Bisbee Today

Gustavo Loza, a successful television producer and director of Mexican comedies, including Los Heroes Del Norte, has created a new TV series based on families and friends living on both sides of the border in Naco Sonora and Arizona. "It's a dramedy that tells us about the lives of two best friends since childhood. One...
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Anyone who watches the fortunes of Bisbee has to monitor Freeport-McMoRan, the conglomerate that absorbed Phelps Dodge in 2007. Now the debt gambling giant is stumbling towards bankruptcy. The New York Times blames the oil slump for the spending spree that has forced Bisbee's corporate lords to begin selling off assets. Will the old Phelps Dodge...
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Phoenix television station 3TV brought their Field Trip Friday to Bisbee, interviewing and taking in the cool vibes that chill both tourists and residents alike.
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Lowell Arizona comes alive with the first Americana Music Fest USA, on Saturday March 21st, 2015 from 12 noon till 9pm. Proceeds will benefit the historical restoration of Lowell. Motorcycles, cars, art, brews, and food will be on display along with all day music from many local and regional groups.
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Last Tuesday, City of Bisbee Council Voted 4 to 3 in favor of the ordinance banning plastic bags in the Bisbee city limits. Lots of heat, as our local Tea Party wrangles another loss. Despite the complaints about this being a taxation without represention, the City of Bisbee will continue to be the most progressive...
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The Bisbee Police Department has the largest marijuana seizure in its history, when a traffic stop yielded 4793 bundles of marijuana in a rental truck. According to Chief Ben Reyna, this is the largest in the department's history. The tunnel in Naco is the second major tunnel found in Naco since 1999.
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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey plans to shift money from the schools to private prisons. The Governor's plan would build and pay for a new, 3000 bed private prison complex that will cost the taxpayers tens of millions of dollars over the next decade.
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The Bisbee Film Festival - One People: One Planet is on schedule with ecological films from all over the world.
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A little over a year ago, Bisbee Mayor Adriana Badal shared her vision for Bisbee's economic future. On July 13th 2013, Mayor Badal spoke at an open forum at the old Bisbee YWCA building. Mayor Badal said that planning for transportation and industry was hard, so she had a plan to bring about an...
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The effort to repeal the Bisbee Plastic Bag Ban was found to have technical errors, and will not be on the ballot. Susan Blackford and her petition gatherers had collected 675 signatures for the repeal to be on the November ballot.
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