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TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy ADOT PHOENIX – With another winter behind us, three White Mountains-area state highways leading to lakes are scheduled to reopen on Tuesday, April 15, according to the Arizona …
State Route 366 ‘Swift Trail’ and White Mountain routes to reopen Tuesday, April 15 Read More
TweetPinShareBy Callie Walters/EAC THATCHER — More than 600 students and teachers from area schools attended an exceptional matinee performance of Anastasia at Eastern Arizona College on April 3, 2025, gaining firsthand insight into …
EAC Fine Arts hosts 600 area students for a special matinee performance of Anastasia Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A man already on sexual offender probation after previously pleading guilty to four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor is back in jail …
Man on probation for sexual exploitation of a minor jailed on new sex charges Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy City of Safford SAFFORD — You may have noticed our City of Safford Streets Department out and about during winter, applying a tar-like material to cracks on city …
Safford fog sealing has begun Read More
TweetPinShareStaff Reports GRAHAM COUNTY – To help protect animals from rabies, the Graham County Health Department has announced a drive-through rabies clinic on Saturday, May 3. The clinic, sponsored by …
Graham County drive-through rabies clinic Saturday, May 3 Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A “person of interest” in the June 2024 shooting death of Adam Christopher Avalos, 31, at the Copper Springs RV Park has been sent …
‘Person of interest’ in ongoing murder investigation sent to prison on probation violation Read More
TweetPinShareApproval before the school board on Thursday By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Out with the old and in with the MacNeil. The Safford School District is set to announce …
Safford set to hire Ishmael MacNeil as new football coach Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com EDEN—Late Tuesday afternoon, multiple local and state fire agencies collaborated to battle a quick-moving wildfire in the Hot Springs area, north of Pima and east of …
Firefighters battle wildfire in Hot Springs Read More
TweetPinShareThe following is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from April 1 – 7, 2025. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. While …
Jail Booking Report for April 1 – 7 Read More
TweetPinShareBy Edres Bryant Barney William Ashby was born May 1, 1855, in Provo, Utah, the seventh of 10 children born to Luch Agness Ashby and Edward Watkins Clark. He married …
Gila Valley History: William Ashby Clark and Julia Ann Holladay Clark Read More