Safford News

The case against former Eastern Arizona College basketball coach Tim Parmeter was postponed after Graham County Superior Court Judge R. Douglas Holt cited a conflict of interest Aug.

"While women weep, as they do now, I'll fight; while children go hungry, as they do now, I'll fight; while men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I'll fight; while there is a drunkard left, ...

The Art Guild of Eastern Arizona, centered in the Gila Valley, is hosting its first fine art and photography show.

Only three contested Graham County school board races will be decided in the Nov.

A stolen 1999 Nissan Altima was recovered Monday after the perpetrators apparently set the car ablaze.

Three roadways in Safford are at capacity for handling traffic now, and two others are expected to be at capacity within five years, according to the Graham County Small Area Transportation Study.

A fire erupted early Friday morning and completely destroyed a house south of Safford.

Officials at a middle school in Safford, Ariz., should not have strip-searched a 13-year-old girl just to determine whether she was carrying ibuprofen, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled last month.

A new Department of Public Safety Crime Lab fee schedule may cause investigators to have to make economic decisions regarding crime, according to Safford Police Chief John Griffin.

The temptation to use an empty lane to pass a stopped school bus is strong. After all, why should everybody have to wait for a child to enter or exit a bus, especially when it's on the other side of the ...

As of Aug. 8, 2008, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, has moved from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. each Sunday morning.

Thunderstorms and lightning knocked out power throughout a large part of Safford and set two palm trees ablaze Thursday evening and lit up the night like a Fourth of July celebration in the process.

Nobody knows the ultimate fate of the old Safford Theatre on Main Street, but the City Council was willing to approve a Labor Day fund-raiser to aid in preservation of the building.

The city of Safford and Mayor Ron Green have filed separate responses to a lawsuit complaint from former Mayor Van Talley.

Two brothers' plan to finance a move out of the Gila Valley by selling stolen goods was thwarted by the work of several police agencies July 25.

At the June 2008 installation dinner of the Safford Lions Club, President Ron Hansen presented McKen-zie Braley with a check for $1,000. The Safford Lions had recently heard of McKenzie Braley, 8, who suffers ...

A U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in July that officials at a junior high school in Safford, Ariz., should not have strip- searched a 13-year-old girl when all they wanted was to see if she was carrying ibuprofen.

Riddle: What do the communications director of a large mining corporation, a Bureau of Land Management realty specialist and a small business owner in Safford have in common? Answer: They are all alumni of the ...

A Safford man took his own life Tuesday night before crashing into a utility pole near the intersection of El Paso Boulevard and Eighth Avenue, causing a widespread power outage for almost two hours.

Scandal is hardly unusual in small towns. Secrets are hard to keep. Folks get intertwined in business relations, schools and politics.