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TweetPinShareThe town of Pima is looking to rezone this area by the Vard Lines Memorial Roping Arena and ballfields into an industrial zone to attract manufacturing businesses. By Jon Johnson …
Pima looks to create industrial zone to bring in manufacturing businesses Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy DPS: A Harley Davidson motorcycle lays prone in the left lane after being struck from behind Sunday night. The rider, Richard Frank Cronister, 52, of Clifton, was deceased …
Motorcyclist dies after being struck on U.S. Highway 191 North Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Meg Potter/Cronkite News: “I never wake up and go, ‘I can’t wait to take my methadone.’ It’s just part of the day, like drinking a cup of coffee,” …
A long road: Opioid-addicted rural residents travel hundreds of miles to reach methadone clinics Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – An intoxicated woman was given a warning regarding indecent exposure after she was found walking around the area of 8th Avenue and 12th Street …
Drunk, topless woman given warning for indecent exposure Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Jeremy Hooke, left, and Ivan Hunter were both booked into the jail on charges of assault and disorderly conduct. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Two intoxicated …
Two men booked into jail for assault at Firth Park Read More
TweetPinShareEmployees at the Copper Steer Steakhouse helped a man who appeared to have overdosed after injecting heroin in the establishment’s restroom. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Employees of the …
Restaurant staff assist man overdosing in restroom Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Community Pride Days offers a free pickup load to the Safford Regional Landfill on April 6 – 13. Town of Pima will once again pick …
Free landfill dumping during Community Pride Days on April 6 – 13 Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A Tucson woman led police on a slow-speed chase while operating an electric wheelchair Wednesday, March 27, after allegedly …
Woman rips off Walmart in electric wheelchair; leads police on slow-speed chase Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: ‘To Hell and Gone’, an independent feature film shot in Safford and Klondyke and starring Carr Cavender, will have its world premiere in Tucson on April 13. By …
Film shot in Safford and Klondyke to premiere at Tucson film festival Read More
TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from March 25, 2019, through March 30, 2019. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. …
Jail Booking Report for March 25 – 30 Read More