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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – The new data statistics from the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) was released today, and Graham County is in the “substantial transmission” …
Graham County now in substantial transmission level for COVID-19 Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Safford Police arrested a man for DUI after his own doorbell camera showed he was driving when he pulled up to his residence. By Jon …
Hit-and-run suspect’s own doorbell camera helps bust him for DUI Read More
TweetPinShareThe VFW vendor event is this Saturday, from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the VFW Auxiliary Post 10385 in Thatcher. Staff Reports THATCHER – Come check out the last …
Christmas at the VFW Read More
TweetPinShareThe Graham County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-1 against recommending a zoning change to allow Bayacan, LLC to move forward with a commercial cannabis grow site at a greenhouse …
Graham County Planning and Zoning recommends against approving rezone for cannabis cultivation site Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: A plume of fly ash gets expelled over Tri County Materials on Wednesday morning. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – An accidental release of fly ash at Tri-County …
Fly ash dust cloud expelled from Tri-County Materials Read More
TweetPinShareBritton Paul David Shuck, 28, of Morenci, and Jaimee Marie Rodriguez, 20, of Duncan/York were both deceased at the scene of a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 191 North early …
Two drivers killed in a head-on collision on Highway 191 North Read More TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM/GREENLEE COUNTIES – A double fatality crash closed U.S. Highway 191 North on “The Stretch” around 5:43 p.m. on Tuesday. Both drivers in a head-on collision …
Double fatality crash closes U.S. Highway 191 between Safford and Clifton Read More
TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from December 8, 2020, through December 14, 2020. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. …
Jail Booking Report for December 8 – 14 Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: Bayacan, LLC, looks to retrofit a 53-acre greenhouse at NatureSweet to grow cannabis. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Chamber of Commerce has sent a …
Chamber of Commerce supports cannabis grower’s zoning change request Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Chase Hunter/Cronkite News Out the door with extremism Column By Walt Mares “Power to the People!” screamed the headline on the magazine’s cover. “Return government control to …
Editorial: Power to the ‘correct’ People? Read More