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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PIMA – After months of discussion and evaluation, the Pima Town Council unanimously passed its hands-free distracted driving ordinance at its Tuesday, Dec. 4 meeting. The …
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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A 14-year-old male informed officers that a person who he believed was an adult female was blackmailing him over nude pictures he had sent …
Juvenile blackmailed after sending nude pictures on social media Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Duncan sophomore guard Janye Eddy drives to the basket for a layup against the Academy of Tucson on Dec. 6. The Wildkats posted a 43-26 win …
Wildkats win their initial game, head to Cibecue Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: An ex-employee of Circle K has been banned from all of its area stores. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The new mega-Circle K in …
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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Officers located cocaine within the dashboard of a smuggling vehicle. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOGALES – U.S. Customs and Border …
Nogales CBP officers seize $546K in cocaine Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo By Sam Martin/EAC: EAC President Todd Haynie, right, responds to a commemorative plaque given to him by Gideon Burrows, EAC associate professor and director of choral music, to …
EAC Festival of Carols heralds arrival of holidays, transition of leadership, and commitment to community Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Nathaniel Sanchez, left, and Tyree Coleman pleaded guilty Nov. 7 to three counts of aggravated assault in the Sunrise Mobile Home & RV Park shooting Aug. 27 …
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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Beau Pender: A black bear walks near residences Wednesday. Beau Pender walked the bear off his property and toward the Stockton Wash area. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM …
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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A man allegedly assaulted the mother of his child for hours after he became enraged after seeing something he didn’t like on her cell …
Man assaults woman for hours; disseminates picture of her performing a sexual act Read More
TweetPinShareDonna Lane Brugman, 96, of Safford, quietly passed away with her family near, Nov. 29. She was born Nov. 11, 1922, in West Union, Iowa to Harvey Lane and Genevra …
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