Man passes out drunk in bank drive through
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – It’s not just fast food restaurants where alleged drunk drivers are having trouble staying awake. Michael Cornelius Turner, 27,…
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Gila Valley celebrates Pioneer Days
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net GILA VALLEY – Handcarts, covered and uncovered wagons and a plethora of youth in olden garb walking along Church Street in…
Distraught woman attacks hospital staff
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – A woman distraught after finding out about her husband’s infidelity first injured herself and then took out her frustrations…
Young girls in critical condition after ATV wreck
Father being investigated for DUI By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net GRAHAM COUNTY – Two young girls were clinging to life at a Tucson hospital Tuesday after…
Bees attack after extermination attempt fails
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – A semi-truck driver was attacked by likely Africanized “killer” bees on Saturday after an extermination attempt the previous day…
Pregnant woman caught with heroin
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – The pull of opiates is so strong that it even outweighed the process of motherhood for a Thatcher woman….
Daley Estates roundabout completed
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleycentral.net THATCHER – With traffic safety as its main focus, the town of Thatcher has installed the Gila Valley’s first roundabout at…
Clifton man claims ‘voices’ told him to steal pickup truck
Truck was taken from Kempton Chevrolet in Clifton By Gualterio Casias CLIFTON – A Clifton man who was arrested for who stealing a pickup truck…
Coronado National Forest receives Frye Fire rehabilitation funding
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net MOUNT GRAHAM – The Frye Fire on Mount Graham burned 48,443 acres and now the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team…
Wet Canyon Floods on Mount Graham: What you need to know to about flash floods
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – A seemingly innocent afternoon thunderstorm can turn deadly for anyone down stream. Before camping, or even going for a…
