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TweetPinShareThe following is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from June 11 – 16, 2025. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. While …
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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – A joyous church gathering turned tragic Saturday night when a 6-year-old autistic boy fatally drowned in a man-made pond north of Safford. The …
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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – More than 30 local protesters braved the heat at the intersection of 20th Avenue and Highway 70 in Safford/Thatcher on Saturday morning to join …
Safford joins in “No Kings” protest of Donald Trump Read More TweetPinShareThe following is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from June 4 – 10, 2025. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. While …
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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – An unoccupied motorhome caught fire spontaneously. It burned to the ground while parked outside a residence just southeast of Safford off S. Nelson Lane …
Unoccupied motorhome spontaneously burns Read More TweetPinShareThe following is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from May 28 – June 3, 2025. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. …
Jail Booking Report for May 28 – June 3 Read More
TweetPinShareBy Bonnie Briscoe/Gila Valley DAR In May, the Gila Valley Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented the 2025 DAR Good Citizen Award at …
DAR Good Citizen Awards presented to local high school students Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com MOUNT GRAHAM – Enlisted to ask a bachelor party to keep the volume down late at night at Riggs Lake on top of Mount Graham, the …
Shootout at Riggs Lake Read More
TweetPinShareBy Lori Dugan/EAC THATCHER — Eastern Arizona College honored its Spring 2025 nursing graduates during a moving pinning ceremony held May 9 at the Lee Little Theater in the Gherald L. …
A legacy of care takes root at home: EAC celebrates spring 2025 nursing graduates Read More
TweetPinShareBy Kris McBride/EAC THATCHER, Ariz. — Eastern Arizona College (EAC) is proposing a primary property tax levy of $8.6 million for the 2026 budget year. Excluding new construction, this represents …
EAC Board to Consider 2026 Tax Levy Proposal Read More