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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy SPD: This picture shows the damage to a truck after it struck a utility pole and knocked out electricity to a Safford neighborhood on Christmas. By Jon Johnson …
Hit-and-run collision knocks out power to Safford on Christmas Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: More winter weather is on the way with a hard freeze warning to welcome the new year. Possibility for snow throughout Graham and Greenlee counties By …
New year to start with below freezing weather Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: The city of Safford will be performing water infrastructure work in the area of the “Y” intersection of 8th Avenue, Safford/Bryce Road, and Airport Road in …
Utility work in preparation for the construction of a roundabout to cause traffic delays on 8th Avenue Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com WASHINGTON D.C. – George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew it on their plantations. It was grown for the war effort in 1943 at the behest of …
Trump signs 2018 Farm Bill legalizing hemp cultivation on a federal level Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: The Gila Mountain Range is snowcapped by a winter storm Thursday night and early Friday morning. Below freezing temperatures are expected for Graham and Greenlee counties …
Winter storm tops Gila Mountain Range with snow Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Workers from Ward Brothers Enterprise LLC install a fire-engine red metal roof on top of the Pima Fire Department. Roof paid for by $49,000 grant from …
Pima Fire Department gets new roof Read More
TweetPinShareShoots bullet through adjacent hotel room By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – An intoxicated man was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 18, after accidentally firing a shot through his hotel room and …
Intoxicated man goes off half-cocked at Best Western Desert Inn, sends shot through wall Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Niko Imrich, 23, was arrested and booked into the jail on narcotic drug charges and DUI. Drugs seized; suspects jailed By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A …
Heroin dealer caught through shoplifting investigation Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Pima Mayor C.B. Fletcher, left, and Santa Claus (GCEC General Manager Kirk Gray) share a moment after the cooperative presented a check to the town of …
Pima receives $375,000 Christmas gift from Co-op Read More
TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from Dec. 17, 2018, through Dec. 23, 2018. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. While …
Booking Report December 17 – 23 Read More