Peter Aleshire

6 days ago | paysonroundup.com | Peter Aleshire

What do you get when you combine books, art and great dollop of adorable? Easy: The rim Country Artists ‘Shine a light’ Bookmark Contest. kAm%96 !2JD@?

1 week ago | paysonroundup.com | Peter Aleshire

The Payson Unified School District board approved small increases in an array of student fees – but most of the discussion focused on sports fees. That includes the hefty fees students receiving state vouchers for private school tuition or home schooling costs. kAm%96 D9:7E E@@< A=246 :? A2CE 3642FD6 2 E:89E DE2E6 3F586E 2?5 564=:?:?8 6?C@==>6?E 92D AFE E96 DBF66K6 @? E96 5:DEC:4ED 3F586E 7@C E96 a_ad\ae D49@@= J62C] $@>6 J62CD 28@[ E96 5:DEC:4E C6=:65 962G:=J @?

1 week ago | arizonaagenda.com | Peter Aleshire |Nicole Ludden |Hank Stephenson

Republican Rep. David Marshall opened a sobering ad hoc study committee hearing on fire preparedness last week with harrowing memories of 2002, when the Rodeo-Chedeski Fire incinerated 550,000 acres — and came close to swallowing up Show Low. “When the Rodeo-Chedeski Fire hit, I was manager at the Walmart in Show Low,” Marshall told members of the blue ribbon committee he leads. “We had one way in and one way out. It took three hours to evacuate that part of the mountain.

1 week ago | paysonroundup.com | Peter Aleshire

The Payson School Board this week honored an impressive list of local medical professionals who volunteer countless hours to keep kids in the district’s booming sports programs safe. A who’s who of healers got a rousing round of applause as the district awarded them plagues and read out the impressive list of services they offer kids in the community on a volunteer basis. kAm%92E :?4=F56D 92G:?8 2 >65:42= AC@76DD:@?2= @?

1 week ago | paysonroundup.com | Peter Aleshire

Only one school district in Gila, Navajo or Apache Counties showed up on state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s list of districts who didn’t send a letter to the federal government certifying they have no “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion policies. The Blue Elementary School District in far eastern Apache County was the only district on Horne’s list of districts that haven’t signed the certification. kAm%96 7656C2= s6A2CE>6?E @7 t5F42E:@?