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Jon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: An inmate was found deceased at the Graham County Adult Detention Facility on Saturday. A week prior, an inmate at the Greenlee County Jail was …
Two inmates die at local jails roughly one week apart Read More
Clayton Raymond Bell was born July 10, 1923 to George Washington Bell and Mary Boudreau in Peru, New York. He was the youngest of seven children and had two brothers and four sisters. …
Obituary for Clayton Bell Read More
Photo By Rebecca Johnson: Paige Sullivan, of Tucson, sets her eye on a Red Delicious. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com MOUNT GRAHAM – For 96 years, the family-run Angle Orchard on …
Still some time left to pick apples at Angle Orchard Read More
Contributed Photo: DAR members, from left, Gayle Bryce and Colleen Murphy, check resources for a free workshop on ‘Finding Your Patriot’ to be hosted by the DAR Gila Valley Chapter …
DAR to host Patriot workshop Read More
Column By Melissa Martin Physical pain. Emotional pain. Spiritual pain. Take a poetry pill, rub on a soothing balm in the form of a poem, or write rhyming or non-rhyming …
Poetry as medicine Read More
Terry Gene Dunagan, 66, of Central, passed away Oct. 15. Terry was born March 3, 1952 in Safford to Stephen Wallace and Ruth Bird Dunagan, joining his siblings, Larry, Ruth, Jerry, and Mike. …
Obituary for Terry Dunagan Read More
Jon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran, shown here in Pima earlier in the year, will meet with locals at historic sites in Graham and Greenlee counties Sunday, …
U.S. Rep. O’Halleran to meet locals at historic sites Read More
Photo By L. Scott Bennett: Zack Walker goes over the top. Fort Thomas lost a heartbreaker after three overtimes, 66-58. By L. Scott Bennett FORT THOMAS – The Fort Thomas …
Fort Thomas loses shootout with Joseph City Read More
Jon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Carlos Gonzalez vapes while at the Safford Skate Park. School officials and experts say that teens are attracted to e-cigarettes because they do not produce …
Teen tobacco use down, but e-cig use draws health officials’ concern Read More
Contributed Photo: This DPS patrol vehicle was used to stop a wrong-way driver on I-10 in Tucson. Contributed Article TUCSON – On Oct. 14, Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) …
State trooper intentionally collides with wrong-way driver in Tucson Read More