Wick Communications purchases Bisbee 1000 Great Stair Climb
One of the most iconic and challenging foot race events in the country — with a 4.5-mile course crisscrossing century-old staircases and streets in the historic mining town of Old Bisbee — has been purchased by Wick Communications from Bisbee Vogue Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
The family-owned media company, whose flagship newspaper is the Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald/Review, owns more than two dozen newspapers in 13 states along with dozens of specialty publications, websites and other digital media. It will take over operating the Bisbee 1000 The Great Stair Climb next year.
“Bisbee 1000’s infrastructure aligns with what our company is about,” Wick Communications CEO Francis Wick told the Bisbee City Council on July 6. The company was seeking council approval of a five-year special events agreement, which was approved.
Ruling explains why Asheville Blade reporters’ charges weren’t dismissed on First Amendment grounds
A Superior Court judge who refused to dismiss a case against two Asheville reporters convicted of trespassing based his decision on the First Amendment — not as protection for the journalists, but as grounds for him to uphold their conviction.
In a ruling issued June 22 obtained by Newsline, Superior Court Judge Tommy Davis wrote that had he dismissed charges against the journalists, who were arrested while covering police activity in a public park in 2021, they would have received First Amendment protections that others caught up in the sweep did not enjoy.
