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BISBEE OBSERVER HEADLINES 05-08-2025

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

  • Two Fires Within Hours On Hillside

    Two fires within hours apart were reported on the Bisbee Hillside along Highway 80 across from Spring Canyon last week.

    The first fire, the Warren Hill fire, was reported on Wednesday, April 30 at 2:54 a.m. Bisbee Fire Chief Jim Richardson said fire fighters responded and were able to put out the fire containing about a quarter of an acre.

    Richardson then said a few hours later at 7:55 a.m. firefighters were called to another fire area close to the vicinity of the first one. He said a second fire had been started along the hillside. That fire, labeled the Mason Fire burned about 9.1 acres and required a response from state land fire crews and air drop assistance in order to get under control…read full story (online subscribers only)

  • Lowell’s Queen Of Thrifting Has Been Selling Treasures For Almost Half a Century

    What started as a coast-to-coast ride from Maryland to California turned into a lifetime filled with many memories in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern Arizona. Nell Kline, owner of Old Lady Pickers at 64 Erie Street in historic Lowell, found her way to Bisbee when the friend with which she caught the ride to California stopped in the mining town in 1974. “After several days here, I fell in love with the town and the people,” said Kline.

    Kline’s career in the thrifting business began many years before Macklemore and Ryan Lewis talked about “popping tags” in their song that paid homage to the eco-friendly cost-saving purchasing practice. And Kline’s roots in Lowell were long established before she opened Old Lady Pickers at its current location seven years ago.

    In 1976, she and her former husband bought a friend’s business in Lowell for $800, where they stayed for a couple years. The two then opened their own thrift shop, Kline’s Trading Post, around the corner from where they were, and were there for 12 years….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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