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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Cory Bowman, 29, was sentenced to seven years in prison followed by an intensive probation tail for stealing ATVs and operating a chop shop. By Jon Johnson …
Chop shop operator given maximum seven-year sentence for ATV theft Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: EAC President Todd Haynie, right, joins Ethan Orr, government relations with UA, left, and Graham County Republican Party Chairman John Duane Rhodes for the party’s monthly …
EAC President Todd Haynie speaks at Republican luncheon Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Steven Watson pleaded guilty to negligent homicide and could receive either probation or up to 3.75 years in prison. Sentence to be at the discretion of the …
Man who shot and killed a man while testing ballistic vest pleads to negligent homicide Read More
TweetPinSharePete Grijalva Jr. was born in Los Angeles, Calif., on Aug. 14, 1932, to Pete Grijalva Sr. and Emma Montez. Pete lived in the Safford area for 84 years and …
Obituary for Pete Grijalva Jr. Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Shawn Michael Goodrum Jr., 22, was arrested and booked into the jail on a plethora of drugs and weapons charges along with theft and a warrant. By …
Traffic stop nets dealer’s worth of heroin, stolen handgun, stolen credit cards, a cache of firearms and more Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin Adding or dropping pounds does not make a person’s worth go up and down. Fear of fat. “Why do modern women in the most affluent countries …
Editorial: Weight does not determine worth Read More
TweetPinShareAmelia R. Barquin formerly of Safford, passed away in Tucson, on May 3, 2019. She was born Dec. 14, 1935, in Safford to Antonio “George” Ruiz and Consuelo Pacheco Ruiz …
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TweetPinSharePhoto By Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office: Rogelio Ruiz Portillo, 26, of Tucson, was one of two men apprehended by the Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office transporting roughly three pounds of cocaine …
DUI traffic stop in Greenlee County nets three pounds of cocaine, other drugs Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: An 11-year-old boy began making these keychains as a fundraiser to help out Tish Russom with her medical bills after she suffered a Middle Cerebral Aneurysm. Russom battling …
Youth makes keychains as a fundraiser for Tish ‘The Coffee Lady” Russom Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A woman who said she reported her car stolen to Phoenix Police in June 2018 became irate with police after learning it had languished …
Woman upset with police after tow company sells her stolen car Read More