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TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection PHOENIX – A new type of telephone scam is targeting residents nationwide in an attempt to gain banking information from unsuspecting residents. U.S. …
CBP warns residents of a phone scam from callers impersonating CBP officers/agents Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy ADOT ADOT-published magazine announces 2021 Student Photo Contest PHOENIX – One of the most unique publications in the world, the ADOT-published Arizona Highways magazine, is offering student photographers …
Student photographers have a chance for Arizona Highways fame Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services announced the death of a San Carlos Apache Tribal member in the 55-64 age group …
Graham County reports additional COVID-19 death but also a reduction of 10 overall cases Read More TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection YUMA – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested an aggravated felon and convicted sex offender early Tuesday morning after he made illegal entry …
Yuma agents apprehend, identify sex offender Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Luke Runyon/KUNC: Lake Mead is projected to be at its lowest level since filling within the next year, possibly triggering the first federal shortage declaration on the river …
How dry is the Colorado River Basin? We explain it in five numbers Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services announced the death of a Safford resident in the 20-44 age group attributed to COVID-19. …
Safford sees COVID-19 death in 20-44 age group Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy ADOT Fighting the practice is a year-round mission at ports of entry, elsewhere Contributed Article/Courtesy ADOT PHOENIX – Human trafficking is a growing worldwide problem and one of …
ADOT officers combat human trafficking through training, awareness Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Peg Hunter/Creative Commons: Detainees are silhouetted against windows of the Eloy Detention Center in this November 2018 photo. Eloy is one of the privately-run prisons in Arizona that …
Biden ban on new private prison contracts will not reach ICE detainees Read More TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services recorded 178 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday to push the county’s total to 5,050 …
Graham County passes 5,000 total COVID-19 cases Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo By Mythili Gubbi/Cronkite News: More than 200,000 flags were planted in Washington D.C. in November to represent the number of people killed by COVID-19 – a number that …
The deadliest year: Overall death toll grew by 25% in Arizona in 2020 Read More