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TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: The Pima Roughriders are the EAC 45th annual Girls Holiday Basketball Tournament Champions. Pictured are, front, from left, Ashlie Sherwood, Ella Wiltbank, Aubrie Sherwood, Jayci McClain, …
Pima girls atop 2A rankings released by AIA Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Thatcher’s Bradley Curtis and Pima’s Seth Russell each led their teams Tuesday night as they fiercely battled for Valley bragging rights. Thatcher vanquished Pima 50-42. By …
Eagles retain Valley bragging rights as Bradley Curtis elevates Thatcher over Pima Read More
TweetPinShare Following is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from Dec. 28, 2021 – Jan. 3, 2022. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking …
Jail Booking Report for December 28, 2021 – January 3, 2022 Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: Danielle Colby and Mike Wolfe from the American Pickers TV show are looking for your interesting antiques as the show returns to Arizona this March. Show looking for …
American Pickers to film in Arizona Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Census Bureau By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com Active caseload lessened to about 400 SAFFORD – Graham County ended the year with three COVID-19 deaths for a total of …
Health Department reports three more dead from COVID-19 Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy MGRMC: The first and only baby born on New Year’s Day at Mount Graham Regional Medical Center is Elysia Säde Rodriguez, of Safford. Contributed Article/Courtesy MGRMC SAFFORD – …
New Year’s Day baby Read More TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from Dec. 21 – Dec. 27, 2021. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. While …
Jail Booking Report for December 21 -27 Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo By Mythili Gubbi/Cronkite News December is Graham County’s deadliest month for COVID-19 By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The increase in deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Graham County …
Graham sees three more COVID-19 deaths but the current caseload drops below 500 Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Toni Corona: Herman Andrews Jr. left, holds up a banner announcing his 700th dual wrestling coaching victory with his father, Herman “BB” Andrews, who is a legendary track …
Safford wrestling coach Andrews makes history . . . again Read More
TweetPinShareArizona new Legislative Districts By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PHOENIX – The Arizona Independent Redistricting Committee did what the voters in Graham and Greenlee counties couldn’t; remove incumbent Tom O’Halleran (D-CD-1)as …
O’Halleran out in Graham/Greenlee counties’ redistricting Read More