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- Nominations sought for 2008 Citizen of the Year
Nominations are being sought for the Copper Basin Citizen of the Year for 2008. Nominees must live or work in the Copper Basin area and must have accomplished something during 2008 that enriched the lives of ...
- Low crime, but Pinal officers rack up overtime
A program in the Pinal County Sheriff's Office allowed deputies to cash in for years on a nearly unlimited bank of overtime to patrol the politically influential Saddlebrooke community in the southern part of ...
- Frank Davila will be representing Ray High School
Frank Davila will be representing Ray High School next June as the 2008-09 delegate to the Hugh OBrian Youth Leadership Conference.
- Santa Claus is coming to town - on board a NativeAir helicopter
Yes, you read it here first. NativeAir will be delivering Santa and Mrs. Claus Saturday at 2 p.m. to Pioneer Park.
- Memory, imagery evocative of 'realistic' style of Superior, Arizona painter
A muralist, Swift's smaller paintings sometimes reflect her love of portraying a wall or building that makes the viewer feel they are in the picture.
- Kearny Golf Club shocked at damage to golf carts; damage estimated at more than $15,000
Damage at the Kearny Golf Club includes this fence that was cut. Eleven golf carts were taken and damaged.
- Longtime symphony flute star from Tempe reconnects with his roots
Tempe resident Joe Corral has played flute in the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra for 42 years and is used to guiding high school students who take private lessons, but he recently connected with some of his own ...
- Little Gallery to host Gary Hill
The Little Gallery in Kearny, sponsored by the Church of the Good Shepherd, proudly announces that its first featured artist of the season will be long-time Copper Basin area resident Gary Hill of Kearny.
- Asarco death blamed on lack of safeguards
A federal investigation into the death of a worker at one of Tucson-based Asarco LLC's mines found inadequate management policies resulted in the accident.
- Pickin' out pumpkins . . .
The annual Town of Kearny Pumpkin Patch was very successful and lots of kids had fun picking out their pumpkins.
- Simmons 'comfortable' as Ray High School principal
James 'Jim' Simmons is new Ray High School principal. After a couple of months of settling in, new principal James Jim Simmons says he is very comfortable at Ray High School and is happy to be a part of the ...
- Asarco loses a bidder, leaving Grupo Mexico as its only buyer
Asarco's Ray mine, near Kearny, is its biggest mine. A bidder for the Tucson-based mining company, Vedanta Resources, pulled out of the competition Tuesday, leaving only Asarco's former parent company, Grupo ...
- Oktoberfest is this weekend in Kearny: get ready for 'Blast from the Past II'
Oktoberfest this year features many projects for great causes. The local Food Bank has helped many people in the Copper Basin area.
- Odd pet tales
"You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets." -Nora Ephron I love animal stories, and I know my readers do, too, because of the mail I get when I pass them along.
- Kearny's Oktoberfest set for Oct. 3 and 4 on Alden Road
Are you ready for a "Blast from the Past"? Alden Road will be alive with activity Friday and Saturday, Oct.
- Journey's end in sight for 'Our Lady of Sorrows'
After a journey of more than 40 years a statue depicting the image of Our Lady of Sorrows will be welcomed into the Infant Jesus of Prague Catholic Church in Kearny Sunday, Sept.
- Cat Hitchhikes 75 Miles In Owner's Spare Tire
Owner Says 'Bella Is OK' POSTED: 9:36 pm EDT September 2, 2008 UPDATED: 10:42 pm EDT September 2, 2008 A cat hitched a 75-mile ride on a spare tire under her owner's truck, Phoenix station KPHO reported.
- Cow wrangling police to get help identifying miscreant livestock
Arizona Department of Agriculture Livestock will assist Mammoth in dealing with cattle within the town limits, Officer Brad Cowan told the Mammoth Town Council at its meeting Tuesday last week.
- Town of Hayden to cite Dr. Wilt into court
Lifted and missing pieces of tin leave an opening in the Old Gila Furniture building on Hayden Avenue.
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City DescriptionKearny is a town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The town was named after General Stephen Watts Kearny, who passed through the area on November 7, 1846 while leading 100 dragoons to California. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 2,765. The economic base of Kearny and nearby towns is the Ray mine and Hayden Smelter, both owned and operated by ASARCO.
Kearny was built by the Kennecott Mining Company in 1958 as a planned community to accommodate the populations of nearby Ray, Sonora and Barcelona, which were about to be swallowed by Kennecott's expanding open-pit copper mine. While many of houses in the town were newly built, some mine employees had their homes moved down the road. Kearny was officially incorporated in 1959.
Kearny is located at 33°3′15″N 110°54′32″W / 33.05417, -110.90889 (33.054160, -110.908857).
The town sits near the Gila River in the Copper Basin area along with its sister cities, Hayden and Winkelman. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.2 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,249 people, 791 households, and 616 families residing in ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Arizona
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- Pinal County
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