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Jon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: A Pima firefighter douses a car. The house was a complete loss but firefighters kept the blaze from spreading to adjacent neighbors. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com …
Fire consumes manufactured home in Pima Read More
45-day comment period began June 3 Contributed Photo/Courtesy BLM Contributed Article/Courtesy BLM SAFFORD – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released proposed Wilderness and Ecosystem Plan Amendments to supplement the Safford Field Office (SFO) Vegetation Management …
BLM invites public comment on proposed plan amendments Read More
EAC File Photo: STEM Camp students visit the artificial turf football field at Camp Tontozona. By Phil McBride/EAC TONTO CREEK – Eastern Arizona College, with funding from the Rural Activation …
Area students attend summer STEM Camp at Tonto Creek Read More
Photo courtesy Maricopa County Elections Department: Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is the latest candidate to announce a run to replace Gov. Doug Ducey, who can’t seek a third …
Arizona Secretary of State, former TV anchor and others join 2022 governor race Read More
Vern Leroy Hatch, age 81, died Thursday, May 27, 2021, in St. George, Utah, with his loving wife, Barbara, and daughter, Kelley, at his side. Vern was born June 22, …
Obituary for Vern Hatch Read More
Contributed Photo: The Mescal Fire has grown to nearly 8,000 acres. Smoke closes Highway 70 By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAN CARLOS APACHE RESERVATION – The Mescal Fire grew to 7,903 …
Mescal Fire grows to nearly 8,000 acres Read More
Contributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Detectives with the Safford Police Department and Arizona Department of Public Safety located fentanyl pills like these shown on a wanted felon after …
Wanted felon caught with more than 700 fentanyl pills in Safford Read More
By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com BONITA – Bayacan, LLC, has refiled a rezoning application to change a greenhouse (Site 6) at NatureSweet’s tomato-growing facility from General Land Use Certification to Unlimited …
Bayacan refiles rezoning application to grow cannabis in NatureSweet greenhouse Read More
Inciweb File Photo: A DC-10 VLAT drops retardant while battling the Bighorn Fire last year. Aerial resources such as this are being utilized to help suppress the Mescal Fire currently …
Mescal Fire grows to 5,500 acres with zero containment Read More
Photo Courtesy Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office: The Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office seized 22 grams of meth during a DUI traffic stop Thursday night. The driver was booked into jail. Staff …
Greenlee County seizes 22 grams of meth in DUI stop, books driver into jail Read More