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…
What originally started as a tenants’ association of about a dozen artists in 1982, has evolved into a community-minded organization, which has been a 501(c)(3) nonprofit since 1985, the year Central School Project was incorporated. “It was a collective ownership,” said Laurie McKenna, executive director, “with the intent to start a nonprofit.” In 1992, the…
The City of Bisbee was served with a notice of claim (NOC) from the owner of 28 Main St. who is seeking the city pay damages in the amount of $425,000 or “unwind” the settlement agreement which according to the NOC was fraudulent. According to the NOC served to the city on September 14 by…
The Bisbee Fire Department was recently awarded a $122,000 grant from Arizona Department of Forest and Fire Management (DFFM) for the Healthy Forests Initiative and plans to conduct a fuel reduction initiative on 44.5 acres around Bisbee. According to Bisbee Fire Chief James Richardson, “The objective of this funding is toprotectionassist communities, which have been…
Developer Joseph Lewis has sent an update letter to the City of Bisbee and is seeking assistance moving forward with the Old Bisbee High School (OBHS) project. According to the letter dated August 22, Lewis stated the current plan for the project is to adaptively repurpose OBHS into condominium units in a phased approach starting…
Bisbee resident Carol Roles recently fulfilled the goal of her late husband, Carl, to donate one million tabs to the Ronald McDonald House in Tucson. Roles said, her husband, Carl, was a retiree who loved to get involved and, among other things, wanted to support and expand upon the idea of recycling, so he opened…
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