THE BISBEE ROTARY CLUB SPONSORED 2020 MAYORAL DEBATE CochiseTV.com 2020-07-09 | (PRODUCER NOTES) At the peak of the Covid 19 crisis in virus ravaged AZ, producers in Bisbee provided a production of the 2020 Mayoral Debate between candidates David Smith, the incumbent, and former city councilman Ken Budge on July 6th via Facebook live. Following CDC rules and guidelines we made it virtual, no assembled live audience in a building.Both candidates showed up to present their wares in response to questions written by moderator and Rotary member Becky Orozco, historian and professor. Questions were guarded secrets until read live on the program.Smith and Budge, no love lost, did not "shake hands" at the end of the debate. Answers to Orozco's questions make clear that each is running to make sure the other is not Bisbee's next mayor.The debate stands on its own; a solid voter tool to assist in making an informed decision when voting for the person who will run a small town struggling to stay viable.If you view this video more than once, you'll see and hear answers and nuances you may have missed. If you love Bisbee, you'll appreciate the passion driving both candidates.The Bisbee Rotary Club deserves a lot of credit for sponsoring the 2020 Bisbee Mayoral Debate, which may well have never happened had not Rotary stepped up.This is an audio-enhanced version of the FB Live production. Candidate content is untouched. Interest in the mayoral race in this small town of 5,000 is demonstrated to be high, with a video production that went locally viral, instantly.Chuck AltonProducer
BOBO SAGE TRIBUTE AND CELEBRATION-23 CochiseTV.com 2020-03-30 | Bisbee's Bobo, over the brim with talent and a personality to match. This project started with two 50 foot reels of 8mm film from the 60's begging for a projector, morphed into a Birthday party where she saw family on the old film, then a couple of weeks later a video session in the C Street Studios where a delicious section of Bisbee talent, The Bobolleros, formed for one last frolicking Bobo tribute. Bobo put every ounce she had left into performing that Saturday afternoon on C Street, knowing she'd leave something behind that would make memories. This determined "Bisbee Girl" will see this video celebration of life today from hospice the way it should be... present for the celebration. Bisbee loves Bobo... and this video will leave no doubt that it goes both ways. Peace and Love, Bobo. Just the way you like it.
KBRP SPRING 19 KOEL PROMO CochiseTV.com 2019-03-27 | Koel Suby, aka DJ SANTE, is KBRP 96.1 FM's youngest DJ. Koel loves Community, and vice versa!
FOOD FOR FEDS CochiseTV.com 2019-01-23 | Housing, transportation, and food have become maintenance issues for many paycheck-to-paycheck federal government employees who have gone weeks without being paid, though many continue to work. Cochise County resident, retiree, and 12 year Marine Veteran Jay Jenkins decided there was something he could do to show his appreciation. So, he took money to a restaurant just yards away from the Naco, AZ. port of entry on the Mexican border and invited border agents to walk across the street and have food, on him. Here's the story... (produced and reported by Chuck Alton for KCTR News)
CHANGES COMING TO THE SV CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CochiseTV.com 2018-12-01 | There are dozens of articles and blogs on the "future of Chambers of Commerce". I caught up with Jennifer Martin at the Pueblo del Sol meeting house where she was overseeing the third mixer "Networking At Noon", attracting 30-35 local business players at all three. She has a keen awareness of the need for change in the industry that has for decades promoted local businesses, but she admits that the collective Chamber business model has gone stale and needs changes made to the recipe. The proof is in a precipitous decline in membership nationwide.Martin announced at last week's mixer that change is coming to the SV chamber and hinted that new marketing strategies are on the table, and that the changes they plan go into effect in January '19.Martin has plenty to say, and the tendency is to hang on her every word. Her background is Chambers... this is not her first Rodeo. Everyone in business and local government will benefit from this interview... a mere sampling of Executive Director Jennifer Martin on-the-job. Our guest on Cochise Talk TV. Local businessman and entrepreneur David Russell hosts the news break.
