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TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy National Park Service: Divers assess the Wahweap boat launch ramp at Lake Powell in this July 2021 photo, which shows the lake levels pulling the water’s edge back …
Colorado, San Pedro make annual list of ‘most endangered’ U.S. rivers Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Peter Waller Jr., of Thatcher, is suspected of committing armed robbery in Willcox. Waller was booked into Cochise County Jail on three counts each of armed robbery, …
Thatcher man arrested for Willcox drug store robbery Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com WILLCOX – A man was listed as being in critical condition Thursday after shooting himself Wednesday night following a high-speed chase down I-10 and Highway 191. …
High-speed chase on I-10 and Highway 191 ends in shooting Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: Arizona Water Defenders Chair Ashley Dahlke and Treasurer Rebekah Wilce prepare to turn in a petition with more than the required amount of signatures to put an Active …
Water conservation group petitions Cochise County to create management area for Willcox Groundwater Basin Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: The BLM will conduct a prescribed burn in March. Pictured is a fire along the Gila River from 2018. Piles of brush, cut to reduce …
BLM to conduct prescribed fire south of Bowie in March Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: This photo was taken in 2018 when State Rep. Becky Nutt was running for re-election. Nutt, left, was joined by current State Sen. Wendy Rogers, …
Clifton’s Nutt resigns from House Read More
TweetPinShareCourtesy ADOT Traffic will detour onto exit and entrance ramps Contributed Article/Courtesy ADOT WILLCOX – Motorists on both directions of Interstate 10 to the west of Willcox should expect a …
I-10 west of Willcox to close Sept. 11-12 Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy ADOT: U.S. Highway 191 south of Willcox is closed due to erosion under the roadway. ADOT crews repairing soil erosion under the roadway Contributed Article/Courtesy ADOT WILLCOX – …
Plan for extended closure, detour on U.S. Highway 191 south of Willcox Read More