Thatcher prevails in overtime; on to state championship
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net After both teams cruised through the playoffs with easy wins, the No. 3 Thatcher Eagles faced off against unbeaten No. 2…
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EAC offering Russian this spring
By Lori Dugan THATCHER — Eastern Arizona College’s Communicative Arts Division is pleased to once again offer Beginning Conversational Russian (RUS011, section #1481) and Elementary…
Spring registration at EAC is underway
By Lori Dugan THATCHER — Students are registering for Spring semester 2017 at EAC and the classes are already filling up. If you’ve ever considered…
Local police to be in full DUI enforcement this holiday season
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleycentral.net THATCHER – The grants are in, and the boys in blue will be on the beat once more to patrol this…
Safford school reconstruction underway with incalculable cost
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleyentral.net SAFFORD – The damage from October’s hail storm has shuttered Safford’s normal school structure, and only time will tell how bad…
Student struck by car at EAC
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net THATCHER – An Eastern Arizona College student was flown to a Tucson hospital Tuesday night after being struck by a car…
Cowboy poetry and music gathering draws a standing room-only crowd
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – A cowboy on the range or at the store, the cowboy is a figure of hard work, an endless sky…
Juvenile bicyclist caught with drugs
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – A 17-year old male was booked into the Eastern Arizona Regional Juvenile Detention Facility on Nov. 9 after officers…
It’s turkey trotting time
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net PIMA – An event that mixes serious racers with pregnant moms pushing strollers is the Gila Valley’s signature family race of…
Local photographer turns to the sky as the supermoon passes over the Gila Valley
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – It wasn’t a blue moon, but a supermoon over the Gila Valley on Monday. Local photographers turned their collaborative…