HYDRATION STATIONS DISCOURAGE OCEAN KILLING SINGLE USE PLASTIC BOTTLES CochiseTV.com 2018-11-30 | Water Wise team member Rebecca Dailous (DA-LU') specializes in teaching things to young students. She made a career move within her training when she joined Water Wise and was assigned to teach K-12 students throughout Cochise County about all things water. Cochise Talk TV host Heather Andrews sets up the story. Chuck Alton is in Sierra Vista at the Legacy Foundation for this very energetic interview with a woman who has found her place. She starts off teaching us a bit about hydration stations... and why they are becoming so popular. AND WHAT THE KIDS THINK ABOUT IT! It's part of a shift in consciousness.
Cochise Talk TVs First Daily Morning Show Is Here... CochiseTV.com 2018-11-27 | Hosts Heather and David talk it up seasonal Cochise County style as they scan our community for what's happening this time of year. The show will be posted daily Monday through Thursday on Facebook page Cochise Talk TV. Local stories, interviews, and a morning show that will go live after the First. Like our page and be locally looped into all the action. And leave your events for all to see in our "Community" section on the page, just waiting to share your news.
SHERIFF MARK DANNELS - IN THE NEWS CochiseTV.com 2018-11-24 | The doors were locked to the entrance of the Sheriff's offices and JP 1 in Bisbee at 9 a.m. on this particular November Monday morning in 2018. I was there to chat with the Sheriff on the record about a few things currently in the media. He was there waiting at the locked door to let me in. I had forgotten today was a Federal holiday - Veterans Day, off. For Sheriff Mark Dannels, Veterans Day is like Christmas morning to a kid. Mark is a Vet's main man.Dannels comes from a family of Vets, one member with 20+ years in the Navy. This morning on the way to the office at his traditional 6 a.m.-ish time, he was feeling Veterans Day spirit when he came upon a U.S. Army convoy, which he promptly flashed lights and pulled over! Dannels exited his vehicle as did the convoy officer-in-charge his, and Dannels was greeted with a "Yes sir, what can we do for you?" Dannels responded with "I'm the Sheriff. I wonder if you could give me just a few minutes of your time so I can thank every one of your personnel for their service to this country on this Veterans Day?"No problem.In our interview that morning we talked about the 14th amendment, the one that makes you a U.S. citizen if you are born in the U.S.... the one President Trump wants to single handedly erase with an executive order. We talked about "jurisdiction", a principal of the amendment. I found his take interesting.We talked about the "caravan" and the status of our border... was it necessary to call up 5000 Army troops, or was it a political stunt? The headline today is "Sheriff Dannels Says Our Border Is In Its Best Shape In 30 Years!" He mostly credits the coordinated efforts of locals, and the Governor.Cochise County has a new $20M communications system that was built with private money, not taxes. So, how are we better off today?I hope you'll spend some time with this very current and candid interview conducted in an office through which much of America flows. After all, Mark Dannels is voted by his Western Sheriff peers “Sheriff Of The Year”. He’s the only Sheriff sworn-in to the Homeland Security Advisory Board. He heads the Arizona Sheriffs Assoc. He is NOT watching news shows til 11 in the morning.In all of our lore there really is nothing quite like a Sheriff… not here, not even in the movies. Catch the interview on my newest home, the "Cochise Talk TV" page on Facebook. Please “like” us while you're there… it'll help keep you in the local loop.
PACE AVENUE TAKE OUT CochiseTV.com 2018-11-07 | Friend, neighbor, and frequent diner Mike says it better than we could.
VISTA and Local First AZ Co-ordinator Rachel Hudson One-On-One With Heather Andrews CochiseTV.com 2018-11-07 | (HEATHER ANDREWS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL) At 23 Georgia State college graduate Rachel Hudson is on a mission with passion to get all of us to understand the importance and economics of shopping where we live. She has researched and garnered her facts. With classic education and an in-bred attraction to media arts, hostess Heather Andrews offers to bring us this wonderful Cochise Talk interview with Rachel, and as a matter of fact, she's working on her next Cochise Talk broadcast interview as we speak. Heather has a lot in store for future Cochise County media. You'll get something from this one, and the next... pretty darn sure.
BUILD A COMPLETE HOME FOR $10K - DIY CochiseTV.com 2018-11-03 | KEITH BOGUE TEACHES how to do COB construction at the Bisbee Community Garden. More people in the world live in "mud" houses than any other architecture. Affordable housing that resists the ravages of earthquakes and severe storms. Reported by Chuck Alton for KCTRnews.
