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TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A man who reached out to help a woman in need discovered she was using heroin in his apartment …
Man videos tenant injecting heroin with acquaintance Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald I salute and support all law enforcement in Graham County. We in Graham County are so very blessed to have the finest law enforcement professionals …
Letter to the Editor: Reader supports local law enforcement Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Cultivating mason bees can help the struggling honeybees, such as those shown in this picture. Column By Melissa Martin While gardening during the pandemic, I …
Editorial: Get your bees on in your backyard Read More
TweetPinShareGraham County now at 40 total cases By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Want to get tested for COVID-19? Canyonlands Healthcare, in conjunction with the Graham County Department of Health …
Canyonlands Healthcare hosting COVID-19 testing blitz Read More
TweetPinShareContributed File Photo: A child found a dollar bill with meth inside of it on the floor of Walmart recently. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A dangerous situation was …
Child finds meth at Walmart Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article GRAHAM COUNTY – The Gila Valley Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution recently presented the 2020 DAR Good Citizen Award to seven high …
DAR Good Citizen Award presented to local high school students Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Safford City Manager Horatio Skeete holds up some lemons that were available at a previous Borderlands POWWOW produce event. Staff Reports THATCHER – Come by …
Safford Lions/Borderlands Produce Rescue P.O.W.W.O.W. today at Home Depot Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo File Photo/Gila Herald: A young girl secures her mask with loops over her ears. The Greenlee Health Department advises the wearing of masks while outside. By Jon Johnson …
Greenlee County reaches double-digits for positive COVID-19 tests Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo File Photo/Gila Herald: Thatcher’s second ranked boy’s tennis team went 5-0 to finish first in its own tourney during 2019. Members of the team, from left, were head …
Thatcher tennis boys denied 2020 championship run Read More
TweetPinShareColeen Maxwell, of Pima, entered into eternity in the evening hours of June 1, 2020. Coleen was born on Oct. 17, 1937, in Pima, to parents Glen Palmer and Clara …
Obituary for Coleen Maxwell Read More