|
Written by Kelsey Murray
|
 Tombstone will not get a permanent crosswalk on Fremont Street because one is not needed, state transportation officials told the council Wednesday night.
The state studied the need after a local driver struck and killed a British couple crossing the street early one evening last October. The deaths spurred town officials to ask the state yet again to put permanent markings on the street, which is also State Route 80.
Officials with the Arizona Department of Transportation reviewed traffic patterns along the street before reaching the decision.
To alleviate concerns that the town expressed about the timing of the study – conducted in the town's slowest part of the tourist season – the state said it would allow the town to place temporary crosswalks on the roadway for special events like Helldorado Days. A state permit would be needed.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Derek Lawrence
|
 It's early in the morning and quiet as can be - the perfect conditions for a trail ride along the outskirts of Tombstone.
The leader of the pack on Wednesday morning is Ed Harshbarger, self-described as "one of the only real cowboys in Tombstone," who periodically interrupts the silence with one of his stories of his experiences living in a cowboy town.
Ed's friend, a fellow cowboy who calls himself "Wyoming" is along for the ride and to fill in the blanks in Ed's stories. And with Ed, there are always blanks.
The ride begins with the tough task of getting up onto the horse, which Ed makes appear as routine as tying shoelaces. To newcomers, however, it's not quite that simple.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Written by Alyssa Thompson
|
|
While the Arizona State Parks Board has delayed the closing date of another state historic park, Tombstone is still waiting to hear if its Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park will be saved.
In the Feb. 17 board meeting, the Parks Board discussed extending the close dates of any park where there is currently a drafted agreement between cities and state, or cancelling the closure of any park where cities have volunteered to take over operational management.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Kate Harrison
|
 Officials in the Tombstone Unified School District are hoping for a quick resolution to a civil lawsuit they filed against the general contractor who built Tombstone High School in 2003, citing numerous allegations of poor construction of the $7.2 million school.
Karl Uterhardt, Tombstone Unified School District superintendent, said the district filed suit to force the contractor, Richard E. Lambert Ltd., to make good on promises to complete a "punch list" of problems that ranged from leaky windows and doors to non-working sinks to more serious, underground plumbing issues.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Written by Nicole Nixon
|
|
Nearly 700 acres of riparian forestland may be saved.
The land, focused by the San Pedro River area, was given the highest funding priority in the Forest Legacy Program in the 2010 federal budget.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
