Overgaard News

Area residents and visitors along the Interstate 40 corridor in Navajo County will have plenty of activities to choose from as they celebrate Independence Day on Saturday, July 4. Read more... Photo by Linda Kor This 142-foot wind turbine blade donated by Blattner Energy is now on display on the south side of the entrance to the Navajo County ...

By Linda Kor PETA is demanding a criminal investigation of the killings of 55 dogs at the residence of Edward Harvey of Chevelon Retreat in Overgaard.

Federal land managers focus too many of their wildfire-prevention efforts in remote forests and rangelands miles from homes and businesses at a time when more people are moving to the areas most at risk, according to a new report released Monday.

By Linda Kor A fire that officials believed started at a residence at 2803 Highway 260 in Overgaard destroyed three homes and a garage on Sunday, March 22.

On Sunday, 42 firefighters from five different departments battled a fire near Heber-Overgaard in Navajo County, about 40 miles northwest of Show Low.

Firefighters are battling a 25-acre fire that caused crews to shut down a portion of Highway 260 for several hours in northern Arizona Sunday.

Dorothy Dale Connor, 86, died on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, and was laid to rest beside her husband in Show Low.

Milo Farnsworth Kartchner, 95, died early Saturday morning, Jan. 17, 2009, at his home in Overgaard, with his wife and one of his daughters at his side.

By Linda Kor A review of Navajo County's revenues and expenditures over the past five months shows that although revenues fell short of the amounts anticipated, county departments countered the shortfalls by ...