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Jon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: On Monday, the Graham County Board of Supervisors did not have an agenda item involving its mask regulation, effectively ending it upon its expiration date …
Graham County mask mandate to end Friday, February 5 Read More
Photo By Peg Hunter/Creative Commons: Detainees are silhouetted against windows of the Eloy Detention Center in this November 2018 photo. Eloy is one of the privately-run prisons in Arizona that …
Biden ban on new private prison contracts will not reach ICE detainees Read More
Contributed Photo: Hilary Grant, center, was awarded Ms. Natural Olympia 2020 Master’s Physique Division. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PIMA – Seventeen years in the making – carefully watching a diet, …
Local woman crowned Ms. Natural Olympia 2020 Read More
Rocky Ochoa, of Safford, passed away on Jan. 24, 2021, at his home with his loving wife, his children, and his brother at his side. Rocky was born on May …
Obituary for Rocky Ochoa Read More
Jon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Safford Police Department has made a recommendation that no charges be filed in the tragic death of a …
SPD recommends no charges be filed in death of man after domestic incident Read More
By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services recorded 178 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday to push the county’s total to 5,050 …
Graham County passes 5,000 total COVID-19 cases Read More
Jon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Pima’s Jacob Brimhall, right, alters the shot of Thatcher’s Bradley Curtis. Pima held on to win Thatcher’s home opener, 59-53. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com THATCHER – …
Pima holds on to spoil Thatcher’s home opener Read More
Photo By Chase Hunter/Cronkite News: Crowds of Trump supporters lean over a fence outside the Supreme Court to jeer counter-protesters who were kept on the other side of the barricade …
Editorial: Trump cult: I just don’t get it Read More
Jon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Pima’s Ashlyn Chlarson defends the hoop against Thatcher’s Cassidy Wakefield. Pima defeated Thatcher, 62-42. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com THATCHER – A defensive second period that allowed …
Pima girls rout Thatcher in Eagles’ home opener Read More
File Photo By Mythili Gubbi/Cronkite News: More than 200,000 flags were planted in Washington D.C. in November to represent the number of people killed by COVID-19 – a number that …
The deadliest year: Overall death toll grew by 25% in Arizona in 2020 Read More