- Does my child use drugs?
- December 3, 2008
- The only way to answer that is to watch for the warning signs. The most significant signs are changes in attitude, personality, behavior and appearance. While some of these key symptoms may be attributed to “other” causes, they are still enough of a concern to warrant having your child checked out by a health care professional.
- Retail holiday sales stay steady for most
- December 2, 2008
- It was a busy holiday weekend for Rim Country stores with early bird sales and bargain-hunting shoppers.
- More potential slides menace Hwy. 87
- December 2, 2008
- Experts still don’t know what caused an ancient landslide site to collapse and close Highway 87 March 21, but they have discovered three similar sites nearby that could endanger Payson’s connection to the Valley.
- Main Street lights up for holiday
- December 2, 2008
- The state champion Longhorns will parade down Main Street in style beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 as the headliners for the annual Main Street/APS Electric Light Parade.
- Airport cuts costs, plans for the future
- December 2, 2008
- The Payson Airport needs a new restaurant, meeting space and other facilities included in a master plan in order to boost the region’s economy — without cost to taxpayers, says Dick Mumma, president of the Payson Regional Airport Authority.
- It was all about pilgrims, turkeys
- December 2, 2008
- Pilgrims, Native Americans and turkeys converged last Tuesday afternoon at Payson Elementary School as three first-grade classes performed a series of Thanksgiving skits.
- Help available for special dietary needs
- December 2, 2008
- Holiday cooking can be stressful, especially when the cook has to cope with special dietary needs. That was the case this Thanksgiving when one of our guests was gluten intolerant. As our company was arriving the day before Thanksgiving, the meal I had planned for that night included a rice dish made with beef broth. After checking labels in the major stores, I purchased a package of beef broth that did not include wheat gluten in its listed ingredients. Being on the careful side, I called the company when I got home to double check and sure enough, though not listed, the broth did contain gluten.
- SV could limit age of manufactured homes
- December 2, 2008
- If you plan to move to Star Valley in a manufactured home or park model older than 20 years, you may find yourself shutout if the Star Valley council passes a proposed ordinance.
- First Friday events add to holiday fun
- December 2, 2008
- The merchants and others along old Main in Payson are giving the holiday a boost with special events planned for the Dec. 5 First Friday Arts & Antiques Walk, which is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Champions!
- Longhorns ‘all heart’ in thrilling come-from-behind victory over archrivals
- December 2, 2008
- The Payson Longhorns’ storybook season ended Saturday with a cliffhanger game, an impromptu parade and enough lessons in character and persistence to carry a community hungry for good news through the bleakest of times.
- Longhorn coaches jumped for joy
- November 30, 2008
- Some high school football teams might fold up their tent when down by 20 points to a school that had won 13 state championships and more games than there are home foreclosures in Maricopa County. But not the Payson Longhorns.
- College faces classroom space crunch
- Gila Community College now has more than 1,000 students for the first time
- November 29, 2008
- Space limitations will soon constrict growth at Gila Community College, officials say, but the school has no legal means to borrow money for construction.
- Suits filed to take over Brooke Utilities water
- Pine Strawberry water district files takeover suit and seeks to break company’s monopoly
- November 29, 2008
- The Pine Strawberry Water Improvement District board has filed suit to condemn the water companies serving the two communities and has asked the Arizona Corporation Commission to revoke owner Brooke Utilities right to operate the two systems.
- Despite budget cuts Gila County still offering vaccines
- November 29, 2008
- State budget cuts have forced counties to finagle so children not fully insured can still access vaccinations.
- Report suggests Payson downgrade certain committees
- November 29, 2008
- Payson’s boards, commissions and committees form an inconsistent hodgepodge of citizen involvement and ought to be overhauled, a study group reported to the town council.
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