The people of Bisbee know how special nature is within and around the small city in the Mule Mountains. They know how extraordinary stargazing is from anywhere in town. Now, the city is on a global radar for recently becoming Dark Sky International’s 21st certified Dark Sky location in Arizona. And with the Four Corners…
Last week a Cochise County Superior Court Judge ordered the use of reasonable force after the man charged with killing a man on Bisbee Rd. refused to cooperate with treatment through the Cochise County Restoration Program. Cochise County Superior Court Judge Timothy Dickerson ruled in October that Nathan Banbury, the man charged with the death…
Bisbee Police are asking for anyone with information on the whereabouts of a Bisbee woman who has not been seen since September 29 to contact authorities According to police, Rhiannon Steward, 33, has not been seen since September 29, and is now listed as missing person. Police reported she has a history of disappearing but…
A traffic stop recently led to a stash house in Naco, Az. The incident unfolded on Thursday, November 6, after Border Patrol agents provided CCSO with the description of a vehicle to be on the lookout for. According to the report released from the CCSO last week, deputies located the vehicle on Highway 92 and…
With 445,167 members across the globe, the Kiwanis Club of Bisbee has a steady membership of between 15-20 people committed to serving the kids of the community. First chartered by the national organization on February 19, 1924, under their first president, H.H. Givens, the club celebrated their centenary this past year. The local chapter is…
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…
A bomb threat made against the Cochise County Elections Department Tuesday evening caused the evacuation of the County complex on Melody Lane in Bisbee, causing a delay in the release of election result. According to the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) the threat was made to the Elections office around 7:07 p.m. As a result…
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