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BISBEE OBSERVER HEADLINES 01-16-2025

Subscribers: The online issue for September 12th is available
Non-subscribers: Headlines and ads will be updated in the late morning

  • Fast Spreading Fire Destroys Strong Row Homes

    Less than a year after a Strong Row home was destroyed by fire, three more homes were lost in a fast-spreading fire Saturday night.

    The Bisbee Fire Department (BFD) was called out at 6:30 p.m. Saturday night for a structure and arrived on scene just six minutes later to a fast-spreading structure fire, according to Bisbee Fire Chief James Richardson. “When we arrived, 7 Strong Row was fully engulfed in flames and the fire was spreading very quickly to the other structures.”

    Crews from multiple fire departments battled the flames for hours before getting control of the fire. Despite the firefighters best efforts, three homes were a total loss and one sustained smoke and fire damage. Chief Richardson said 4, 7 and 8 Strong Row were destroyed, and 3 Strong Row sustained smoke and fire damage. “Only one of the three homes destroyed was occupied, 8 Strong Row, and the occupant lost everything,” said Chief Richardson…….read full story (online subscribers only)

  • Bisbee Man Held On $500k Bond, Charged With Child Molestation

    A Bisbee man was taken into custody Saturday after allegedly confessing during an interview with officers from the Bisbee Police Department (BPD) that he had been sexually molesting a 12-year-old girl for months.

    Stephen Ferreria, 39, was booked into the Cochise County Jail charged with four felony counts of child molestation.

    According to information from BPD, Ferreria was brought in for questioning after police received a call Friday regarding the alleged sexual abuse of the minor child…….read full story (online subscribers only)

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The Bisbee Observer serves an area of more than 10,000 residents in the communities of Bisbee, Douglas, Naco, McNeal, Double Adobe, and Palominas / Hereford, Sierra Vista, in Southern Arizona.

The Bisbee Observer is the community newspaper and has been published since 1985.

The Bisbee Observer is the Official Newspaper of Record for the City of Bisbee.

The Bisbee Observer is published every Thursday, by Laura Swan and is available at many locations in Bisbee and the surrounding area. The Bisbee Observer is sent to subscribers second class paid postage at Bisbee, AZ.

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