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🌱 How Highway 70 construction will change your drive between Pima and Thatcher

Pima, Arizona Patch AM: a 3 min read

What's up Pima! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Highway 70 construction will change your drive between Pima and Thatcher

Also on today's calendar: ALA - Sierra Vista Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Pima and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Sunny and breezy at times, with a high of 85 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Sunday: Sunny with a gusty breeze, temps: high: 87, low: 64. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: Windy with periods of sun, with a high of 88 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Work on Highway 70 between Thatcher and Pima to start Monday (gilavalleycentral.net) — Expect lane restrictions and slower travel starting Monday as ADOT begins a $20.7 million pavement rehab project on U.S. 70 between Thatcher and Pima, including Cottonwood Wash. Work will run weekdays with some nighttime paving, bringing new asphalt, guardrails, ADA upgrades, and fresh striping along this key stretch connecting Pima, Thatcher, and Safford.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday October 6
  • JV Soccer vs Willcox
    Pima Unified District Pima, AZ 85543
    4:00 pm
  • JH Football @ Thatcher 4 & 5:30pm
    Pima Unified District Thatcher, AZ 85552, USA
    4:00 pm
  • JH Volleyball @ Thatcher 4 & 5pm (Pink out)
    Pima Unified District Thatcher, AZ 85552, USA
    4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Retail Sales and Store Support in Thatcher. Apply here.
  • Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Pro Customer Service/Sales in Thatcher. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pima here.

🗞 Nearby News

Willcox

  • Chiricahua Poised to Become Arizona's Fourth National Park (gilavalleycentral.net)
  • Stay or Go? Benson PD using Flock license plate readers despite some objections (kgun9.com)
  • Arizona's groundwater future hinges on 2026 election (azcapitoltimes.com)

Globe

  • Globe gathers for remembrance one year after historic flood (silverbelt.com)

Ok Pima! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Pima

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Pima

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.