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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: David Ramirez, 27, was booked into jail for human smuggling. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – A suspect is facing prison time followed by deportation himself …
Sheriff’s Office arrests human smuggler with a load of illegal immigrants Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry: After going eight years without an execution, Arizona put three men to death by lethal injection in 2022, and state officials …
Arizona resumed executions in 2022, outgoing Brnovich seeks one more Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Pierce Ashby blocks a shot attempt by Kaden Bruggeman off Bruggeman’s back for the turnover. Pima held Trivium Prep without a field goal for the entire …
Pima locks down Trivium Prep in home opener Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy ADOT Agency provides tips, and tools to help drivers prepare for snow, ice Contributed Article/Courtesy ADOT ARIZONA – With winter storms occurring in northern Arizona this month and …
ADOT’s high country advisory: ‘Know Snow’ for winter driving Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema speaks to local leaders in Safford in an August visit in this file photo. On Friday, Sinema announced she was switching …
Arizona no longer has two Democrat senators Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Richard Vogel/AP/Shutterstock: A vendor makes change for a cannabis sale at a Los Angeles marketplace in this photo from 2020 when Arizona legalized the recreational use of marijuana. …
‘C’ you later: Cannabis sales soar, but don’t threaten Arizona’s 5 C’s yet Read More
TweetPinShareAlexander Zemlianichenko Photo/Pool via REUTER: Brittney Griner has been released from a Russian penal colony in a prisoner exchange with the United States. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com WASHINGTON – Phoenix …
WNBA star Brittney Griner freed from Russia in prisoner exchange Read More
TweetPinShareThe federal government has extended the deadline for a federally-compliant form of ID for two more years. Contributed Article PHOENIX – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has again extended …
Federal government extends AZ Travel ID to May 2025 Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: The solar panels at the Pima Pool double as a parking shade structure. Senators urge the administration to extend a two-year pause on new solar …
Senators Kelly, and Sinema, join colleagues in a statement on commerce solar tariff investigation, call for extension of two-year pause on tariffs Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy ADOT Seasonal closure coincides with North Rim park facilities shutting down Contributed Article/Courtesy ADOT JACOB LAKE – State Route 67 leading to the North Rim of Grand Canyon …
SR 67 to Grand Canyon North Rim closed for the winter Read More