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TweetPinShareBy Lori Dugan/EAC Thatcher – Eastern Arizona College’s Discovery Park Campus recently hosted a group of local educators for a special behind-the-scenes tour of the Mount Graham International Observatory (MGIO), …
EAC Discovery Park hosts local teachers for MGIO tour 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 Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com MOUNT GRAHAM – The quick ground response and aerial support have kept the Jacobson Fire on Mount Graham limited to 7.3 acres with no growth overnight. …
Quick action and aerial support helping knock out Jacobson Fire on Mount Graham Read More
TweetPinShareStaff Reports MOUNT GRAHAM – A new wildfire has started on Mount Graham. The Jacobson Fire was reported at about 9:35 p.m. on Monday, southeast of the Lower Turkey Flat …
Mount Graham on fire Read More
TweetPinShareThatcher – Eastern Arizona College’s Discovery Park is once again bringing the cosmos closer to home by returning guided tours to the Mount Graham International Observatory (MGIO), one of the …
EAC Discovery Park offers telescope tours of Mt. Graham International Observatory Read More
TweetPinShareStaff Reports Contributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Forest Service – Coronado National Forest Riggs Lake is now open to the public with the seasonal reopening of the upper portion of State Route …
Eagles nesting near Riggs Lake on Mount Graham Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy ADOT PHOENIX – With another winter behind us, three White Mountains-area state highways leading to lakes are scheduled to reopen on Tuesday, April 15, according to the Arizona …
State Route 366 ‘Swift Trail’ and White Mountain routes to reopen Tuesday, April 15 Read More
TweetPinShareFree-range hikers didn’t realize the difficulty of the terrain By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com MOUNT GRAHAM – A couple of free-range hikers are safe at home after being plucked from frigid …
Graham County SAR rescues hikers from Mount Graham Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy AZGFD PHOENIX — The endangered Mount Graham red squirrel, a subspecies of squirrel found only in the Pinaleño Mountains of southeastern Arizona, has been surveyed at higher population numbers …
Endangered Mount Graham red squirrel population increases substantially Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Forest Service: This shows the area of the fire. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com MOUNT GRAHAM – A lightning-caused wildfire in the Marijilda area on the northeastern side of …
Lightning-caused Marijilda Fire on Mount Graham extinguished by Forest Service Read More