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TweetPinShareTaylor Freeze Photo: The Safford Taylor Freeze is now open for drive-through service. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – The long-anticipated opening of the Safford Taylor Freeze just south …
Safford Taylor Freeze now open for drive-through Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Joni Kennedy Column By Marie Barnes We live in a tense and rapidly changing world. Every day, thousands of little things can drive us crazy. Especially, this relates …
Editorial: Five ways to stay positive during tough times Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Nathan Salas plays a variety of instruments and formerly jammed on bass in the group “Half-Fast”. Salas recently signed a record deal with Pavement Entertainment …
Safford musician/business owner signs with record label Pavement Entertainment Read More
TweetPinShareTown of Superior, Arizona Drivers should also expect paving work on U.S. 60 between Superior and Top-of-the-World tentatively starting June 29 Contributed Article/Courtesy ADOT SUPERIOR – The ramps at the …
Plan for overnight ramp closures at U.S. 60, State Route 177 interchange in Superior June 22-25 Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Preston Alder is seeking your vote for Graham County Board of Supervisors District 2. Sponsored Article THATCHER – After spending the last 16 years serving the …
Preston Alder seeks BOS District 2 Office Read More
TweetPinShareInciWeb Photo: Cloud coverage Monday night prevented mapping of the fire, but it appeared to have little growth since Monday. Fire was at 14,625 acres with 5 percent containment as …
Thunderstorms help limit the spread of Bringham Fire Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Amy-Xiaoshi DePaola/Cronkite News: Advocates rallied outside the Supreme Court in October, as justices considered whether protections against workplace “sex discrimination” covered LGBTQ workers. The court ruled Monday that …
Supreme Court expands ‘sex discrimination’ to protect LGBTQ workers Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Six new cases on the San Carlos Apache Tribe Reservation and one new case in Thatcher have pushed Graham County’s positive COVID-19 tests to …
Six new cases from San Carlos Apache Tribe push Graham County’s numbers to 55 COVID-19 cases Read More
TweetPinShareThatcher Police Photo: From left, Thatcher Police Chief Shaffen Woods, Sgt. Kevin West, and officer Brian Ellsworth display the 144 gallons of hand cleanser it received from Tito’s Handmade Vodka …
Thatcher Police hand out hand cleanser in partnership with vodka maker Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Leonid Kunyansky Column By Derek Remer The Covid-19 pandemic is hitting rural communities hard, though this is not often easy to see. The number of coronavirus cases in …
Editorial: Is remote work the future for Arizona? Read More