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TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Don Weaver/Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management: The Telegraph Fire burns overnight near Superior as the blaze grew to more than 70,000 acres Monday night. It is …
Hot, dry forecast offers little hope for relief as wildfires rage Read More
TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from May 25 – June 7, 2021. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. While …
Jail Booking Report for May 25 – June 7 Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: A Pima firefighter douses a car. The house was a complete loss but firefighters kept the blaze from spreading to adjacent neighbors. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com …
Fire consumes manufactured home in Pima Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Detectives with the Safford Police Department and Arizona Department of Public Safety located fentanyl pills like these shown on a wanted felon after …
Wanted felon caught with more than 700 fentanyl pills in Safford Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com BONITA – Bayacan, LLC, has refiled a rezoning application to change a greenhouse (Site 6) at NatureSweet’s tomato-growing facility from General Land Use Certification to Unlimited …
Bayacan refiles rezoning application to grow cannabis in NatureSweet greenhouse Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: A GCSO deputy rescued a motorist stranded in the mountains northeast of Eden and pulled his stuck Chevy Avalanche free. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM …
Deputy rescues motorist stranded in the mountains Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Graham County residents will be allowed one free load to the Safford Landfill during Community Pride Days on June 10-12. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD …
Free landfill dumping during Community Pride Days on June 10-12 Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo By Vandana Ravikumar/Cronkite News: The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that tribal police can detain non-tribal members in certain circumstances, despite a general prohibition on tribal authorities imposing their …
Supreme Court ruling says tribal police can detain non-tribal suspects Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – A 13-year-old boy was treated at Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center on Friday after accidentally shooting himself in his right leg. According to …
13-year-old boy accidentally shoots self in leg Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto courtesy Arizona State Parks: An 80-year-old man died Saturday morning after falling into Dankworth Pond while fishing. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – An 80-year-old man fell into …
80-year-old man dies while fishing at Dankworth Pond Read More