Neary 300 residents and multiple businesses from Bills Place to Santa Cruz Dr. and Coy St. to Cleveland Ave. were left without electricity, internet and phone for several hours Monday after a semi hauling an oversized load took out three utility poles while traveling down Naco Highway. The incident occurred around 12:15 p.m. Monday. Naco…
The Bisbee City Manager presented the general fund draft 2025/2026 budget to the city council Monday night but not before saying while preparing the budget it was done cautiously due to the current state of national events and economics. CM Stephen Pauken told the council he was as cautious as possible due to the continued…
The Bisbee Hospitality Group (BHG) has submitted a proposal to the City of Bisbee to fund a grant in an effort to bring more special events to Bisbee which would be funded through the use of a portion of the bed tax collected. According to the proposal submitted by BHG members, Carrick Sears, Owner of…
Meggen Connolley, founder of Bisbee Bikeways, is proving that one woman from a small desert town can take on outdated systems—and win. Since 2018, Connolley has led a one-woman charge to create a safer, more connected Bisbee by advocating for shared-use paths in a community where car culture and motor-normativity have long dominated. With no…
The city will be submitting a grant application later this month that would address aging infrastructure if approved. The $50 million Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Grant is available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fund initiatives that reduce risks from natural hazards. According to City Planner J Emanuel Stuart, the grant is…
Bisbee’s animal control officer (ACO) will soon be pulling double duty as he takes on a new role as the eyes on the street watching for parking violations and handling other civil matters as the city’s community service officer (CSO). The Bisbee City Council approved an update to the CSO position established in September 2023….
The completion of the new city hall is slated for mid-May and Bisbee City Manager Stephen Pauken said when all is said and done the project may be $10k to $20k over budget but that the city will own the property outright. Pauken said, “how many can say they constructed a from the ground up…
As the 2024-2025 school year winds down in the next month, three teachers are hoping to collect a Cochise County Teacher of the Year award before they clean out their desks for the summer, or for the last time for two of the three nominees. Coleen Keller, a science teacher at Lowell Junior High School;…
Points Consulting provided the Bisbee City Council with a comprehensive housing study update at the March 18 meeting and the findings show that a large number of current homeowners would not be able to afford to purchase a home in Bisbee given the current housing market and those renting are being hit hard financially. Carson…
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a proposed settlement in the ongoing litigation in the matter of Daniel LaChance v. Cochise County over the all mail election held in 2023 which passed by a very narrow margin. After reconvening from an executive session at a special meeting Friday, March 21, Cochise…
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