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TweetPinShareGOP wants cuts in Medicare, privatize Social Security By Walt Mares Social Security. Who needs it? Millions of Americans, that is who. It is not a giveaway program as some …
Editorial: Social Security: older folks, who needs them? Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Walt Mares Do not be ignorant, arrogant, or stupid Column By Walt Mares Some hard rain has been falling recently in Greenlee and Graham counties. The hills and …
Flood waters in channels can become fatal Read More
TweetPinShareToday, fear and hatred are now promoted, practiced Column By Walt Mares Easter. Put aside the bunny rabbits and plastic eggs Easter is supposed to be one of the holiest …
Editorial: What has happened to Christ’s message? Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Asad Chishti for illustrative purposes. Burning books is a Nazi-like sacrilege Column By Walt Mares I am a voracious lover of books, even more so since I retired …
Editorial: Freedom of thought is sacred, but not to some Read More
TweetPinShareWalt Mares File Photo/Gila Herald: People line up to vote at the Morenci Club in this 2020 file photo. They were practicing one of the most precious fundamental rights and …
Editorial: Old enough to die, but not to vote? Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto for illustrative purposes. Is the Biblical battle in Heaven now here on earth? Column By Walt Mares They are often be seen at the intersection where Greenlee County’s only …
Editorial: What about the coming of Christ? Read More
TweetPinShareWalt Mares Photo/Gila Herald: The Clifton Train Depot provides a delight of lights as does the tall Christman tree on its lawn. The regular presence of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep …
Editorial: Clifton bounces back from Christmas 1983 Read More
TweetPinShareWalt Mares Photo/Gila Herald: A Morenci sunset Column By Walt Wares Thanksgiving is past and Christmas is approaching. It is less than a week away. Many American newspapers and other …
Editorial: Why not practice random acts of kindness? Read More
TweetPinShareWalt Mares Photo/Gila Herald: This photo is of a copy of a Nov. 22, 1963, newspaper with big, heavy headlines telling of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The paper …
JFK killed: A fateful day not forgotten Read More
TweetPinShareWalt Mares Photo/Gila Herald Considered themselves ‘just regular guys’ Column By Walt Mares It happened more than 14 years ago. It was a unique funeral ceremony at the Franklin Cemetery …
Editorial: ‘Morenci 9’ survivors rejected hero label Read More