The CochiseTalk SHOW With Chuck Alton CochiseTV.com 2018-11-02 | Cochise County PIO Amanda Baillie is host Chuck Alton's guest on the premiere of The CochiseTalk Show.
Bisbees ERIC MEYER Finishes Stair Climb First For Sixth Time CochiseTV.com 2018-10-21 | AT 6m18s PER MILE BISBEE RESIDENT AND UA SOUTH FACULTY MEMBER ERIC MEYER YESTERDAY SAILED ACROSS THE BISBEE 1000 STAIR CLIMB FINISH LINE FIRST FOR HIS SIXTH TIME WITH A FINISH TIME OF 31m17s!
Bisbees First Church CochiseTV.com 2018-10-17 | Bisbee's first church is tiny but with a big heart... feeding the poor.
Meet Robert Seamon New Copper Queen Hospital CEO CochiseTV.com 2018-09-18 | For Robert Seamon, moving to small-town Bisbee, AZ. is a lateral transition from hospital admin in small towns in upstate NY, except of course, for the weather. Seamon picks up pretty much where Jim Dickson left off after his stint as CQCH CEO for the last 19 years. How will this CEO differ from the last, and what is the future of one of Bisbee's crown jewels? Chuck Alton hosts.
Bisbee Buys Historic Camp Naco For $1.00. Now What? CochiseTV.com 2018-09-02 | The U.S. wanted a wall on our SE AZ border with Mexico as far back as the 1900's... it would be part of a U.S. strategy to keep the Mexican Revolution from crossing over the border and into Cochise County. As many as 5,000 troops were stationed at Camp Naco including on the land now known as Turquoise Valley Golf and RV, where Buffalo Soldier troops occupied a tent encampment from 1914, and National Guard troops until about 1924.The Newell family owned the property and made it available to the government on more than one occasion, and between those occasions they themselves occupied the structures of adobe, a building-material-rarity for a military property, built by the troops in the years the military occupied the strategic border acreage.The Buffalo Soldiers camp was at Camp Naco starting in 1914. The Arizona National Guard (white troops)were camped at the golf course. The tent camp was made into a permanent adobe camp in 1919. The Civilian Conservation Corps were there in the 1930s. To look into the eyes of Camp Naco and know anything about her past is pure mystical seduction. She is so weathered and worn yet so full of character, mystique, and pride. This must have driven historian Rebecca Orozco, of south-of-the-border heritage born with a thirst for factual historic knowledge, who has traveled the world in an on-going quest to quench it, to spend the last 20 years exploring ways to rebirth Camp Naco with historic integrity and a need for local functionality and sustainability.Seek out the on-line history of Camp Naco, sometimes referred to as Camp Newell, then, refer to this second part of my interview with Becky as we get a glimpse into a living plan for the future of what was, and seems to want to be more of.
BTC VIDEO SPOT BIKES WITH MAGIC KENNY BANG BANG CochiseTV.com 2018-08-15 | Produced in Bisbee by Chuck Alton.
NEW NON-PROFIT MEANS BUSINESS, JOB TRAINING, AND JOBS CochiseTV.com 2018-02-06 | The Tin Town Homeless Shelter in Bisbee, AZ. has just partnered with an entrepreneurial non-profit bent on restoring the lives of the poor and homeless. The organization, Ecoasis, is the life passion and direction of Serena Casey, who has been working on the project for the better part of a decade. Is Bisbee ready for local farm-fresh food seven days a week? Is Bisbee ready for a healthy economy and jobs? Serena Casey, partners, friends, and family, are all saying YES! Because things are moving so fast at Ecoasis, this video, "The Tour of the New Tin Town Ecoasis" has a short shelf life. Watch it now... and get it while it's still FRESH!
