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TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy InciWeb: A rainbow is seen through the smoke of the Bottom Fire on Saturday. The fire was listed at 94 percent containment as of Monday. By Jon Johnson …
Bottom Fire command transfers back to the local unit with fire at near-total containment Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Graphic: The River Church will hold a day-long vacation bible school on Saturday, July 10. Make a splash with the ultimate summer day-long vacation bible school! At Anchored VBS, children …
Get anchored at The River Church Vacation Bible School Read More
TweetPinShareA woman was given a written warning for driving erratically after racing to a residence where her child was injured after biting into a Tide Pod. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com …
Officer warns mother for erratic driving after Tide Pod incident with a child Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy InciWeb: The Bottom Fire near Bylas has burned 4,489 acres along the Gila River. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com BYLAS – The Bottom Fire burning west of Bylas has …
Type 2 Incident Management Team has success against Bottom Fire near Bylas Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: H. Lyle Grant circa 1944 One of the collections housed at the Eastern Arizona Museum & Historical Society in Pima, Arizona is bound copies of the Eastern Arizona …
WWII and Lyle Grant 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 will encounter lane closures …
U.S. Highway 60 daytime closures near the Pinto Creek Bridge scheduled for July 7 Read More
TweetPinShareErnest LeRoy Dillman passed away June 29, 2021, in Thatcher following a lengthy battle with cancer. Ernest was born May 4, 1955, in Douglas, Arizona to Howard Ernest Dillman and …
Obituary for Ernest LeRoy Dillman Read More
TweetPinShareMardelle Margaret Webb, of Thatcher, passed away on March 31, 2020, at the age of 100. She was born on March 30, 1920, in Reasnor, Iowa to parents Leslie Efnor …
Obituary for Mardelle Margaret Webb Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office: John Holder, 20, has been charged with two counts of sexual assault on a minor under the age of 15 and one count of …
Man accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in Greenlee County Read More
TweetPinShare‘Popeye the Sailor Man’ was modeled after Frank ‘Rocky’ Fiegel. Contributed Column His real name was Frank “Rocky” Fiegel. He was born in 1868 in Poland and, as a child, …
Editorial: Popeye the Sailor Man really existed Read More