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…
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City of Safford falls victim in email wire transfer fraud
FBI leading investigation SAFFORD – Scammers not only go after grandmas and grandpas, some tangle with the big fish, including municipalities with budgets into the…
SPD arrests drug dealers with more than a pound of meth
Drug worth $40,000 on the street By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – A special detail of the Safford Police Department intercepted two drug dealers Monday…
Lunt retires from Pima
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net PIMA – “I’d still be in Pima if it wasn’t for my wife.” – Dennis Lunt. After 25 years of service,…
Mount Graham closure effective Thursday at noon
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral MOUNT GRAHAM – The top of Mount Graham from the point where the pavement ends just past Shannon Campground all the…
DPS nabs Pinal County kidnapping suspects with a little help from Gila Valley residents
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net THATCHER – Three men wanted in Pinal County on kidnapping, assault and robbery charges were apprehended by Arizona Department of Public…
Hell hath no fury . . .
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. The proverb adapted from William Congreve’s 1697 play “The Mourning Bride”…
Forest Service to close top of Mount Graham for Frye Fire
Move is a precautionary measure as firefighters make base camp at Columbine By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – “This fire is going to go until…
Man arrested for DUI after passing out in McDonald’s drive through
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – One man was arrested and another taken to jail on a warrant after apparently being too drunk to stay…
Community meeting on Frye Fire tonight – Frye Fire now listed at 350 acres
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – The Frye Fire on Mount Graham is in the burn scar of the Nuttall Complex Fire of 2004. With…
