The Cochise County Jail District approved increasing the new jail project by $30 million in order to meet the needs for the new facilty. The need for the increase came after a work session last week to discuss planning and budgeting. During the discussion members of the jail district learned that $130 million was no…
The Bisbee city council were presented with a petition from concerned citizens that a local developer has encroached on Clawson, Shearer, and Maxfield by extending parking areas and charging for parking which led to the narrowing of roadways causing safety and traffic flow issues. According to information in the petition submitted by Doug and Anne…
An open meeting law compliant filed at the end of June calling for an investigation over alleged violations in executive session by the council calling them “out of control” has led to an investigation by the Attorney General’s office despite a request in Augst to withdraw the compliant. According to the letter sent to the…
The Cochise County Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission approved a request for a special use authorization for a landowner to establish a lodging, health and wellness retreat on Gold Gulch Rd. on his 100-acre parcel. The applicant William Coffee of Scottsdale, who owns the one-hundred-acre parcel, requested the special use permit to bring his vision…
The organizer of the Festival of Lights was turned down for a permit at the October 6, Bisbee City council meeting after the council and city staff learned he did not have insurance for the event despite providing what appeared to be a valid certificate of liability of insurance. Roman Garcia, the applicant for the…
An abundance of interest was shown from people wanting to be a part of advising the city on tourism marketing. Last week the council voted to approve seven members of the community from the 20 that applied to be part of the tourism marketing advisory committee. During the council discussion on the agenda item Mayor…
Bisbee Unified School District (BUSD) fiscal year 2026/2027 maintenance and operation (M&O) budget of $6,599,178 will support 610 students and three aging infrastructure campuses that are 67 to almost 100 years old. In an interview with BUSD Superintendent Dr. Jennifer McBeth, she shared what it takes to run the district, address obstacles facing the district,…
Since 2018, the Bisbee Holistic Wellness Center, located at 24 Howell Avenue (in the original Copper Queen Hospital building), has been a healing hub for the high-altitude, mineral-rich community – dubbed the “vortex of healing.” The alternative health services center started as a collaborative effort of 30 health practitioners from Bisbee and southeast Arizona with…
A case that was first reported on over two decades ago, then silenced for nearly 20 years and brought back to life in 2021, after a law enforcement operation to collect DNA led to a match of a retired Border Patrol agent, will no longer see a courtroom in Cochise County after the decision of…
The local man, who has been arrested multiple times and charged in five current cases pending in Cochise County Superior Court, will enter a court ordered restoration program to determine if he is mentally able to stand trial. Cochise County Superior Court Judge Joel Larson said during a pre-trial conference on Monday, September 28, Juan…
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