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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Agents discovered 30 illegal aliens in the back of a semitrailer stopped at the I-19 Immigration Checkpoint. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border …
Border Patrol discovers 30 migrants locked in a semitrailer Read More
TweetPinShareLawrence James Halamek, 36, was sentenced to 35 years in prison by a federal judge after he was found guilty of taking a 12-year-old girl across state lines with the …
Halamek sentenced to 35 years by a federal judge for transportation of a minor with intent to engage in sexual activity Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: The haze in the air is reportedly mostly from the smoke from California wildfires. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – Yes, a new wildfire erupted …
Haze in Gila Valley is from California wildfires Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: A woman attempted to smuggle this bundle of heroin by placing it inside herself. The test kit shows a positive for heroin. Contributed …
Border Patrol agents arrest woman at an immigration checkpoint for smuggling heroin internally Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Lindsay Walker/Cronkite News: Chinle Unified School District Associate Superintendent Doug Clauschee, left, and Arizona Department of Education official Steve Larson told a Washington forum that the state has …
Officials: State making gains on teacher vacancies, still has a way to go Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK—On Saturday, Oct. 19, in response to the ongoing strike at several Asarco copper mines and smelters in southern Arizona, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) released …
O’Halleran responds to strike at Southern Arizona mines Read More
TweetPinShareAn essay contest will choose a winner from each county. However, there are currently no submissions from Greenlee County and the deadline is Oct. 31. Fifth-graders from across the state …
Arizona College Savings Plan ‘AZ529’ launches statewide essay-writing contest Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By John Levally/Cronkite News: The Arizona Interscholastic Association, including executive director David Hines (third from left), cleared schools that were named in the scandal involving a former Mountain Pointe …
AIA clears schools named in leaked information scandal, expresses concern about reporting Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald Contributed Article WASHINGTON D.C. —Following Thursday’s full-day House Energy and Commerce Committee markup of H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, Congressman Tom O’Halleran, …
O’Halleran issues statement on Energy and Commerce Committee Markup of H.R.3 Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Shealah Craighead/White House: President Donald J. Trump defends his position to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syria as he announces sanctions against Turkey for attacking former U.S. …
Schweikert among 129 House Republicans who join rebuke of Trump on Syria Read More