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TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Safford City Councilor Chris Taylor has announced his bid to run for the House of Representatives. Hopes to flip Congressional District-1 for Republicans By Jon Johnson …
Safford City Councilor Chris Taylor announces bid for Congress Read More
TweetPinShareAn officer located half a gram of methamphetamine and a meth pipe after a driver left the dome light on in his truck while visiting someone at the Tour Rest …
Officer’s intuition leads to small meth seizure Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A 19-year-old woman was apprehended Monday, May 6, with a small amount of heroin and a meth pipe after officers observed her leave a …
Teen caught with heroin said she was set to check into rehab Read More
TweetPinShareThe Circle K in east Safford has a wide selection of food. One suspect who took advantage of the offerings by repeatedly not paying for them has been trespassed from …
Hungry shoplifter trespassed from Circle K Read More
TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from May 6, 2019, through May 12, 2019. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. …
Jail Booking Report May 6 – 12 Read More
TweetPinShareMeg Potter Photo/Cronkite News: Cotton farmer Paco Ollerton is cautiously considering growing industrial hemp this summer. “As long as I’ve been around, you grow some things and they don’t work …
Arizona farmers can legally grow industrial hemp, but will they take the risk? Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Thatcher firefighter/EMT Jeffrey Andrew Boothe, 29, was arrested Saturday, May 4, for DUI, and two counts of aggravated DUI after an officer witnessed him …
EMT gets DUI Read More
TweetPinSharePolice issued an ATL for Richie Garcia after he was implicated in two separate aggravated assaults. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Police were on the lookout for Richie Pablo …
Police issue ATL for man regarding two separate aggravated assaults Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Kris McBride/EAC: EAC graduated 654 students for its largest commencement class to date. Of those, 127 received high honors and 134 received honors. By Kris McBride THATCHER — …
Largest graduating class in EAC’s 130-year history celebrates commencement Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Cory Bowman, 29, was sentenced to seven years in prison followed by an intensive probation tail for stealing ATVs and operating a chop shop. By Jon Johnson …
Chop shop operator given maximum seven-year sentence for ATV theft Read More