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TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo File Photo/Gila Herald: A young girl secures her mask with loops over her ears. Several Gila Valley stores are now requiring patrons to wear face coverings while shopping. …
Walmart requires patrons to wear face coverings while shopping Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services announced 17 new positive test results for COVID-19 on Friday, putting Graham County’s total at …
Graham County tops 200 COVID-19 cases Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Raymond Delgado, 61, was booked into the jail on a charge of misconduct involving weapons/prohibited possession of a firearm after allegedly attempting to get into a police …
Felon with a black powder pistol arrested for prohibited possession Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: The Safford Fire Department extinguished a house fire believed to have started due to the disposal of spent fireworks. Blaze started by spent fireworks By …
Neighbor alerts residents to house fire Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: A motorcycle collided with a sedan as the car attempted to make a left turn off Bryce/Eden Road on Tuesday. According to the Sheriff’s Office report, it …
Motorcyclist collides with car Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Despite federal insistence, local schools may not reopen on currently advised dates due to the resurgence of COVID-19 in Arizona. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PHOENIX …
Feds advise school to resume in Fall, locals say ‘not so fast’ Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Arizona has the dubious honor of being No. 1 in the country for new daily cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people, according to the …
Arizona leads nation in percentage of new COVID-19 cases; Graham County now at 180 Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Troy Holliday, 29, was booked into jail after a housekeeper found more than an ounce of meth in his motel room during cleaning. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com …
Housekeeper finds more than an ounce of meth in motel room, renter jailed Read More
TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from June 29, 2020, through July 6, 2020. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. …
Jail Booking Report for June 29 – July 6 Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: A deputy was shown the device and secured the area until Air Force personnel could arrive to retrieve it. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com FORT THOMAS …
Unexploded Air Force flare found in Fort Thomas Read More