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Column By Melissa Martin Life is challenging — some days more than others. Someone said that we are either getting ready to go into a problem; in the middle of …
Editorial: Cherish the days above ground Read More
Jon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Eliza Day pulls hard in the girls 9-10 butterfly race. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PIMA – The Morenci Manta Rays swam down to Pima to take …
Summer swim season starts Read More
Contributed Photo: Donna Wright By Edres Barney Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) link their direct family lines to patriots who supported the independence of America in …
Stories of Patriots in the American Revolution: Solomon DeLong Sr.’s story, as shared by Donna Wright Read More
Carlos Floyd “Jake” Colvin, 95, passed away quietly June 10, 2019, with his wife, Nina, and family members at his side in Yuma, Arizona. He was born Nov. 30, 1923, …
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Robert “Bob” Earl Wayne Chapman, of Safford, passed away June 13, 2019. He was born Jan. 13, 1932, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Robert John Chapman and Bertha Strand Chapman, joining his …
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Contributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: It took a jury less than an hour to find Manuel Campos guilty of possessing a prohibited weapon in an alleged incident that occurred Jan. 31. Second …
Guilty! Jury finds Manuel Campos guilty of possessing a prohibited deadly weapon in Thatcher shooting Read More
Contributed Article WASHINGTOND.C. – Ruiz Foods Products Inc., a Denison, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 246,514 pounds of frozen, not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) breakfast wrap products containing bacon that may be contaminated with …
Ruiz Foods Products Inc. recalls bacon breakfast wrap products due to possible foreign matter contamination Read More
Contributed Article PHOENIX – Man’s best friend and a clever play on words were the big winners in the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Safety Message Contest. After tallying more than …
ADOT announces winners in Safety Message Contest Read More
Nogales CBP officers seize $360,000 worth of meth Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOGALES – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers at the Port …
Phoenix woman caught trying to smuggle 120 pounds of meth across the border Read More
By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – A fifth-wheel parked on state land in the Little Hollywood area of Graham County burned Friday morning after one of the occupants’ cigarettes …
Careless smoking labeled as cause of fifth-wheel fire on state land in Little Hollywood area Read More