COUNTYS 5 YEAR PLAN TO IMPROVE OUR HEALTH 3 WAYS CochiseTV.com 2017-12-16 | COUNTY'S 5 YEAR PLAN TO IMPROVE OUR HEALTH 3 WAYS NEEDS YOUR HELP! HUNDREDS HAVE RESPONDED.by Chuck Alton, KCTRnews.com, CochiseTV.comThe Way We Eat, Jobs, and Substance Abuse are the three priorities established through public surveys and research data (community health assessment) that citizens of the county are now given 5 years to improve through the CHIP - the Community Health Improvement Plan just launched.Cochise County Health and Social Services, the health department, began work on the project years ago with a series of public meetings and workshops following the assessment period. The process is expected to involve business leaders, elected officials, bureaucrats, non-profits, educators, medical establishments and hundreds, if not thousands, of private citizens in reaching goals that could make Cochise County one of the healthiest places in America. It is an opportunity to stand out as one of the better places in the U.S. to live a healthy life.Indeed, an extraordinary focus on being healthy as a community is seen as good economic strategy that could result in growth in the local economy's medical sector, and attract people who are like-minded in their attitudes towards living a healthy lifestyle.A press conference was held recently with some of the participants in setting up CHIP and making it ready for widespread public participation in its implementation. On the video presser and pictured here are:(front left) Judith Gilligan with the County Health Department, and partners Candace Weingart Selleck (front right), (back row L-R) Tom Reardon, Duff Chambers, Jake Martinez, and Becky Smith.
BISBEE CM: 5 YEARS TO DIG US OUT. CochiseTV.com 2017-12-08 | Speaking before a full house at the 2017 Bisbee Economic Forcast Luncheon today at Turquoise Valley Golf and RV, Bisbee CM Robert Smith, with two tumultuous months on the job, revealed the "realities" facing Bisbee with a forecast that it will take 5 years to "dig ourselves out" of the existential financial challenges facing the town that is soon to run out of reserves, monies set aside for that proverbial "rainy day". Clearly focused on seeing "crisis" as "opportunity", Robert Smith shared possible and actively sought solutions with his attentive audience at lunch today. KCTRnews.com presents audio from the luncheon knowing you are interested in getting a sense for who the new City Manager is. He is the fourth CM employed by the City of Bisbee in the past 5 years.If you are interested in the future of Bisbee, you should learn all you can about this man.
Getting to GREAT! 2017 Becky Reyes and Scott Muhleman Pt 1 CochiseTV.com 2017-12-02 | In our first episode of GETTING TO GREAT (G2G - the Series) Bisbee singer/song writer Becky Reyes, who performs with her harmonica playing husband Scott Muhleman, shares her story about battling low self-esteem, learning how to master her favorite music, and mastering her craft. Scott is featured in Part 2 being release December 10th. The two were inducted into the Bisbee Musicians Hall of Fame on October 1, 2017. G2G is produced by Chuck Alton for CochiseTV.com. Sponsored by PanTerra Gallery on Mainstream in Bisbee, AZ. "Fashion With A Personal Touch"
BISBEE WORK SESSION 110717 CITY HALL INSURANCE AND DEMO UPDATE CochiseTV.com 2017-11-10 | NOV 7, 2017, BISBEE, AZ MAYOR DAVID SMITH conducts a work session of he and the 6 seat council (2 from each of Bisbee's 3 Wards and the mayor at-large) to bring everyone up to date, and hopefully answer skeptic questions, on the financial picture including insurance and demolition prices and processes, arising from the fire destruction just weeks ago of the City's hundred year old City Hall. The building was gutted by fire and a million gallons of water used to put it out, when original electrical wiring shorted and started a fire that lasted 8 hours until it was finally extinguished. Now, the City, and its constituents, must decide if the building can be salvaged with a new interior, or if the building will have to be razed because in the end the structure, including 30 inch walls of poured concert is deemed structurally unsound. The rebuilding could also prove too expensive given what the Town may decide it wants, with only 2 million dollars in insurance monies to spend. Smith, himself a forensic fire investigator of admirable reputation, explains the ins and outs of how the insurance process is working, and offers insights, but no guarantees in terms of how this project will pan out. His presentation is a 50 minute professorial course on how insurance works and the processes that unfold in a highly destructive historic municipal building fire, in Bisbee.This presentation is a mix of the audio from the public work session, and the images from the Power Point slide show used, offered as a public service by KCTRnews.com It can be viewed on local Facebook social media, on www.cochisetv.com, and www.youtube.com/cochisetv. Search for: Bisbee City Hall Insurance Update 110717.
