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TweetPinSharePhoto By Amy Napier: The Pima Roughriders Boys Basketball team’s locker room received a facelift this year. The “extreme makeover” was three years in the making “We hope to use …
Labor of love, Pima boys basketball receives locker room facelift Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: A customer makes her selection at the Giving Machines located at Safford City Hall. The mobile machines will be in place until Dec. 16. By Jon …
Mobile Giving Machines stand out at Safford City Hall 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
TweetPinShareContributed Article SAFFORD – In an ongoing effort to reduce the number of drug and alcohol-impaired drivers on our streets and highways, the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety recently …
SPD awarded nearly 16K to combat DUI 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
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Jesse Pedroza Contreras was booked on charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, aggravated DUI, unlawful flight from pursuing law enforcement, criminal damage, and driving on …
Alleged repeat DUI offender rams cop’s cruiser during police chase Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: From left, FFCT President Luke Hatch and OneAZ Credit Union Safford Branch Manager Enrique Garcia hold a banner in support of Hatch’s nonprofit. The credit union …
OneAZ donates $32,500 to aid families of children with life-altering illnesses Read More
TweetPinShareKelly Richmond File Photo/Cronkite News: Buses line up outside Tempe High School in this 2021 file photo. The bus driver is just one of the positions that school administrators around …
Report: Schools struggle to fill a range of jobs, in the classroom and beyond Read More
TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from Nov. 29 – Dec. 5, 2022. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. While …
Jail Booking Report for November 29 – December 5 Read More
TweetPinShareSoy Super/I’m Super free, hands-on exhibition to run through Jan. 12 Contributed Article SAFFORD – Come one, come all to the Safford City – Graham County Library’s Open House for …
Safford Library presents STEAM exhibition Read More