Payson Roundup

A homeowner’s quick thinking likely saved his home from going up in flames Sunday, after a blaze broke out in a wood burning stove’s chimney. Full Story »

Instead of sleigh bells and snowflakes, boats, horses and tractors were the themes at Saturday’s ninth annual Main Street/APS Electric Light Parade. While a few sleds and reindeer snuck their way in, it was the Southwest’s warm weather activities that took center state. Full Story »

Known for her big heart, tremendous energy and enthusiastic, boundless love for the Rim Country’s at-risk children, Marcy Rogers was found dead in her home Saturday, Dec. 5. Full Story »

The paper has yellowed, but the headlines produced by the day the world changed 68 years ago remain black and bold. Full Story »

Holiday Greetings! Full Story »

Facing a projected $1.2-million deficit, the Payson Unified School District Board decided on Monday to ask the voters for a 10 percent budget override in March. Full Story »

A powerful winter storm thrashed the Rim Country last night, killing a hunter, knocking out power, dropping several inches of snow in Pine-Strawberry, triggering rockslides and covering Payson with a sheet of ice that caused several accidents as more than a dozen cars slid off the road. Full Story »

FLAGSTAFF—The Arizona Department of Transportation has closed several highways statewide tonight due to blowing and drifting snow and icy roadways—conditions treacherous for drivers. ADOT’s top priority during this major winter storm is the safety of all travelers. Full Story »

The Longhorns were scheduled to return to action Monday evening, Dec. 7 in Holbrook, but those games were postponed due to a snowstorm that was expected to make Rim Country roads unsafe for travel. Full Story »

With a blizzard weather warning in effect across much of the Coconino National Forest including the Rim Country, the Forest Service is expecting to close a number of roads by this afternoon. Full Story »

Cottonwoods along the East Verde stand naked and forlorn.The fish hatchery is shuttered and silent. Winter is closing in on the high country. So it must be time to look for legends and gold, down south in the jagged wilderness of the Superstitions. Full Story »

This Saturday, starting at 6 p.m. sharp, Payson’s ninth annual Electric Light Parade will be stepping-off, working its way down Main Street, from the Sawmill Theatres to Julia Randall Elementary School. Full Story »

It may be only the first week of December, but the hum of the holidays can be heard loud and clear all through the Rim Country. Come out from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4 for the First Friday festivities on Main Street and a special program at Julia Randall Elementary School. Full Story »

The Gila County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a $806,000 contract to build a new 45-bed women’s jail in Globe to relieve dangerous overcrowding at a cost per cell of about one-third the national average. Full Story »

The Gila County Supervisors this week came eyeball to eyeball with a four-day work week to save on utility costs and ended up blinking like crazy. Full Story »

The Pleasant Valley Fire Board made an appeal to the Gila County Board of Supervisors to do something about the deteriorating condition of the main road into town — but the reaction suggests they’d better get used to washboarding. Full Story »

Like more than a few people in the area, early this year, Earl and Gladys (last names withheld) lost their jobs in Payson because of economic cutbacks. Full Story »