DPS arrests reckless driver after high-speed chase from Safford to San Carlos Reservation

File Photo/Courtesy of DPS: Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers detained a reckless driver Tuesday morning who was suspected of being driving under the influence after a high-speed pursuit from Safford to Peridot. John Johnson john.johnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – A New Mexico man was arrested after a police chase in Graham County from Safford to […]

Governor Hobbs stops in Safford

Photo by John Johnson/Gila Herald: Gov. Katie Hobbs visited Safford on Thursday to speak at a sponsors dinner for the Safford Spring Festival. John Johnson john.johnsonnews@gmail.com John Johnson Video/Gila Herald SAFFORD – Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs stopped in Safford on Thursday, meeting with local leaders in the afternoon before shaking hands with business owners at […]

Notice for the November 2024 Graham County School Governing Board elections

John Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: School board positions will be up for election this fall. Contributed Articles GRAHAM COUNTY – The Graham County Superintendent of Schools is pleased to inform registered voters in Graham County that candidate packets for School Board are available. Candidate packets may be picked up at the Graham County Superintendent of […]

Graham County schools outperform state on Auditor General’s report

John Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Aerial photo showing the start of construction on Pima's new high school. In this article, Pima Superintendent Sean Rickert provides a breakdown of school spending and the Arizona State Comptroller's annual report. Written by Sean E. Rickert/Pima Schools Superintendent John Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Pima Superintendent Sean Rickert PHOENIX – […]

Jury absolves Graham County in Jorden Simms wrongful death lawsuit

Posted Photo/Courtesy of GCSO: This is a booking photo taken on December 21, 2019, the night Jorden Sims was arrested. Five days later, she jumped from a moving transport vehicle and sustained fatal injuries. A Pima County jury on Thursday cleared the GCSO of liability in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by her mother, Deborah […]

NatureSweet Celebrates Grand Opening Of Greenhouse Production Facility In Graham County

With an investment of more than $5 million, the facility will create 250 new jobs Graham County, Arizona (February 13, 2024) – nature sweetNorth America's largest vertically integrated agriculture company and number one snacking tomato brand, has added another location to its portfolio of greenhouse facilities, planting and growing crops in Bonita, Arizona, located in […]

NatureSweet Celebrates Ribbon Cutting of Greenhouse Production Facility in Arizona

Graham County, Arizona –nature sweetNorth America's largest vertically integrated agriculture company and number one snacking tomato brand, has added another location to its portfolio of greenhouse facilities, planting and growing crops in Bonita, Arizona, located in Graham County. It has started. The major agricultural producer plans to hire approximately 250 farmers over the next three […]

Search For Missing 12-Year-Old Arizona Girl Enters Second Week As Fears Mount

update: betty sue taylor safely discovered In South Carolina, relatives and law enforcement officials said. oxygen.com. Loved ones are desperately searching for a 12-year-old child who went missing in Arizona more than a week ago. Betty Sue Taylor was last seen in Safford, Arizona, around 11 a.m. on March 20, after telling her father, Justin […]

Wrongful death trial begins after woman dies in police custody

Jorden Sims, 28, died after unshackling himself and jumping from the back of a moving police car. TUCSON, Ariz. — A wrongful death trial alleging negligence in the death of 28-year-old Jorden Sims is underway in federal court in Tucson. An investigation by the Arizona Attorney General's Office found no evidence of criminal activity. Now, […]

Grower cuts ribbon on Arizona greenhouse production facility

NatureSweet has added another location to its portfolio of greenhouse facilities and has begun planting and growing crops in Bonita, Arizona, located in Graham County. The agricultural producer plans to hire approximately 250 farm workers and invest more than $5 million in the facility over the next three years. The investment marks the expansion of […]