The return of 44
Editorial By Mike Bibb “He rises!” – Captain Ahab, “Moby Dick, The Great White Whale” by Herman Melville, 1851 In a July 2 headline, Newsmax News proclaimed…
Editorials
Of fires and horses
Editorial By Mike Bibb What do the deaths of two horses and a mule and a raging fire on Mount Graham have in common? Both…
What about after the fire?
Editorial by Mike Bibb Since many folks have recognized the Frye Fire on Mount Graham was botched from the very beginning by the U.S. Forest…
A Travesty of Justice
Editorial By Dexter K. Oliver It was one year ago, June 24, 2016, that the crimes first came to light on the Clifton Ranger District of…
Media bias, who knew?
Editorial By Mike Bibb Anyone remotely interested in the minute-by-minute press coverage of President Donald Trump has probably recognized an exhibition of anger and contempt not previously displayed towards a…
What a mess – part 2
Since publication of my op-ed “What A Mess” in the Gila Valley Central, June 22 edition, folks are raging either the Frye Fire has been…
What a mess
Editorial by Mike Bibb How can a quarter-acre, lighting-caused fire on Mount Graham explode into a 23,000-acre – and growing – catastrophe? By what rationalization is…
Public education strikes out at Legislature
By David Woodall Morenci Superintendent MORENCI – This was going to be the year that the governor and legislature focused on education – most thought…
The case for justifying jaguars
Opinion Column By Dexter K. Oliver The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) finally took the plunge. Once jaguars in the United States were listed under…
Toeing the Line
Opinion By Dexter K. Oliver The U.S. Border Patrol (BP) has authority to operate up to 100 miles from any U.S “external boundary”. Many people…