BISBEE MARIACHI FEST PRODUCER JOHN ACOSTA - THE SUCCESS STORY CochiseTV.com 2017-11-02 | GOOD ECONOMICS FOR BISBEE and HOMELESS SHELTER!JOHN ACOSTA TALKS ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THE MARIACHI FEST, AND THIS WKEND'S TOUCHING TRIBUTE.by Chuck Alton, KCTRnews.com, CochiseTV.comThis report is brought to you by PanTerra Gallery…“Fashion With A Personal Touch”, On Main Street in BisbeeLive events are tricky and “IF-y”, and most are lucky to break even. But not for The Bisbee Mariachi Festival, now in it’s third year, so successful it required a move from City Park where capacity is in the hundreds, to Warren Ballpark that can accommodate thousands, which it will most certainly do this weekend.To John Acosta, Bisbee Coalition For The Homeless Board Pres., the BMF seemed like a natural fit for Bisbee, and he was right. There will be no growing pains for the event which this weekend will honor a promising young Tucson student and Mariachi performer who drowned this past summer, an honor that caused Mariachi groups from as far a way as L.A. to want to join in on the festivities. Listen to this brief interview with John and sample the music as he tells the compelling success story of The 3rd Annual Bisbee Mariachi Festival:
The Personal Touch with Gretchen Baer CochiseTV.com 2017-08-19 | The World is her canvas... and, she truly believes it's yours too! We catch up with Gretchen Baer across the Mexico/U.S. border at her free art school and gallery, (Arte de Ninos), for the kids of Naco, Sonora, MX., where she takes her love for expression in color and glitter to a place in the World she is drawn to... any place open to the creative mind.
This Sunday at Roka Cafe - Wine Tasting Funder For StepUp Bisbee/Naco CochiseTV.com 2017-08-08 | AZ wines and wonderful food support a great cause. See video for details. Tickets at High Desert Market. 3-5:30 Sunday.
PanTerra Gallery - Fashion With A Personal Touch in Bisbee CochiseTV.com 2017-07-30 | Fashions you won't find elsewhere from elegant to fun and everywhere in between. See what's in store for you at PanTerra, a great shopping experience.
Victor Winquists Beautiful Bisbee Brewery CochiseTV.com 2017-07-25 | He came out of retirement to put his personal touch on some of Arizona's best beers. He put the "Brewery" back in the Gulch.
At Central School: Bisbee Deportation talent show 071217 The Centennial. CochiseTV.com 2017-07-13 | ...
Anti Toxics Researchers Meet In Warren With Council Point Person and Public Works Director CochiseTV.com 2017-07-01 | WHAT'S THE RUSH? THE CITY OF BISBEE SAYS IT WILL LIKELY BEGIN APPLYING GLYPHOSATE TO EFFECTED AREAS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. But the volunteer researchers/anti-toxics activists, and the Public Works Director, Andy Haratyk, would favor and recommend a full year to complete the research. Four seasons.by Chuck Alton, KCTRnews.com, BisbeeA handful of people who are dead set against the City's use of chemical herbicides to eradicate Bermuda grass growing through some new asphalt laid down on streets in Warren last year met Friday at a test site approved by the City on Arizona Street to discuss the rules and expectations the City has for a volunteer effort to research a natural alternative solution to the problem. It's a city-to-the-activists courtesy. Nothing new. TO DATE, the City has not used herbicides for 3-4 decades out of respect for the strong opposition a small number of residents have publicly expressed over the years to any use of herbicides within the Town's limits. No laws passed, just a wink and a nod, an understanding. A rare respect, in deed.Ward II Councilmember Joan Hansen, liaison to the Streets and Infrastructure Committee that provided research supporting the use of glyphosate overfits competitors, told the group Friday morning that an ordinance allowing use of glyphosate has been written and will be presented at the July 18 Council meeting for a vote. One vote counter says there are three nay votes now. if so, a fourth would make the whole issue mute on July 18. If it passes, says Hansen, the city could opt to begin topically applying glyphosate on the road grasses by the end of 2017.10-12 people attended the 7:00 a.m. meeting next to the Mornings Cafe Friday morning where an asphalt covered sidewalk path (see image) was heavily encroached by creeping Bermuda grass overtaking the asphalt applied only 6 months ago.The protestors would rather have the grass than use a probable carcinogen (according to the World Health Organization)to eradicate it. The City is intent on killing the grass, or at least controlling it, even if it means using a minimal solution of the glyphosate, which is a main ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, a Monsanto product used in many parts of the world, but which is also gaining momentum as a banned substance in many other locations, including California.Watch and listen-in to the group's early morning interchange and get a sense for the cause and the commitment on both sides. Should Bisbee take it's time in the search for an alternative to glyphosate, or should the Town use an herbicide sparingly and just take care of the problem sooner than later? Or, what about goats, as more than one has suggested? What would you do? Or would you "just let it grow, man!"I'll be talking about this, and healthcare, and housing projects in Cochise County, and, why are we so damn broke? On my podcasts. Subscribe to kctr.news.com for free delivery.Keepin' it local, and real.
