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TweetPinShareDear Editor, I completely agree with the Safford City Council’s decision to discontinue the Safford-to-Phoenix air service. Especially, since it had proven to be a financial flop from the very …
Letter to the Editor: Reader thanks Safford for commercial air service decision Read More
TweetPinShareDear Editor, Let me see if I have this straight: Safford Airport needs $655,000 to maintain air service to Phoenix until June 2026. They had about $1,150,000 to spend on …
Letter to the Editor: Reader feels airline should be grounded if not self-sustainable Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Mike Bibb Apparently, we don’t have to look several thousand miles to The Swamp in Washington, D.C., to get our daily fix of discombobulated politics, when similar antics …
Editorial: Baby Rabbit, Sheriff’s Dept. and discombobulations Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By John Young Not one in 100 Americans can tell you what “Abscam” stands for. Make that one in a thousand. It meant a lot in 1978 – an …
Editorial: Unchecked: a president on the take Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Mike Bibb Upon completing their big joint meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, and President Trump suggesting another get together might be necessary, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, suddenly insisted — …
Editorial: Next time we’ll meet in Moscow Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Mike Bibb “Fly me to the moon, Let me play among the stars, And let me see what spring is like, On Jupiter and Mars.” Fly Me To The …
Editorial: Fly me to the moon Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By John Young With a head of white curls and a face of demurred concern, Rosina Paolini asked for quiet. She wanted to ask, and she wanted to hear …
Editorial: GOP can’t run from accountability Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Mike Bibb No public evidence of any wrongdoing on [President Donald] Trump’s part” regarding involvement with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The Washington Post, July 17, 2025 The above admission …
Editorial: No evidence found Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By John Young Not that I live in a chalet. But depending on the angle through the trees, towering Longs Peak is in my backyard. Actually, it’s nearly an …
Editorial: They would make mountains disappear Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Mike Bibb Believe it or not, I’ve actually experienced an encounter with a school of Humboldt squid. Years ago, while fishing with Safford construction contractor, Duane Rhodes, in …
Editorial: Not intentionally fishing for squid Read More