San Pedro Valley News-Sun

Thelma Grimes/San Pedro Valley News-Sun It's not your typical bookstore, but the Singing Wind Bookshop in Benson continues to gain state and national attention, with owner Winifred Bundy now being honored as a 2009 Humanities Award recipient. Full Story »

Thelma Grimes/San Pedro Valley Neews-Sun U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Dick of Benson now awaits sentencing after being convicted of rape in Pima County Superior Court on Nov. 21. Full Story »

Thelma GrimesSan Pero Valley News-Sun The Arizona State Parks Board has voted to increase fees for 30 state parks, including Kartchner Caverns in Benson. Full Story »

For the first time in the history of the southeastern Arizona Academic Team competition (24 years), both the Benson A and B teams took first place in a conference competition last month at the Safford High School's 22nd Annual Safford Knowledge Bowl. Full Story »

Six high school juniors will be touring the nation's capital for one week this summer as winners of Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative's (SSVEC's) 30th annual Washington Youth Tour competition. The students were recognized on Nov. 17, following a dinner honoring them and their parents at the Cochise College Benson Center. Full Story »

Skip Whitley, an attorney with 36 years experience in southern Arizona, has been chosen to fill the position as Corporate Counsel for Arizona's G&T Cooperatives. Full Story »

An economic stimulus grant of more than $32 million has been awarded to Benson-based Southwest Transmission Cooperative (SWTC) and two member distribution cooperatives to help develop smart grid technology on more than 6,400 miles of transmission and distribution power lines in Arizona Full Story »

There was a strong turnout at the San Pedro Valley Arts & Historical Society Museum and Quilt Gallery on Nov. 28, for their annual open house. Full Story »

Sam and Kerri Napier of Ft. Thomas, Ariz., are proud to announce the birth of their fifth child, Kason Enoch Napier. He was born Nov. 7, 2009, at 6:12 p.m., weighing 9 pounds, 11 ounces, and was 191/2 inches tall. His two brothers, Kendon and Kyler and two sisters, Karlee and Kambria, welcomed him home. His grandparents are Pat and Claudia McEuen of Ft. Thomas, and Larry and Barb Napier of ... Full Story »

Community Christmas Celebration rehearsals San Pedro Valley Interdenominational Community Christmas Celebration will be held Sunday, Dec. 13 at the Pomerene stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Pomerene Road. Full Story »

Michael Grapp, son of Mark and Barbara White Grapp, has been called by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve a full-time mission to the Brazil Sao Paulo South Mission. Full Story »