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TweetPinSharePhoto By Shealah Craighead/White House: President Donald J. Trump defends his position to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syria as he announces sanctions against Turkey for attacking former U.S. …
Schweikert among 129 House Republicans who join rebuke of Trump on Syria Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Morenci and Thatcher squared off in Lawson Stadium eight weeks after originally scheduled. Thatcher left with a 42-8 Black Region win and Morenci with a 1-3 …
Wildcats bound for the White Mountains to take on the Round Valley Elks Read More
TweetPinShareRaymond George Hetmer, 83, of Thatcher, passed away Oct. 12, 2019. He began his life on Dec. 20, 1935, born to Joseph and Antonia Hetmer in Seagoville, Texas, as one of …
Obituary for Raymond George Hetmer Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Officers at the Port of Nogales discovered a combination of heroin and fentanyl inside of a spare tire. That and three other drug …
CBP officers seize more than $1 million worth of drugs Read More
TweetPinShareGraphic Courtesy ADOT: Artist rendering of the new Pinto Creek bridge. Contributed Article/Courtesy ADOT GILA COUNTY – Motorists on U.S. Highway 60 between Miami and Superior should expect daily lane …
Plan for daily lane restrictions on the U.S. Highway 60 Pinto Creek Bridge starting October 23 Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Britannia Lopez, 32, was arrested for aggravated DUI and was booked into the jail on multiple felony warrants. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Police arrested two …
Police arrest two for aggravated DUI in separate incidents on the same day Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Lori Dugan Staff Reports THATCHER – Join the American Red Cross (ARC) at Eastern Arizona College (EAC) to participate in what has been the largest ARC blood drive …
American Red Cross Blood Drive at EAC looking to break last year’s record Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Wikipedia Commons Column By Melissa Martin Kill or be killed. “On the night he died, after a day of heavy drinking, Andrew Harris sexually and verbally assaulted Mia. …
Editorial: Clemency for battered women in prison Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Chris Chacon is escorted back to jail after pleading guilty to child molestation in Graham County Superior Court on Tuesday. Faces a sentence of 20 to …
Chacon pleads guilty to child molestation Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: A 2018 Dodge Journey comes to rest after striking a tree. The SUV severed utility poles, knocking out power to the town of Thatcher, before striking the tree. …
Vehicle collision that closed U.S. Highway 70 and disrupted power to Thatcher may have been caused by sleep-aid medication Read More