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Hard work & sacrifice result in healthy livestock
Most animals shown at the Graham County Fair have gone through months of healthy meals, regular exercise and grooming in preparation for the competition and the livestock auction.
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Interim city attorney advises council
The Safford City Council entered into executive session for legal advice on three items during its meeting Oct. 13 and emerged without making decisions on any of them.
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Thatcher School District seeks relief for overcrowding
In the wake of the Arizona School Facil-ities Board's moratorium on paying for new schools and classrooms, the Thatcher School Board is looking at ways to alleviate overcrowding in district schools.
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Pima School Board awards bid for school addition
The Pima School District’s voter-approved $1.2-million bond issue will cover the cost of new elementary school classrooms with money to spare.
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Safford clarifies call to public, press
After a lengthy discussion and the defeat of two separate motions to reinstate the call to the press agenda item, Mayor Ron Green stated that the press could ask questions any time during a meeting as long as it pertained to the agenda item currently being discussed. He then instructed interim City Manager David Kincaid to reword the public comment section of the agenda to reflect his statement.
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Donated goods do not belong to public
Donations left in drop boxes for the Graham County Rehabilitation Center are being mistaken as donations to the community — and that is stealing, said Lane Hegel, administrative assistant at GCRC.
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Grant’s trial postponed, will begin in two weeks
After more than seven years since the death of Faylene Eaves Grant by drowning in the bathtub at her Gilbert home, the first-degree murder trial against her husband at the time, Doug Grant, has been postponed again.
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Locals against removal of public notices
A proposal by the Arizona League of Cities and Towns to remove public notices from newspapers and post them instead on municipal Web sites received a cool reception from several residents of Graham and Greenlee counties.
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The Eastern Arizona Courier received third place in general excellence at the Arizona Newspapers Association’s annual awards presentation Saturday.
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Wilson competes at County Fair for last time
Lauren Wilson was at her last Graham County Fair as a contestant — she flew home from college in Oklahoma to show her two Suffolk cross lambs in the livestock competition.
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Fire prevention starts with young
Dreams of growing up to be a firefighter can be reached at a young age, according to Tommy Snodderley, a Thatcher firefighter, because firefighting isn’t just about putting out fires, but preventing them.
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Men burned by hot oil atTri-County Materials
An accident at Tri-County Materials on Thursday caused two men to be airlifted for care of burns they suffered when they were sprayed with hot asphalt oil.
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Costs at local pumps still higher
Gas prices have recently started to come down in the Gila Valley, yet area drivers are still paying close to the highest rates in the state and nation.
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Volunteers support traditional marriage proposition
To secure marriage in its traditional form — a legal union between one man and one woman — is the motivation behind Lillian White’s volunteer service as a chairman for the YesforMarriage coalition in the Gila Valley.
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Parmeter pleads guilty to conspiracy
Former Eastern Arizona basketball coach Timothy Martin Parmeter, 39, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with a minor.
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Man shoots girlfriend, kills self
A domestic disturbance ended with a man shooting his ex-girlfriend in the arm before turning the gun on himself Sunday evening at a dairy west of Pima.
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P.J. Allred
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This election day, Nov. 4, registered voters of Safford will be asked to vote on two questions from the city regarding the issuing of bonds to pay for new fire and police facilities.
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Prolific author J.A. Jance delights fans
Admiring fans flocked to the Safford Center for the Arts on Oct. 14 to listen to J.A. Jance, author of 40 books.
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Supervisors approve prelim plat for Sierra Del Sol
After hearing concerns raised by the Artesia Concerned Citizens, the Graham County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to approve the preliminary plat for the first phase of the Sierra Del Sol subdivision.
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Toxic solution from mine spills into Chase Creek
Thousands of gallons of a highly toxic solution used at the Freeport McMoRan copper mine in Morenci were blocked from pouring into the San Francisco River in Clifton at mid-afternoon Thursday.
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Thousands of gallons of a highly toxic solution used at the Freeport McMoRan copper mine in Morenci were blocked from pouring into the San Francisco River in Clifton at midafternoon Thursday.
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Girl dies after being hit by truck
Tragedy struck the residents of the Sunrise Village & RV Mobile Home Resort on Tuesday afternoon, when 8-year-old Elizabeth Bates was killed after being hit by a truck.
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