Melanie Greene, interim transit manager, shared the findings of a recent federal two-day audit on the transit program, which shed some light onto what has been done and what still needs to be done to keep the wheels on the bus rolling during the regular meeting of the Bisbee City Council on January 6. Greene…
Nearly a year after being charged with four counts of felony child molestation a Bisbee man was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Stephen Paul Seth Ferreira, was sentenced on January 7, 2026, to 30 years according to information released by the Cochise County Attorney’s Office (CCAO). He will serve two consecutive 15-year…
City sales tax revenues are continuing to fall short of projected revenue for the 2025/26 fiscal year general fund budget which means if there is not an improvement the city could be forced to make cuts. Mayor Ken Budge said if there is no improvement once the December financial report is received, cuts in spending…
Bisbee Mayor Ken Budge has been invited to attend the Arizona House of Representatives opening day at the state capitol on January 12. Mayor Budge said not only will he attend but he will be on the floor and plans to use his time to try to get needed funds for Bisbee. “I want to…
January There was no shortage of news to start off the new year. In January it was reported the Cochise County Board of Supervisors (BOS), who were embroiled in a lawsuit over the jail tax election, fired their counsel then immediately hired new counsel. The BOS meet and voted to go into executive session, and…
Cochise County Chief Civil Deputy Attorney was terminated last week after being charged following an incident at the Sierra Vista Target that alleged involved videoing an underage girl and public sexual indecency. According to a press release from the Sierra Vista Police Department Cochise County Chief Civil Deputy Attorney Paul Correa was arrested on December…
Food brings families, friends and community together. That’s what drove Pat Gahn, owner of Porky’s BBQ, located at 40 Brewery Avenue next to St. Elmo Bar, to open his own fast-casual, fresh-ingredient barbeque restaurant on Halloween night. The vacant space was previously The Quarry Bisbee, and Gahn saw it as an opportunity to tie together…
Based on the October financial report city sales tax revenue is falling short of projections for the fiscal year in the general fund. According to the financial report from finance Director Keri Bagley, sales tax revenue is about $396,000 below projection as of the October report. Bagley also reported state sales tax is on track…
A designation many years in the making has finally come to fruition, after it was announced on December 10 that the Warren District of Bisbee is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Bill Collins, National Register of Historic Places Program Coordinator, Arizona State Historic Preservation Office said in an email that was…
After months of back and forth the city has decided to halt negotiations designating Bisbee Forward as the designated marketing organization (DMO) for Bisbee’s tourism marketing. City Manager Stephen Pauken and Mayor Ken Budge jointly sent a letter to Bisbee Forward last week outlining the reasons it was decided to halt negotiations until after the…
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