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TweetPinShareContributed Photo: Come join or just experience TubaChristmas in Tombstone on Saturday, Dec. 14. Contributed Article TOMBSTONE – TubaChristmas in Tombstone returns for its eighth year Saturday, Dec. 14. The …
Low brass players invited to annual TubaChristmas Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Grayson Schmidt/Cronkite News: Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closed in 1963 but never officially was returned to indigenous people under the Treaty of Fort Laramie of 1868, which promised the …
Return to ‘the Rock’: Original Alcatraz occupier retraces steps during 50th anniversary Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: William Lance Marengo, 28, was bound over to Superior Court on Wednesday regarding the murder of Sabrena Martin, 22, and Ruben Nicholas Morales, 36. He is being …
Thunderbird double homicide suspect bound over to Superior Court Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Greenlee County: A Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office deputy reported clocking Sheriff Tim Sumner traveling at 106 mph in a 65-mph zone while not being signed on for duty. …
Sheriff Sumner caught speeding 106 mph Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: A record amount of heroin was seized along with fentanyl and cocaine, inside a smuggling vehicle. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection …
CBP officers seize record amount of heroin on way to nearly $2 million in drugs seized in last week Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona Contributed Article SAFFORD — On Saturday, Dec. 14, Girl Scout members from across Graham and Greenlee counties will rally together to celebrate the upcoming …
Get ready: Girl Scout Cookies are coming Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Stan Bonifacio: Thatcher’s Bretton Dodge keeps his balance just before being tackled during the annual rivalry game with Safford. The game will take on even more meaning if …
Thatcher football placed in 3A Conference Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: The Safford Police Department is investigating fraud involving stolen Social Security Administration funds. Family members are suspected in the crime By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD …
Woman has Social Security checks stolen Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Senior Calvin Dunning works on getting an advantage on his Saint Johns’ opponent during a Dec. 10 home dual meet. He has pinned all four opponents …
Morenci wrestlers head to Thatcher Multi meet Dec. 11, slip past Redskins on final bout during prior dual Read More
TweetPinShareA total of 125 tunnels have been discovered in the Tucson Sector since 1990 Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOGALES – On Sunday, U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered …
Two cross-border tunnels found in Nogales in the same week Read More