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TweetPinShareLaiken Jordahl Photo: Laiken Jordahl, who’s with the Center for Biological Diversity of Tucson, shared pictures of saguaros that have been felled at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Ajo. …
Legal challenges to border wall continue – and so does construction Read More
TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from July 14, 2020, through July 21, 2020. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. …
Jail Booking Report for July 14 – 21 Read More
TweetPinShareBlakely McHugh File Photo/Cronkite News: Michelle Doherty in a photo from 2017, when she was named Arizona Teacher of the Year, said low teacher pay was forcing some out of …
Court rejects long-simmering challenge to Proposition 123 school funding Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article PHOENIX – From July 27-31, 2020, Local First Arizona will hold a weeklong campaign to inform Arizonans that keeping their checking or savings account in a global big …
Local First Arizona’s Move Your Money campaign takes aim at big banks Read More
TweetPinShareFourteen new positives reported Monday night By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Fourteen new positive COVID-19 tests –nine from Safford, three from Thatcher, one from Pima, and one from the …
Graham County now at 312 COVID-19 cases Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Sherbon sisters, freshman Regina (LEFT) and junior Saramae, along with their mother, are attentive as Student Activities/Athletic Secretary Tasha Harguess explains the registration procedure. Morenci is …
Schools register students for Fall semester Read More
TweetPinShareSix new positives reported Sunday night bring county’s total to 298 By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Six new positive COVID-19 tests – all from Safford – has increased Graham …
Graham County nearing 300 COVID-19 cases Read More
TweetPinShareA hiker was rescued off Mount Graham by a DPS Ranger helicopter like this one after suffering heat-related illness. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com MOUNT GRAHAM – A man who was …
DPS Ranger flies man suffering heat-related illness off Mount Graham Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D, CD-1) introduced legislation to assist tribal government on the Navajo Nation with electrification operations. Contributed Article VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK – …
O’Halleran bill to expand electricity in Indian Country passes out of committee Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald Dear editor: I am a recovered survivor of COVID-19. I’m a victim of coronavirus way back from the December/January clusters that nobody tested or knew …
Letter to the Editor: Reader who identifies as an early COVID-19 survivor rejects Walmart mask mandate Read More