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A Harbor Freight Tools like this one pictured will be opening this spring at the Mt. Graham Shopping Center in Safford. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Harbor Freight is …
Harbor Freight Tools to open Safford location Read More
Serve food safely during this Sunday’s Super Bowl. Contributed Article/Courtesy USDA WASHINGTON D.C. — According to the National Chicken Council, Americans will consume more than 1.4 billion chicken wings this Super …
This Super Bowl, don’t get sacked by foodborne illness Read More
Contributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: A specialist examines part of the longest cross-border tunnel ever found in the United States. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection SAN …
Longest cross-border tunnel discovered in San Diego Read More
Jon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: A car enters the intersection at the construction area of the 8th Avenue roundabout. Construction is slated to last through May. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM …
Construction of 8th Avenue roundabout moving forward Read More
Contributed Photo/Gila Herald: Mckenzie Sanders was already booked in on charges of possession of a narcotic drug and possession of drug paraphernalia when she was also found to have meth …
Jail inmate receives additional drug charges after meth is located in her personal property Read More
The third annual Upper Gila Watershed Forum will be held Feb. 21-22 at EAC’s Gherald L. Hoopes Activities Center. This year’s topic is ‘Collaboration Across Boundaries’ Contributed Article SAFFORD – …
Upper Gila Watershed Forum returns to the Gila Valley Read More
Jon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: A woman who was bucked off a mule was flown to a Tucson hospital on board a LifeNet helicopter like the one pictured here. By …
Woman flown to Tucson hospital after being bucked off mule Read More
By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com I don’t normally respond to things said by the Eastern Arizona Courier disparaging “online” news sources, but I feel compelled to dispel a recent advertisement it …
Editorial: Newspaper misrepresents self in radio ad Read More
Maripaul Jordan of Safford, passed away on Dec. 31, 2019, at her home with her loving husband, Leonard, at her side. She was born Feb. 26, 1952, in Santa Monica, Calif. …
Obituary for Maripaul Jordan Read More
Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection CALEXICO, Calif. – U.S.Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested a previously deported sex offender Monday afternoon. The incident occurred at around 3:05 …
Border Patrol apprehends convicted sex offender Read More