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BISBEE OBSERVER HEADLINES 10-17-2024

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

  • Bisbee man enters into plea agreement for aggravated assault after July arrest

    A Bisbee man who was taken into custody in late July on charges related to alleged sexual abuse has entered a plea agreement for aggravated assault.

    According to the plea agreement filed September 25, Miguel Meneses will plead no contest to aggravated assault. The plea agreement states, Meneses on or about July 26, 2024, knowingly did touch the victim with the intent to injure, insult or provoke her while her capacity to resist was substantially impaired, a class six felony. The plea agreement also states, “the state further alleges that the offense charged in this count is an offense that was committed with sexual motivation in violation of state statue”.

    The plea agreement also states, “this is a non-dangerous, non-repetitive offense.”….read full story (online subscribers only)

  • The Backyard Project Making Strides to Build Bisbee’s First Interactive Science Playground

    It takes collaboration and resilience to make new, big ideas become a reality, especially in a small-town community.

    The Backyard Project, which is the 8-10 acres of land behind the Bisbee Science Lab and Copper Queen Library Annex at 519 W Melody Lane in the San Jose neighborhood, has recently reorganized and relaunched their efforts to finish the planning and design phase of a science exploration outdoor interactive “playground.”

    What started as an interactive pop-up science center on Main Street in 2017 evolved into the design phase of Bisbee Science Exploration and Research Center (BSERC)’s permanent science center, and the data collected from interviews and surveys planted the seed in doing something with the unused land/playground at the former decommissioned school. “It was an underutilized space with incredible potential,” said Thora Colot, director of the project..….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.

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