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TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo File Photo/Gila Herald: Volunteers hand out masks at an event in Morenci. The Greenlee BOS extended its mask mandate to Jan. 23, 2021, during an emergency meeting Friday. …
Greenlee mask mandate extended after emergency BOS meeting Read More
TweetPinShareGraham County lists 2,473 total for the pandemic, with 39 deaths By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services announced a new Safford …
Safford sees another COVID-19 death Read More
TweetPinShareGraham County lists 2,438 total for the pandemic, with 38 deaths By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Arizona Department of Health Services listed a new one-day record number of …
State reports record number of one-day COVID-19 deaths at 108 Read More
TweetPinShareGeorgina Misener, 34, of Tucson, pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault in the death of Morenci miner Matthew Gerald Misener, 35. By …
Morenci miner’s ex-wife pleads guilty in his murder Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy JustServe: The JustServe community resource helps bring together volunteers and service organizations. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES – The JustServe community resource brings sponsoring organizations …
JustServe supports community Read More TweetPinShareCounty lists 2,369 total for the pandemic, with 38 deaths By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A Thatcher resident’s death due to COVID-19 was reported by the Graham County Department …
Thatcher death attributed to COVID-19 Read More
TweetPinShareWalt Mares File Photo/Gila Herald: It has been at least five years since there has been a heavy snowfall, such as what covers this tree at Gila Health Resources in …
Christmas tree permits available in Apache Forest Read More TweetPinShareCounty lists 2,281 total for the pandemic, with 1,243 recovered, 1,002 active, and 36 deaths By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Graham County currently has more than 1,000 active cases …
Graham County surpasses 1,000 active COVID-19 cases Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Health professionals recommend wearing a mask while in public. State adds more than 10,000 positive tests Tuesday after the holiday weekend By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com …
Safford adds another COVID-19 death to its total Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo By Walt Mares What is so hard about leaving early for work? Column By Walt Mares What do Greenlee and Graham counties have strongly in common? Careless drivers. …
Editorial: Slow down, mine employees Read More