Fort Huachuca hosts Memorial Day event to remember fallen soldiers
FORT HUATHUKA, Arizona — On a memorable day, a message from Maj. Gen. Anthony Hale was revealed at Monday’s memorial service. “To honor and remember. That’s why we’re here,” Hale said. This year’s event honored several families who lost loved ones in combat. Carla Rivera Lopez and her family took the front row as this […]
10-year anniversary set to remember Granite Mountain Hotshots
independent news media This June marks 10 years since 19 firefighters lost their lives in the Yarnell Hill fire. To honor and remember firefighters, a team of wilderness firefighters and law enforcement partners plan a memorial event in honor of Granite Mountain Hotshot, who died on June 30, 2013. I’ve been working on it since […]
Opinion: Opinion: On MLK Day, remember that King’s dream included full employment for all
Two years after Martin Luther King Jr. recounted his famous dream at the 1963 March on Washington, he confessed to the congregation of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church that “dreams often turned into nightmares.” Did. Not only was his dream “shattered” by continued violence against civil rights activists in the South, but the “absolute hopelessness” King […]