundraising goal for a 9/11 charity walk. Read more
U-Haul Company of Arizona announced that JD Towing signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve the Payson community. Read more
The Payson Bashas’ is joining the Bashas’ Family of Stores in a pop-up hiring event across the state from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 18… Read more
Payson schools remain a COVID hot spot, as the fierce national debate about how to contain the pandemic turns to vaccine mandates. Read more
The wonderfully wet monsoon is waning, with hot, dry conditions returning — with only the distant hope of another few, fragmented monsoon stor… Read more
Even before COVID-19, America faced a crisis of poor nutrition aggravated by widespread food insecurity. Those underlying factors, researchers… Read more
The Rim Country Quilt Roundup Tommie Martin Memorial Quilt Show is Nov. 12 and 13. Organizers are accepting entries through midnight, Saturday… Read more
Dr. Mir Ali’s Heart, Artery and Vein Institute did its first in-office peripheral arterial intervention in early August. Read more
Laurie Timothy spent 33 days in Banner Payson Medical Center with COVID-19. She has only high praise for her ordeal at least at BPMC. Read more
The Time Out Shelter announced new CEO Trish Klaver will allow Edna Welsheimer to retire — a second time. Read more
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Thanks to community support, a disabled man far surpassed his fundraising goal for a 9/11 charity walk. Read more
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A trio of local nonprofit organizations have been working together to put the "fun" into fundraising. Over the past year, MHA Foundation, RVN3… Read more
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Payson hosts 13 other volleyball teams in the Payson Invitational on Friday, Sept. 17 and Saturday, Sept. 18. Read more
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Scary, creepy movies are not my cup of tea but people like to be scared or grossed out, so here we go. In the story, a woman has terrible daym… Read more
