Watch your step; rattlesnakes are on the move
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleycentral.net GRAHAM COUNTY – The Gila Valley is encompasses a desert landscape that residents share home to a variety of creatures. While…
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Hit-and-run driver caught with drugs
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – An alleged hit-and-run driver who was sought by police was apprehended at gunpoint March 10 after he was found…
Fish, family and fun at this year’s family fishing event
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleycentral.net ROPER LAKE STATE PARK – The weather was warm, the fish were biting and multiple local families were given a taste…
Officer assaulted by man admitting to be drug dealer
Stop for broken windshield becomes drug bust By Gualterio Casias CLIFTON – A Clifton man remains in the Greenlee County Jail after allegedly assaulting a…
Safford Fire Chief Clark Bingham honored by city council
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – To run toward danger instead of from it; to selflessly help others in need without concern of one’s own…
Woman dies in single-vehicle crash in Solomon
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SOLOMON – Isabel M. Aparicio, 20, of Solomon, died early Friday evening after being ejected from her car during a single-vehicle…
Pima crime rate increases in beginning of March
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral PIMA – While not representative of the weather, March has come in like a lion in Pima regarding crime and Pima…
Large Binocular Telescope shoots lasers over Mount Graham
By Eric Burk eric@gilavalleycentral.net MOUNT GRAHAM – What can resemble a weapon right out of Star Wars is actually a tool to help scientists learn…
Arizona fugitive and convicted murderer dies in Colorado prison
Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An inmate convicted of killing two people in New Mexico while on the run after escaping from an Arizona…
Plenty of fun to be had at library over spring break
Contributed Article Looking for family fun this spring break? Movie screenings, science shows, games and more await you this spring break at Safford City-Graham County…
