Columbus, OH

Sonoita, AZ

Patagonia Regional Times

The Steak Out, 3235 SR-HWY 82, Sonoita. Open 5-9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 3-9 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Reservations accepted. Phone: (520) 455-5205. While the winds of change swirl, there are constants. Love of land. Love of horse. Love of beef. As an institution, The Steak Out embraces all three....

Western Hospitality—and Beef—Served at Sonoita Institution

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Today’s human world is rife with all manner of scams. Hapless people are fooled into parting with their hard-earned money via fake charities. Unscrupulous types pose as someone they are not in order to extort money, power, sex or other such commodities. Truth be told, our species clearly has...

Nature’s Shams, Fakes and Dupes

Patagonia, AZ

Ayla Kennedy has been named salutatorian of the 2024 PUHS graduating class. Ayla attended Palominas Elementary School years K-6. When her family moved from Sierra Vista to Canelo in 2017, she became a student at the Elgin School for seventh and eighth grades. Ayla loves living on a ranch with...

Meet PUHS Salutatorian Ayla Kennedy

Most calls received at Sonoita-Elgin Fire District (SEFD) are not fire calls. Ambulance calls, ranging from a relatively simple transport to a lifesaving situation, are a big part of what we do. Recently one of our crews delivered a baby!. Two of the three shifts at SEFD have two paramedics,...

Notes From the SEFD: It’s More Than a Ride

I am more anxious than usual the night before an anticipated trip to an open mine in one of our local Sky Island mountain ranges. The next day’s drive proves to be anticlimactic. Though the road is severely rutted, and the falloff steep and menacing, our tippy side-by-side is in very capable hands. The mine is a wonder, a labyrinth of digging, all stopes and drifts. I decline an opportunity to take a rope assisted scramble down an incline shaft.

Drilling Down

Nogales, AZ

Santa Cruz County, AZ

In a meeting in Nogales on Monday with County Manager Jesus Valdez and other county officials, representatives from school districts and fire districts across Santa Cruz County were shocked to learn that funds being held by the county for their districts have disappeared under suspicious circumstances from a county account at Chase Bank.

School, Fire Districts Told by County That Over $4 Million Has Disappeared

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

On May 15, fourth and fifth graders at Patagonia Elementary School participated in ‘The Intergalactic Ensemble,’ the final project for the The Universe Within STEAM world-building curriculum called Making Music. Making Music was inspired by Santa Cruz Foundation for the Performing Arts Executive Director Christina Wilhelm. The 40-hour...

Students Perform in ‘Intergalactic Ensemble’

In early 2021, South32 created the Advisory Panel on the South32 Hermosa Project. I want to acknowledge what I believe are two important results of the Advisory Panel:. • The Panel allowed us to get to know each other as individuals active in Santa Cruz County in various networks. •...

South32 Stacks Advisory Panel

A couple of Mexican spotted owls close their eyes in dismay at their potential future in the Patagonia Mountains. These owls thrive in the forested canyon habitat of the Sky Islands, hunting rodents, bats, reptiles, birds and invertebrates. Because Mexican spotted owls do not breed every year and do not...

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Total Apex Sports & Entertainment

Have you ever met someone who easily wins people’s hearts whenever he attends conferences and parties? You probably envied them wishing you would catch other zodiac signs’ attention like them. Some individuals are popular and have a large number of friends. People like them because of their character, hygiene, and kindness. Such people are usually easy going and they freely interact with individuals of different ages. Read on to learn about signs that are a darling to many people.

3 Zodiac Signs Who Become Everyone’s Favorite

William Botz has been named valedictorian of the 2024 PUHS graduating class. William grew up in Patagonia and attended the Montessori elementary school. Throughout his four years at PUHS his course of study emphasized the natural sciences, especially biology, and included all the math and science courses he could take. William especially enjoyed art classes where he learned to “express what I felt about animals.”

Meet PUHS Valedictorian William Botz

WyoFile

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with more information about the law enforcement response and the area where the shooting took place. Yellowstone National Park rangers shot and killed a person early Thursday morning during an exchange of gunfire that also left a ranger injured, the park announced.

Yellowstone National Park shooting leaves one dead, ranger injured

We at the PRT feel it is part of our mission to provide our readers with the tools and information with which to make an informed decision at the polls. To that end, we are hosting two candidate forums at the Tin Shed Theater in Patagonia, free and open to the public. We will also be recording these forums and posting them on our YouTube channel.

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Georgia State

Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

Within hours of the sighting on Wednesday, Frank van Manen caught word that there was a grizzly sow with five cubs in tow spotted in Yellowstone National Park. Five cubs following mom is so unlikely that van Manen, who leads the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, pondered an explanation.

Five grizzly bear cubs make the largest litter in Yellowstone-area history

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Opening Up

Ever since I started rockhounding I have wanted to find the elusive geode. I’ve seen geodes in the gem and mineral collections of museums, cut open...

Opening Up

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