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From Arizona to Oregon and back again seems like a circuitous route to establish a dream … but magical stories always include travel to fulfill a quest, and Austen Brown is well on his way to brewing up magic.
State Sen. Wendy Rogers stopped in Show Low to visit with some of her White Mountain constituents on Memorial Day. Rogers said the holiday provided a good opportunity to meet with “fellow patriots” in the area.
Snowflake’s Cedar Hills Senior Center held another successful cleanup effort on May 18-20, making significant progress in cleaning the community of waste and debris.
After conducting multiple classes for students about how to apply for scholarships along with a simplified online process for submitting applications, NPC Friends and Family received 49 applications for the fall 2023 semester. Scholarship winners included 33 continuing students and seven rec…
Apache crown dancers and a free concert by the well-known band Apache Spirit will highlight the Evening of Apache Culture at Mountain Meadows Park in Lakeside on Saturday, June 10.
The growl from the engines, the smell of exhaust and the tangible excitement from the crowd made for a fun night at Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway’s grand reopening last weekend.
A new stage in life, a new diploma … and a new car. On May 25, Show Low High School graduate Mariah Cook learned she won the trifecta in the form of a 2023 Toyota Corolla.
After a successful season filled with competition and community outreach, the Cougar Pride Robotics team received some well-deserved recognition from the Show Low school board.
The May 18 meeting of the Show Low Unified School District board opened with a staffer’s attempt to address the “narrative (around) the district’s scores and students’ achievements.”
GREER — Summertime traditionally starts when kids run through lawn sprinklers. While the water play in Greer did involve hoses, they weren’t the kind you normally soak your lawn with.
Despite the windy weather, 186 graduates breezed through their ceremony at Show Low High School last week. The football stadium was packed to the point that many people stood in the overflow areas.
SPRINGERVILLE — The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests is starting prescribed burns today through June 10, 2023. The following prescribed fires will be initiated if conditions and approvals allow:
Blue Ridge High School is on a roll in academics, drama and athletics this year, culiminating with the announcement of the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s Scholar Athlete of the Year awards.
After 22 years as the principal of Snowflake High School, Larry Titus is retiring. He leaves behind a remarkable legacy of leadership, inspiration and hope. As one of Arizona’s oldest educational institutions, Snowflake High has flourished under Titus’s guidance.
Snowflake Junior High STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) teacher Mike Eilertsen allows his students to step away from the books and tackle real-world problems through creative thinking and hands-on applications.
After 41 years of educating students in the Snowflake and Taylor communities, Debbie Muder, principal of Taylor Intermediate School, is retiring.
Last week the Navajo County Board of Supervisors renewed its contract with the state and federal governments to maintain a locked, surveilled and temperature-controlled room to store antidotes to assorted nerve gas agents.
You got your drug dealer wheels, your 45-year-old forklift, your beat-up work truck, and just about everything you need to write the next country music hit.
Break out your flippers, masks and water wings; the Snowflake-Taylor Community Pool is gearing up to open soon.
In a state where water is at a premium, keeping it clean and potable just makes good sense, and going above and beyond basic standards will gain plaudits.
The Navajo County Board of Supervisors last week approved a $625,000 contract with the state to support a pre-trial diversion program for drug offenders in hopes of reducing the mounting number of lethal overdoses.
They’re the often invisible team that keeps your community’s infrastructure functional, the bulwark that props up the trappings of civilization, and the town of Pinetop-Lakeside recently acknowledged them: the people in public works.
That circular object isn’t a visitation from another planet; it’s something much more conventional, as well as delectable: Bagels are here.
Through a donation, Timber Mesa Fire and Medical District recently added to its arsenal of tools it uses to protect communities in the White Mountains.
Since 2004, the Scholastic Clay Target Program has been one of the leading drivers in pushing youths from across the country into competitive shooting sports.
The federal Bureau of Reclamation this week announced a new water rationing agreement that will have far-reaching implications throughout the Southwest, including the White Mountains.
The Navajo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved three new storage facilities for RVs and other items.
Navajo County’s effort to save the historic Pinedale School building took another step forward last week with the award of a contract to Johnson Walzer Associates.
EAGAR — “There is no off-season and it needs to be a year-round commitment,” said Liliana Arreola.
The Sequoia Village High School graduates of 2023 held their commencement ceremony at the school gym on May 18.
The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests is currently working two prescribed fire operations through June 10. The following prescribed fires will be initiated if conditions and approvals allow.
Four week Level 1 dog obedience crash course registration now open
ST. JOHNS — One man may have taken his role as an uncertified park ranger a bit too far.
Students got an up-close look at one potential outcome of driving under the influence.
Online banking has taken a toll on brick-and-mortar services, just as online shopping has carved a deep divot out of physical retail store locations. The COVID-19 pandemic radically altered the way people thought about shopping, and it comes as little surprise that similar effects have rippl…
SNOWFLAKE — Lots of focus is given to rescue animals such as border collies or cats, but at least one organization in Snowflake is dedicated to helping somewhat larger four-footed furry friends.
Blue Ridge High School’s graduation started off with a dark sky and the threat of rain looming in the distance Friday night, and thunder sounded throughout the ceremony — but you can’t keep a good person or class down.
With the health of one of their founders declining, friends and volunteers at Walking Down Ranch and Veterans Village in Pinetop-Lakeside are heartbroken yet determined to carry on her legacy.
There was a bit of a shuffle as the Show Low City Council addressed leaks on Tuesday in their meeting — specifically, the leaks in the roof at city hall.
Show Low city staff are working to finalize the city’s budget for fiscal year 2024-25, before the current budget expires on June 30.
A Show Low nonprofit is coordinating efforts to help preserve the city’s recently constructed Navajo County Peace Officers Memorial.
It took less than a week for a trail that spanned two counties to come to an end in handcuffs for an area suspect.
NPC’s 2023 Student Art Show showcased a selection of unique works created by NPC students. The exhibit closed with an awards ceremony held at the Talon Gallery on May 5. Student participants, awardees and NPC staff gathered to express their admiration for the art and the students who created it.
The painstakingly developed capacity to thin the forest and save communities like Show Low and Payson from wildfire is dangling by a long, thin, costly thread, say the loggers, mill operators and biomass burners who hold the key to staving off a disaster.
A tour through American history became personal for students from Mountain Christian School in Show Low when they stopped in Washington on May 8.
A bill to prevent a looming pay cut for wildlands firefighters and to improve benefits and working conditions has been introduced in Congress — the latest step in adapting to what’s become a year-round fire season.
You don’t need a crystal ball or a time machine to catch a glimpse of the future. Sometimes, all you need is a day in school — such as Show Low Junior High school, which held a career day on Tuesday.
It’s a common enough complaint that hearing it causes a sigh and a roll of the eyes. “Kids today. They don’t want to do anything, they don’t want to be anything, they have no ambition and they’d just as soon be lazy as do any actual work.”