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TweetPinShareThe recreational marijuana proposition has passed in Arizona, as well as Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota, making 15 states and the District of Columbia where recreational marijuana is legal. …
Voters solidly approve recreational marijuana Read More
TweetPinShareWalt Mares Photo/Gila Herald: Voters were lined up to cast their ballots on Election Day, Nov. 3 at the Morenci Club. This is only part of a longer line that …
Graham and Greenlee election results Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services announced two new deaths attributed to COVID-19 on Tuesday. The new deaths were a patient …
Graham County announces two additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 Read More TweetPinShareGraham County now at 1,283 positive tests with 842 recovered and 412 active By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A Thatcher resident over the age of 65 died due to …
Thatcher resident listed as county’s 29th COVID-19 death Read More TweetPinShareGraham County now at 1,224 positive tests with 831 recovered and 365 active By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The San Carlos Apache Tribe and Safford lead the way for …
SCAT and Safford lead the way for new COVID-19 positive tests Read More
TweetPinShareContributed File Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Border Patrol agents arrested two U.S. citizens attempting to smuggle drugs inside their bodies at the Interstate 19 Immigration Checkpoint near Amado. …
U.S. citizen drug mules arrested at immigration checkpoint Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection TUCSON – U.S. Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona arrested a sex offender near the village of San Miguel on the …
Border Patrol arrests Guatemalan sex offender in Southern Arizona Read More TweetPinShareGraham County had more positive tests in the last week (114) than Greenlee County has had for the course of the pandemic (103) By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Graham …
Graham County nearing 1,200 total cases of COVID-19 Read More
TweetPinShareApplications now open, first cohort to convene in 2021 Contributed Article/Courtesy Local First Arizona PHOENIX – Local First Arizona is expanding on its work of building an inclusive, diverse local …
Local First Arizona launches We Rise Black Business Accelerator Program Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo By Miranda Faulkner/Cronkite News: Death penalty opponents demonstrate outside the Supreme Court. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PHOENIX – After a six-year hiatus, the state of Arizona is preparing …
Arizona preparing to carry out death sentences Read More