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Stacker compiled statistics about where people in Graham County are looking to buy homes using cross-market demand and monthly inventory data from Realtor.com.

Following is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from May 23 – 31, 2023. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. While the following have been incarcerated, each person is considered innocent until found guilty in a court of law. May...

FORT THOMAS — A juvenile was killed when a Ranger ATV rolled in the area of Black Rock and Hinton roads. The accident occurred around 1 p.m. Saturday, May 27. One of the passengers in the ATV told Graham County Sheriff’s deputies the ATV was traveling southbound on Black Rock Road when an oncoming vehicle traveling northbound crossed into the southbound lane.

SAFFORD — Gila Valley Leadership Cohort 17 may have the most early success of any Leadership class to date. Leadership Cohort 17 celebrated its completion Thursday, during the Graham County Chamber of Commerce’s June Soiree at The Venue on Main, and attendees learned that two of the cohort’s participants are already moving into new leadership positions.

SAFFORD — Ryker Griffin is the winner of the logo contest for the The Gila Valley Samaritan Home. The Gila Valley Samaritan Home is a planned respite center for the homeless community, and will be located near the intersection of highways 70 and 191. It is currently undergoing remodeling and is set to open its doors in July 2023.

SAFFORD — The Gila Valley Hiking Club is giving everyone a chance to spot some deer and wild turkeys, when they hike from Snow Flat to Treasure Park this Saturday. The hike is 2.5 miles round trip, and follows an old Jeep trail now closed to motorized vehicles. In...

Connie Lee Smith, age 82, passed away the morning of May 20, 2023, at her home in Safford, Arizona. Connie was born in Lakeside, Arizona, on December 7, 1940, to Wallace and Nell Johnson. She attended and graduated from Lakeside High School in 1958, and then attended Lamson Jr Business College.

More than 300 students received their diplomas in various healthcare programs including nursing, pharmacy technician, and occupational therapy.

FORT THOMAS – In times of need, the Gila Valley stays strong and the community rallies to those tragically affected. And now, the community of Pima and Fort Thomas mourn the passing of one of its middle schoolers, Miguel Hernandez, 12, who tragically died Saturday in a UTV crash in Fort Thomas, while others attempt to recover from both physical and mental trauma.

PIMA – Charles Roseberry Rogers, born Dec. 2, 1888, in Pima, Arizona, was the third child and second son of Louisa Christina Roseberry and Joseph Knight Rogers. When his father died in an accident, his mother had all 10 children at home. Within a year, his older siblings, Charlotte and Joseph were married, leaving Charles as the oldest child at home.

SAFFORD — The towns of Pima and Thatcher, City of Safford and Graham County are teaming for Community Pride Days this month. During Community Pride Days, which will run June 8-10, residents are entitled to one free load of residential trash at the landfill. No hazardous materials will be accepted.

Ralph Frias is on the move. The big man from a small town in Arizona has found a new football home in the still snow-capped mountains of Utah. In this “Zone Read,” we catch up with the 2018 Safford High School 3-star offensive lineman who is excited for his next football chapter at Utah State after five years at Arizona State.

Janet Ann McEuen, age 73 and a resident of Safford, passed into the eternities Tuesday evening, May 23, 2023, at the Mount Graham Regional Medical Center, with her children at her bedside. Janet leaves to mourn: her children, LaDawn Hawkins (Jay Rex), Kelly Hott, Austin Ty McEuen and Kevin Blake;...

SAFFORD – Have some unsightly trash around your home you’d like to haul to the dump? How about getting rid of it at no charge?. For the betterment of the county, Safford, Thatcher, Pima, and Graham County are teaming up to sponsor the Safford City Landfill at 2755 N. Safford Landfill Rd. to host its bi-annual Community Pride Days from Thursday, June 8 – Saturday, June 10, from 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

SAFFORD — Service providers, nonprofit organizations, elected officials and more community leaders got their first look at the draft Community Health Assessment Thursday. The Graham County Health Department brought together at the Graham County General Services Building a wide array of concerned groups to review the data and offer suggestions on how to move forward on the top three priorities as defined by the participants in the Community Health Survey — access to health care, behavioral and mental health, and developing healthy lifestyles.

SAFFORD — Southwest Gas employees will be pitching in this weekend to help those who help those in need. Twenty members from Southwest Gas’ BLUE (Building Lives Up Everywhere) volunteer team will be at Our Neighbor’s Farm and Pantry Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., helping replace the farm’s drip irrigation system, build fencing for a chicken coop, weed the garden, install a concrete slab for a lending library, and sort cans in the pantry.

SAFFORD — Organizations that play a role in the health and well being of Graham County citizens will come together this week to set the health priorities for the coming months. The Graham County Health Department is hosting the Community Health Improvement Meeting Thursday, June 1, at the general...

PACC had been seeing an increase in infectious diseases, such as distemper, among dogs coming into the shelter.

Star, a two-year-old pit bull terrier, has been at the Pima Animal Care Center since Oct. 7, 2022. She was rescued by an animal protection officer. Arizona lawmakers are rethinking how access to health care is more than just for humans. A bill, which was signed into law early May, will allow local veterinarians to expand their services into telemedicine.

THATCHER, Ariz. — Eastern Arizona College (EAC) has proposed a lower tax rate for the 2024 budget year to the Graham County Community College District Governing Board (Governing Board). The reduction in the College’s tax rate was made possible because the overall assessed value of property in Graham County has increased over the past year, having a net effect of providing additional revenue for EAC. The Governing Board will decide whether to act on EAC’s recommendation at its June board meeting.