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TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Safford City Councilman and retired Marine Richard Ortega stands in front of the Field of Honor. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Starting early Saturday morning, …
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TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Graham County Detective Mike Cochran has been named as the new Graham County Jail Commander. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – Graham County Sheriff’s …
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TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: A man was shot and killed outside of C&C’s Hideaway Bar & Grill late Friday night. On Saturday, it was business as usual at the bar. …
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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Manuel Campos Abrams out; Luff to remain as counsel By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The trial of Manuel Ramon Campos, 38, for the Dec. 18, 2017, …
Campos trial to proceed as scheduled Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Manuel Campos is led into the courtroom for a hearing Wednesday. He has requested to change his attorney just two weeks before his trial is scheduled …
Campos seeks to change attorney just before trial is set to begin Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Nicholas Alvarado, left, was booked on drug and weapons charges while Thomas Reynolds was booked on warrants for failure to appear in court to answer to DUI …
Man armed with machete busted with meth while on possible stolen ATV Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Jose Hernandez was booked into the jail on a warrant relating to possession of a narcotic drug. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Jose Hernandez, 30, was …
Man arrested on a warrant after retrieving stolen iPad Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Kimber Lanning of Local First Arizona, extols the virtues of doing business locally at a previous event. Additional grant funding enables local businesses across the …
Successful Micro-loan Program expands in both Graham and Greenlee counties Read More TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald Staff Reports The Graham County Sheriff’s Office and Thatcher Police Department have announced their benefit of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Grants. Graham County …
Local police departments announce Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Grants Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: A woman who was suspected of shoplifting from Walmart was caught while shoplifting from Safeway. Found to have a warrant for her arrest By Jon Johnson …
Suspected Walmart shoplifter busted while stealing from Safeway Read More