Frye Fire grows to 2,500 acres, Type 2 Management Team to take over
Back burn operations begin By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net MOUNT GRAHAM – With the Frye Fire now at roughly 2,500 acres, back burning operations have begun…
June 2017
Heat wave intensifies Frye Fire, now more than 1,000 acres
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net MOUNT GRAHAM – The Frye Fire on Mount Graham has intensified as previously wet fuels have dried out due to the…
Safford Police Chief Brugman visits the Safford Library
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – Educational to adults while being friendly and outgoing to the kids, Safford Police Chief Joe Brugman read two books…
Unlicensed juvenile driver rolls car
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net CENTRAL – An unlicensed juvenile from Pima reportedly fell asleep at the wheel early Tuesday morning and rolled the silver, Ford…
Man accidentally sends lewd pic and video to wrong woman
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – There’s butt dialing and then there’s this. A Morenci man was contacted by Safford Police on June 11 after…
Richard “Rich” Eugene Arnold
Richard “Rich” Eugene Arnold, 69, of Safford, AZ passed away June 9, 2017, after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born August 9, 1947…
Pima Pedestrian Bridge open for business, and business is good
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net PIMA – If you build it, they will come. Nearly every morning since the gates were left open last week, the…
EAC’s Summer Session II starts next week
By Erin Larson THATCHER — Eastern Arizona College’s Summer Session II begins Monday, June 26, and there are still many course offerings to choose from,…
Frye Fire sweeping through creek drainages
Fire now roughly 800 acres with 14 percent containment By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net MOUNT GRAHAM – The Frye Fire has grown to roughly 800 acres…
Heroin addict steals from family, pawns items for cash
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – In a scene that has come all too familiar in the Gila Valley, a Safford woman was taken to…
