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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Agents seized 100 pounds of methamphetamine from drug mules on the Tohono O’odham Nation on Sunday. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection …
Border Patrol seizes 100 pounds of meth, makes three arrests Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: A saguaro cactus is silhouetted by an orange glow from the fire. Griffin Fire continues to progress into the Seven-mile Drainage Contributed Article Salt Fire Location: 11 miles north of …
Salt and Griffin fire update Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: The Copper Springs East behavioral health hospital has opened in Gilbert. Contributed Article GILBERT — Copper Springs, a leading provider of high-quality behavioral health services in the Phoenix …
Copper Springs opens new behavioral health hospital in Gilbert Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Gregory Jordan/Creative Commons: Recent cost-cutting changes to the Postal Service have reduced service and slowed delivery times of medicine, checks, and other vital mail, say critics, who raise …
Postal Service cuts already being felt in Arizona, raise election fears Read More
TweetPinShareWalt Mares File Photo/Gila Herald: Clifton Peak, in the foreground, is obscured in a haze from smoke possibly contributed by three separate wildfires. Haze has obscured views in Graham and …
Salt, Gin, and Griffin fires possibly contributing to haze in the Graham and Greenlee counties Read More
TweetPinShareIncreased tests not associated with school reopenings By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – After peaking in mid-July, the rate of new COVID-19 positive tests had decreased significantly in Graham County …
Sudden jump in COVID-19 numbers in Graham County Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy the Biden Campaign: The memory of the late Sen. John McCain, right, an Arizona Republican, was invoked this week by the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, …
Whose party is it? Democrats cite Republican support for Biden Read More
TweetPinShareU.S. Census Bureau Photo Construction, utilities fared better than other sectors in Phase 1 By Jane A Callen/U.S. Census Bureau WASHINGTON D.C. – In mid-May 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau …
Census Bureau launches Phase 2 Small Business Pulse Survey Read More
TweetPinShareLocal First Arizona Foundation to issue grants to businesses required to close during the pandemic Contributed Article PHOENIX – The Governor’s Office is partnering with Local First Arizona Foundation to …
Arizona Rent and Mortgage Relief Grant Program accepting applications August 20 Read More
TweetPinShareSmugglers identified as 18-year-old residents of Rio Rico Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection RIO RICO – U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two teenagers attempting to smuggle cocaine, meth, …
Border Patrol seizes nearly $2 million in hard narcotics near Peña Blanca Lake Read More