It is difficult for a growing number of people in this country to find and secure affordable housing. A newly launched 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, Bisbee Together, plans to tackle this issue head on. The organization was formed in 2024 by Kathleen Buchanan, along with Steve Relyea, Mike Relyea, Carlos Garcia Sr., Carlos Garcia Jr., David…
A judge has issued an order giving the City of Bisbee the green light to abate a Yuma Trail property that has had mounds of clutter collected on the property. Justice of the Peace/Bisbee City Magistrate, Janus Poppe, issued the minute entry order January 3. The order states the city may make entry onto the…
The Strong Row property owner who lost her home and vehicles in a March 2024 fire has filed a notice of claim (NOC) against the city seeking damages over to $498K claiming loss of items and pain and suffering. According to the NOC received at the city clerk’s office dated December 23, 2024, property owner…
Less than a year after a Strong Row home was destroyed by fire, three more homes were lost in a fast-spreading fire Saturday night. The Bisbee Fire Department (BFD) was called out at 6:30 p.m. Saturday night for a structure and arrived on scene just six minutes later to a fast-spreading structure fire, according to…
A Bisbee man was taken into custody Saturday after allegedly confessing during an interview with officers from the Bisbee Police Department (BPD) that he had been sexually molesting a 12-year-old girl for months. Stephen Ferreria, 39, was booked into the Cochise County Jail charged with four felony counts of child molestation. According to information from…
Cochise County Board of Supervisor, Tom Crosby and newly seated supervisors Frank Antenori and Kathleen Gomez held a special meeting Monday, January 6 to discuss a possible direction regarding Cochise County’s Petition for Review before the Arizona Supreme Court in the matter of Daniel LaChance, et al., v Cochise County, et. al., CV-24-0150-PR. The BOS…
Tales of underground adventures told by the miners in Bisbee years ago captivated a young boy who ended up spending 55 years in the copper industry. That boy, Richard Graeme III, became fascinated with Bisbee minerals and started collecting them at the age of 6. Over the course of his career, he was a miner,…
In the first issue in January, it was reported Cochise County Board of Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd, who were indicted by the State Grand Jury charging them with election interference and conspiracy pled not guilty to felony charges for delaying the certification of their county’s 2022 midterm election results on December 21. Cochise…
Craig Steven Martinson, born August 9, 1954, of Bisbee, formerly of Erie, Pennsylvania, passed away on January 7, 2024. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vernon and Patricia Martinson, and a brother, Paul Martinson. Music was Craig’s passion, and he was well known and loved in the music scene in Bisbee, where he…
Monday morning Bisbee Mayor Ken Budge reported City Hall was more that 50 percent complete as of last week. Budge said the contractor, BFL Construction Company, Inc. out of Tucson agreed to have the roofing and stucco completed before taking off for Christmas. In addition to the roofing and stucco sheetrock and insulation are going…
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