News across Greater Nogales
Letter to the Editor: Thanks for support of Santa Cruz Humane Society
I would like to send a “thank you” to the communities of Sonoita and Patagonia for supporting the Santa Cruz Humane Society in Nogales, and hopefully preventing their closure.
A community comes together on pickleball courts
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning you'll find a dedicated community of pickleball practioners paddling away on their freshly installed courts behind the Patagonia Museum.
Santa Cruz County Fair 4-H FFA Champions
Seventy-seven animals were sold at the Youth Livestock Auction, totaling $359,894.75, with $15,142.25 going toward youth scholarships.
Classical music finds a home in Patagonia
Christina and Fred Wilhelm first came to Patagonia at the close of the millennium, winter visitors avoiding Boston’s winters. Twenty-seven years later, a choral group, a performing arts foundation and an opera house endure, testament to the couple’s dedication to music. And, to…
Spooners put their stamp on Patagonia Lumber Co.
Wendy and Keith Spooner bought the Patagonia Lumber Company (PLC) in July 2024. Their vision then and now is to “have a space for people to have fun, hear music, and be themselves.” How they do that is what makes it special. There is a focus on buying local goods, attracting a…
Editor’s Note: October 2026
Summer is officially behind us, and for that we’re all grateful. Changing of the season means the PRT is back on its monthly print production cycle. We have traditionally skipped two editions in the summer because – so I’m told – that summer is the slow season. And maybe that’s…
Download the October 2026 issue of the PRT
Click here or below to download a PDF of the October, 2026, print edition of the PRT.
Letter to the Editor: We don’t need another Border Patrol Station
With all the heightened security at the border, there is absolutely not enough illegal migrant traffic north from Mexico to justify an ugly station blemishing our beautiful grasslands.
Letter to the Editor: Vote No on Prop. 417
Santa Cruz County voters should be deeply concerned about Proposition 417, the proposed expenditure limitation increase on this November’s ballot.
37th Patagonia Fall Festival returns to Town Park on Oct. 10-11
Some 130 vendors are expected for the 37th Patagonia Fall Festival on Oct. 10-11.
Satisfy your fright fix at the Haunted Orchard (if you dare)
The Haunted Orchard returns for its third year of Halloween frights on Lower Elgin Road.
On your mark, get set, bake: Pie Auction returns on Oct. 17
A celebration of pies and pie lovers in all their varieties is the theme of this year’s Annual Pie Auction hosted by the Patagonia Community Garden on Oct. 17.