The Yellow Jacket softball team is looking for a big comeback this year. Last season the Yellow Jackets finished 6-20, losing their last three games against Benson, St. David and Valley Union High School. This season is off to a rough start after the team went winless in the Safford tournament last weekend, but…
The Arizona House of Representatives rejected a bill that would have allowed Tombstone to bring heavy equipment onto federal lands to repair water lines in the Huachuca Mountains. The House voted 27-28 last week against HB 2541, which provided that in a state of emergency, Arizona towns, cities and counties could access federal land with…
Tombstone’s mayor would love to move the town Marshal’s Office from its home of nearly a century, a move the marshal himself opposes. The move hinges on the town receiving a federal grant based on the residents average household income. If at least 51 percent of the town’s residents fall below a certain income…
The city of Tombstone will soon be the home of a new horse therapy program that caters to people seeking to improve their lives through animals. “It’s almost a spiritual experience to watch somebody work with a horse,” said Dr. Lilla DeLuca, who owns the Rocking R. Equine Assisted Learning Center, “Everything they do is…
Gov. Jan Brewer on Feb. 26 vetoed the controversial Senate Bill 1062, which would have allowed business owners to refuse service to homosexuals and others based on religious grounds. While the bill was vetoed, its support and passing in both houses of the state Legislature has long-term consequences in the state, business leaders said. Gay-rights…
