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Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Show Low junior Carlos Robles misses a pass as Morenci senior Steven Shawn Michael Chavez Jr. catches the ball. Chavez netted 8 points against the Cougars …
Morenci boys open Leonard Era with a road win, go .500 in first two weeks Read More
Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Senior Destanee Marquez pulls away from Show Low freshman Grace Moore for two of her 7 points. The Cougars left Wildcat Memorial Gymnasium with a 51-32 …
Morenci girls welcome Cowgirls on Thursday Read More
Contributed Photo/Courtesy ADOT Fighting the practice is a year-round mission at ports of entry, elsewhere Contributed Article/Courtesy ADOT PHOENIX – Human trafficking is a growing worldwide problem and one of …
ADOT officers combat human trafficking through training, awareness Read More
Contributed Photo/Courtesy ICE: This counterfeit 3M N95 mask was seized in a raid. Column By Mike Bibb You knew it was just a matter of time before someone suggested if …
Editorial: Mask up! Mask up again! And again! Read More
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