Getting Poetry In Bisbee April 2017 CochiseTV.com 2017-06-26 | "Getting Poetry In Bisbee" is a community inspired and produced media project, presented on KCTRnews.com the last day of Poetry month, April30, 2017. It is available for ON DEMAND listening at www.kctrnews.com. Ken Boe, poet/artist/ organized the show and hosts. Poets Dick Bakken and Michael Gregory are his special guests on this first episode. It's refreshing and engaging radio. We've added random studio photos taken during the recording. Whether or not you are a fan of poetry, listeners tell us the enjoyed the banter, commeradere, and the readings. Hope you do too.
Bisbee Pride 17 Producer Kathy Sowden The Day Before Pride CochiseTV.com 2017-06-15 | The 13th Annual Bisbee Pride Fest is ready for you so come to Bisbee this weekend and let's Celebrate Diversity and have lots of fun. Producer Kathy Sowden gives Chuck Alton the rundown on KCTRnews.com, Facebook, and YouTube!
Classic Coaster Race One More Thing You Want To Know About Bisbee AZ. CochiseTV.com 2017-06-11 | BISBEE... how much you charm us with specialties like the Community Coaster Race. Erin Rhodes tells us things most of us never knew about one of the oldest July Fourth events in America. Chuck Alton is on the phone again! AND, we take a competitive coaster ride down Main Street with Cody Carabeo! Shindig Funder at St Elmos Sunday the 11th. Many prizes. MarySol Dogs! Wolf and Bang Bang and more...Where will you be?
CCS GRAND OPENING 23 CochiseTV.com 2017-06-02 | BIG PARTY SATURDAY NIGHT JUNE 3 IN BISBEE. GRAND OPENING OF CELESTE CAIN'S COPPER CITY SALOON.Check out this video. Good luck to a great lady I call WONDER WOMAN...
Fort Huachuca Commander Addresses Bisbee At VN War Mobile Wall Site CochiseTV.com 2017-05-29 | Colonel James W. Wright, Garrison Commander of Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, spoke today on the occasion of the Memorial Day weekend and at the place, Vista Park in Warren, where a replica of the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. is on display for the long weekend. He called the Wall a way for people to remember, and forgive. The video was recorded on an iPhone 6 on tripod.
The Bisbee Pool IS Open... CochiseTV.com 2017-05-28 | ...and ready for dunking. Video shot on Saturday, May 27, the reopening of the pool's second day. Some said the water was cold. It was 75 degrees. The pool was closed last year for repairs and the public missed it. Stories about times in the pool span generations and are legend. Opened in 1969, It's the biggest highlight of summer life in Bisbee.
B A C AUCTION: POE DISMUKE INTVW with Chuck Alton CochiseTV.com 2017-05-04 | The BAC Auction is BACK! Bisbee is one of America's premiere art communities and an action like this one will distribute treasures throughout the community while serving art and artists. Eighty plus items spanning many idioms will be on display and ready for auction Saturday, May 6 at Central School Project, beginning at 5 pm. Artist and BAC member Poe Dismuke stopped by the KCTR News studios to talk about it with host Chuck Alton.
