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…
For two kids growing up in the San Jose neighborhood of Bisbee, they couldn’t have written a better script than them going back to their roots by working at Bisbee High School (BHS). Courtney Borquez, athletic director and 2008 graduate of BHS, and Carlos Lopez, head coach of the Pumas’ football team and 2008 graduate…
A home on Coleman was destroyed by a fire reportedly caused by roofers using a torch while working on the roof of the doublewide mobile home last week. Laurie Lewis of San Jose Fire said the fire was reported just before 1 p.m. Friday, August 30, at 2145 S. Coleman. She said when fire fighters…
Beautifying the city of Bisbee is what the all-volunteer organization Bisbee Bloomers has been passionate about doing since 2000, when a group of five local people (Carole Beauchamp, Fred Miller, Margaret Hartnett, Jan Munsey and Jean Beuchle) started the group. Their mission was to enhance the natural beauty of the city through planting flowers/plants, adopting…
Main Street is expected to re-open to through traffic in both directions soon, according to the announcement made during the city manager report at the August 6 council meeting, after being closed for over six months due to a fire on Main St. According to Bisbee City Manager Stephen Pauken, the plan is to open…
Two of the three Cochise County Board of Supervisors turned out to canvas the July 30 Primary Election results. Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd, the two supervisors that delayed the canvas of the 2022 General Election, both accepted and canvased the results. Cochise County Supervisor Ann English did not attend the special meeting Friday…
A fire Sunday night destroyed a home on Bills Place in Bisbee. According to Laurie Lewis of San Jose Fire, a call came out about the structure fire at 4:56 p.m. at a residence on Bills Place. Upon arrival the home was already engulfed in flames. Lewis said a mutual aide call was put out…
Repairs are underway at the Warren Ballpark, the first in 70 years to the historic landmark. Bisbee Unified School District Superintendent Bryan Bullington said with a $30,000 donation from the Friends of The Warren Ballpark, the $63,000 project is underway to make the field safer. “We need to return the field to a safe place…
A motion to get the sexual assault count dismissed and request to put the alleged victim on the stand in the John Joseph Daly case were denied at a hearing in Superior Court Tuesday morning. Cochise County Superior Court Judge Timothy Dickerson held court Tuesday morning to hear arguments from Ralph Ellinwood, the attorney for…
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