With over 140 years of serving Bisbee and beyond, Copper Queen Community Hospital (CQCH) is excited to announce the official groundbreaking of the two-story, 35,000 square foot addition that will house the surgery and inpatient unit. The major development denotes the final phase of the overall master facilities plan that began in 2019. The groundbreaking…
After a nearly two-hour executive session at the February 17 council meeting, the council directed the city attorney and interim city manager to move forward with negotiations with the Board of Directors of the Bisbee Restoration Museum to figure out what needs to be done in order for the city to own the building. Mayor…
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors approved a funding increase for the open Chief Civil Deputy County Attorney position in hopes to attract highly qualified candidates for the position now vacant due to the recent firing of Paul Correa who is facing charges related to an incident at the Sierra Vista Target that alleged involved…
The Bisbee City Council selected a firm to assist the city with the process of finding a new city manager to replace Stephen Pauken who left the position in January. At the February 3 city council meeting, the council held an executive session to discuss and consult with City Attorney Joe Estes, regarding the three…
One woman is on a mission to build a resort that would double as a girls camp a few weeks each summer with the philosophy “if you build it they will come.” Acacia Barnett, president of the Hattie B, Black Women in Progress (BWIP) Foundation is based in Sierra Vista said she along with her…
The December city financial report marks the halfway point of the 2025/26 fiscal year and based on revenue collection showed improvement from the month prior. According to the December report, city sales tax was 36 percent behind the projected revenue for FY25/26. The report noted it was a slight improvement from the previous month which…
A father-son bond is a difficult one to break. For local taco truck owner/chef, Jesse Schabacker, and his son, Jesse Schabacker (different middle name than his dad’s), that’s been the case for them since the younger Schabacker was 17 and started working with the older Schabacker at the Copper Queen Hotel. Still side-by-side, they now…
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