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TweetPinShareEAC File Photo: STEM Camp students visit the artificial turf football field at Camp Tontozona. By Phil McBride/EAC TONTO CREEK – Eastern Arizona College, with funding from the Rural Activation …
Area students attend summer STEM Camp at Tonto Creek Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto courtesy Maricopa County Elections Department: Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is the latest candidate to announce a run to replace Gov. Doug Ducey, who can’t seek a third …
Arizona Secretary of State, former TV anchor and others join 2022 governor race Read More
TweetPinShareVern Leroy Hatch, age 81, died Thursday, May 27, 2021, in St. George, Utah, with his loving wife, Barbara, and daughter, Kelley, at his side. Vern was born June 22, …
Obituary for Vern Hatch Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: The Mescal Fire has grown to nearly 8,000 acres. Smoke closes Highway 70 By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAN CARLOS APACHE RESERVATION – The Mescal Fire grew to 7,903 …
Mescal Fire grows to nearly 8,000 acres Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Detectives with the Safford Police Department and Arizona Department of Public Safety located fentanyl pills like these shown on a wanted felon after …
Wanted felon caught with more than 700 fentanyl pills in Safford Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com BONITA – Bayacan, LLC, has refiled a rezoning application to change a greenhouse (Site 6) at NatureSweet’s tomato-growing facility from General Land Use Certification to Unlimited …
Bayacan refiles rezoning application to grow cannabis in NatureSweet greenhouse Read More
TweetPinShareInciweb File Photo: A DC-10 VLAT drops retardant while battling the Bighorn Fire last year. Aerial resources such as this are being utilized to help suppress the Mescal Fire currently …
Mescal Fire grows to 5,500 acres with zero containment Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office: The Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office seized 22 grams of meth during a DUI traffic stop Thursday night. The driver was booked into jail. Staff …
Greenlee County seizes 22 grams of meth in DUI stop, books driver into jail Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo: The UA cheerleaders are expected to have full-capacity crowds to cheer for at Wildcat football games this Fall. By Henry Greenstein/Cronkite News PHOENIX – Arizona Stadium will …
Arizona Wildcats football to host capacity crowds, ASU ‘progressing’ in that direction Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: A GCSO deputy rescued a motorist stranded in the mountains northeast of Eden and pulled his stuck Chevy Avalanche free. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM …
Deputy rescues motorist stranded in the mountains Read More