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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – While Graham County experienced three deaths attributed to COVID-19 this week, the downward trend in new cases has continued from February into March …
Graham County now only has a fraction of active COVID-19 cases compared to overall count Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The mixture of precautionary measures, post-holidays, and vaccine rollout possibly has helped lower the number of cases of COVID-19 in Graham County. As of …
Graham County now has less than 600 active COVID-19 cases Read More TweetPinShareGraham County now lists 71 deaths from COVID-19 By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services (GCDHHS) announced the death of a Safford …
Another Safford resident’s death attributed to COVID-19 Read More TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com MORENCI – It took Greenlee County an entire year to register six deaths from COVID-19 and now it has listed three in less than one week. …
Another Morenci resident’s death attributed to COVID-19 Read More TweetPinShareArizona passes 800,000 total cases and 15,000 deaths for the pandemic By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Graham County has registered its first COVID-19 death under the age of 20. …
Safford sees first COVID-19 death of resident under the age of 20 Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo File Photo/Gila Herald: Volunteers hand out masks at an event in Morenci. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GREENLEE COUNTY – Late Monday night, the Greenlee County Health Department advised …
Greenlee County announces two new COVID-19 deaths Read More TweetPinShareThatcher resident’s death attributed to COVID-19 By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Cases of COVID-19 in Graham County continue to slow after the January spike, however, some are still losing …
COVID-19 cases slow at start of February Read More TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services announced the death of a San Carlos Apache Tribal member in the 55-64 age group …
Graham County reports additional COVID-19 death but also a reduction of 10 overall cases Read More
TweetPinShareClifton, Arizona Primary purpose is to house Morenci miners Staff Reports CLIFTON – It is a matter of the old meeting the new. Each is historic in its own right. …
Old Clifton gym to be the site of new housing Read More TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The local facilities for the Arizona State Prison Complex-Safford are still adding to the number of COVID-19 positive tests for the Safford zip code. …
State prisons still attributing to Safford COVID-19 numbers Read More