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TweetPinShareFile Photo By Stan Bonifacio: Jejdrique Chavez posterizes T.J. Reed on a dunk after a steal in the fourth period of Safford’s 63-61 victory over rival Thatcher last year. The …
AIA reverses decision, winter sports to move forward January 18 Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services (GCDHHS) has reported the fifth death of a county resident attributed to COVID-19 in the …
Second Pima resident’s death from COVID-19 makes five for Graham County in last week Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Alec Judd makes his way down the court during a basketball game last season. The AIA has canceled all winter sports this season due to …
Winter sports canceled due to statewide hospital capacity concerns Read More
TweetPinShareThe majority of Graham County’s new positive tests for COVID-19 released Friday came from ASPC-Safford and was a cumulative drop that had accrued since Dec. 28, 2020. Previous incarceration cases …
Graham County’s explosion of 365 new COVID-19 cases on Friday due mostly to state correctional facilities Read More
TweetPinShareGraham County recorded its fourth death attributed to COVID-19 in the past three days and increased to 3,601 positive cases since the start of the pandemic. Greenlee County also reported …
Graham County reports fourth COVID-19 death in three days Read More TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services listed one new death attributed to COVID-19 on Wednesday; the third death in the last …
Thatcher victim is third county death attributed to COVID-19 this week Read More
TweetPinShareWalt Mares Photo/Gila Herald: Convicted murderer Georgina Misener is escorted from the Greenlee County Superior Courtroom after being sentenced to 33.75 years in Arizona State Prison. The sentencing occurred Jan. …
Morenci miner’s ex-wife sentenced to maximum term of 33.75 years for his murder Read More
TweetPinShareState lists record 253 new deaths but most due to reclassification By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services listed two new deaths …
Graham County records two new COVID-19 deaths Read More
TweetPinShareGreenlee County Courthouse By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com CLIFTON – Iran Dewayne Munn, 46, of Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced Tuesday by Greenlee County Superior Court Judge Monica L. Stauffer to 15 …
Tennessee man sentenced to 15 years for attempting to prostitute underage girl from Morenci Read More TweetPinShareA number of Safford’s new positive tests for COVID-19 have come from the area’s prisons, including ASPC-Safford. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – COVID-19 is on the rise in Graham …
State and federal prisons adding to an increase in Safford COVID-19 cases Read More