A Bisbee man was sentenced in Cochise County Superior Court Tuesday morning after taking a plea deal for aggravated assault of a 17-year-old female after touching her butt. Miguel Meneses, 28, Bisbee, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Dickerson to three years’ probation and was ordered to have no contact with minors other than at…
Killer bees are all around us. The Africanized honey bee (AHB) made its way into the U.S. in the early 1990s near Hidalgo, Texas. The species, which looks like the familiar European honey bee, made its way to Arizona by 1993 and is now also found in all the lower 48 states. They are invasive…
A couple on the Vista, that have a Trump flag displayed, have involved police after a bag of feces has been left on their property twice since the election results. Mary Crosthwait told The Bisbee Observer there have been two incidents with the most recent occurring Monday, November 11, Veteran’s Day. Crosthwait said since the…
As of press time, the Cochise County Elections Department was still in the process of tabulating ballots from the November 5 election after trouble with the tabulators. According to information from the county as of 5:06 p.m., Monday, November 11, Cochise County has tabulated a total of 38,737 ballots in the ongoing election process. An…
Monday morning a Cochise County Superior Court Judge ruled the man charged with killing a man on Bisbee Rd. is currently incompetent to stand trial but said he is “restorable”. Superior court Judge Timothy Dickerson said Nathan Banbury, the man charged with the death of Lee Vance, 73, who was found deceased in his home…
A Hereford man is dead after he slammed into the back of a Bisbee Police Department patrol vehicle Saturday night following a high-speed pursuit. According to information from Carol Capas, Cochise County Sheriff Office Public Information Officer, the accident occurred around 9:15 p.m. on Highway 80 just west of the Mule Pass Tunnel. Capas reported,…
The Bisbee City Council approved a contract for a comprehensive housing study and contract to remove hazardous vegetation in four areas of town at their October 1 meeting. The council approved a contract with Points Consulting in the amount of $118,670 for a comprehensive housing study in Bisbee. According to information in the contract, the…
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