The Marana City Council named Terry Rozema as town manager on Tuesday.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Game and Fish Department ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ did a survey of the Silver Bell Mountains, west of Marana, recently and saw more than 160 bighorn sheep and one mountain lion. "The herd there is the largest among four ranges in the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ area, which now has more than 400 bighorns in part because of translocations," the department said, adding that the state's bighorn population has grown from 1,500 in 1957 to 6,000 today. Video by Kevin Crouch via AZGFD
Rozema, the town’s former police chief, replaces Jamsheed Mehta, who resigned in October.
Under his employment agreement, Rozema will receive benefits such as a town vehicle and six months severance pay should his employment end. His annual base salary will be $200,000.
Photos: Cotton harvest underway in Marana
Cotton Harvest
A picker drives through the Pacheco Farm's cotton field as farmhands harvest the crop on in Marana, on Oct. 28, 2020.
Cotton Harvest
Farmhands at Pacheco Farms cover a bale of cotton harvested from the in Marana, on Oct. 28, 2020. The 18,000-pound bale (or module) will be transported to Eloy for distribution.
Cotton Harvest
A farmhand tosses loose cotton into the module builder while harvesting at the Pacheco Farm in Marana, on Oct. 28, 2020.
Cotton Harvest
A farmhand opens the back gate of the module builder where cotton is compacted into a bale while harvesting the plants at the Pacheco Farm in Marana, on Oct. 28, 2020.
Cotton Harvest
Farmhands wrap a bale of cotton in a tarp while harvesting at the Pacheco Farm in Marana, on Oct. 28, 2020.
Cotton Harvest
Farmhands wrap a bale of cotton in a tarp while harvesting at the Pacheco Farm in Marana, on Oct. 28, 2020.
Cotton Harvest
A farmhand operates the module builder where cotton is compacted into a bale while harvesting the plants at the Pacheco Farm in Marana, on Oct. 28, 2020.
Cotton Harvest
A bowl buggy dumps a load of cotton into the module build at the Pacheco Farm in Marana, on Oct. 28, 2020.
Anika Pasilis is a University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ journalism student and an apprentice for the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥.
