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BISBEE OBSERVER HEADLINES 10-29-2026

Subscribers: The online issue for Feb 12 is available (as of 12:01 am Thursday)
Non-subscribers: Headlines and ads will be updated in the late morningish

  • New Jail Budget Increases $30 Million

    The Cochise County Jail District approved increasing the new jail project by $30 million in order to meet the needs for the new facilty.

    The need for the increase came after a work session last week to discuss planning and budgeting. During the discussion members of the jail district learned that $130 million was no longer enough to cover the new build accommodations as previously discussed before the voters approved a dedicated half cent sales tax for the new build.

    Jeff Threet president of Stone Creek Engineering who was in attendance at the work session told the jail district members the project design and plans were far over budget based on the need request for the new jail. He told them they would need to come up with additional funds or cut the project to meet the current budget saying the county would have to decrease the number of beds, medical facilty services and future expansions.

  • Petition Leads To Inspection Directive For Possible Code Violations

    The Bisbee city council were presented with a petition from concerned citizens that a local developer has encroached on Clawson, Shearer, and Maxfield by extending parking areas and charging for parking which led to the narrowing of roadways causing safety and traffic flow issues.

    According to information in the petition submitted by Doug and Anne Reiniger which was signed by 148 residents, they are asking the city to correct the unfair situation, claiming Old Bisbee High Lofts Developer Joseph Lewis placed paid parking signs and barriers that have led to encroaching onto Clawson Avenue and obstructing the sightline for oncoming vehicles all without notice to the neighbors.

    The petition to the city reads as follows, “The undersigned, as citizens of Bisbee, hereby petition the City to redress Joe Lewis’ unilateral, unlawful usurpation of parts of Clawson, Shearer and Maxfield Avenues in order to make way for expanded paid parking lots and thereby endangering residents, their guests, and visitors, and causing added inconvenience by making segments of said avenues from two lanes to one lane.”

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The Bisbee Observer serves an area of more than 10,000 residents in the communities of Bisbee, Douglas, Naco, McNeal, Double Adobe, and Palominas / Hereford, Sierra Vista, in Southern Arizona.

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