CONCHO – Parentification is the process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as parent to their own parent or sibling. Today the roles of parent and child are often reversed as baby boomers, still working, take on the role of caring for their aging parents. Read more
News
PINETOP-LAKESIDE — It was like a big family reunion at Mountain Meadows Recreation Center on Saturday, May … Read more
GREER — Escape the heat and join the fun at Sunrise Park Resort, starting May 27, 2021. From zip lining to … Read more
SHOW LOW — Police Chief Joe Shelley is headed to the lake and whatever else retired guys do nowadays. Read more
WHITERIVER — This week the White Mountain Apache (WMA) Police Department is joining the nation in celebrati… Read more
SHOW LOW — The Show Low Main Street 2021 Farmer’s Market and Art Walk is just around the corner. It will be… Read more
On April 28, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Summit Healthcare in Show Low … Read more
WHITE MOUNTAINS — There is still time to register to participate in the 10th Annual Sue’s Crew White Mounta… Read more
SHOW LOW — The White Mountain Coalition Against Homelessness held a ribbon cutting at 2791 East Adams Stree… Read more
PHOENIX—Hannah Montez Dike, 25, a Show Low High School graduate and former staffer at the both the White Mo… Read more
WHITERIVER — The White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) has been working for over 40 years to get a rural water… Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE — This is an update on several Blue Ridge High School graduates who are now attending elit… Read more
PINETOP — Extreme and exceptional drought status, dry fuels, an uptick in human fire starts, coupled with u… Read more
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Sports
HON-DAH — Gwendena Lee-Gatewood, chairwoman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, is anticipating the day a tribal member plays professional basketball and she is there to see it.
Arizona News
PHOENIX — A confusing Senate confrontation has once again stalled passage of a bill that would purge from Arizona’s early voting list anyone w… Read more
Rep. Paul Gosar has hit back against a House ethics complaint with a slashing defense of his succession of speeches and social media posts pri… Read more
PHOENIX — A revived bill to sharply limit abortion is headed for Gov. Doug Ducey’s desk, granting legal personhood to the fetus at any stage o… Read more
PHOENIX — SciTech Institute, an organization working to enhance and promote the value and importance of STEM education, announced this month t… Read more
Police
Letters to the Editor
The Show Low Unified School District believes its students and staff deserve a respectful learning environment in which their racial diversity… Read more
Mr. Tom O’Halleran, once a Republican now a Democrat, represents LD 1 in the US House of Representatives. Tom is the White Mountain’s sole Hou… Read more
Is rezoning justified Read more
My thoughts on the wild horses! Why would anyone think euthanizing these beautiful animals is the answer? Aren’t there any “real cowboys” anym… Read more
The Food and Drug administration had published a warning about the use of anti-depressants for children and adolescents in Oct. ‘94 as a facto… Read more
From birth to five-years of age, the amount of growth that takes place is phenomenal. It is amazing how much these children learn. Studies hav… Read more
Education
PINETOP-LAKESIDE — This is an update on several Blue Ridge High School graduates who are now attending elite academies and colleges. Read more
AUSTIN, Texas — The family of Marilyn Morris Hill has announced the establishment of a new scholarship in her memory. Read more
SNOWFLAKE — Snowflake High School recently competed in the Academic Decathlon regional and state competitions. Read more
PHOENIX — SciTech Institute, an organization working to enhance and promote the value and importance of STEM education, announced this month that it has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for nearly $300,000 to support computer science in rural and tribal Arizona. Read more
Local Entertainment
This is the first time up to the plate as a director for Greek-born Evan Spiliotopoulos. He has a long list of writing credits, including “Bea… Read more
The Sawmill Theaters releases two new movies this week. I wanted to see one of them just to see Michelle Pfeiffer at age 62. She still has her… Read more
Two of our favorite giant monsters are together again for the first time since the 1962 classic “King Kong Vs. Godzilla.” Read more
Obituaries
Wilson Declay Jr. entered into rest on April 29, 2021, in Whiteriver, AZ. He was born on March 21, 1970 to Wilson Declay Sr and Kath…
Jerry Allen Wyatt, 71, of Heber-Overgaard, Arizona passed away unexpectedly on May 2, 2021 from cardiac arrest. He was born to Herbe…
Jordan Vidal Brewer found peace on April 29, 2021, in Taylor, Arizona. He was born July 3, 1986 to Everett Brewer and Jennifer (Cotn…
Wade Carlisle went to be with the LORD in an unexpected accident on May 1st near Holbrook, AZ. Wade was born in Show Low, AZ to pare…
Erik Paul North, 48, of Show Low, passed away, Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in Show Low. He was born August 8, 1972 in Van Nuys, California.
He was a soldier, son, brother, nephew, grandson, cousin, and friend.
On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, Stephen Daniel Tidler, passed away at the young age of 33.
Lorelei Wilkins Estrada, 57, passed away Sunday, May 2, 2021 in Mesa. She was born November 4, 1963 in Springerville, the daughter o…
John Thomas Pelzman of Show Low, Arizona formerly of Chaska, Minnesota peacefully passed away on April 24, 2021 at his home in Show …
Outdoors
PINETOP — All golfers are invited to play the 35th annual Blue Ridge Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament to be held Saturday, May 4, at the White… Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE – The White Mountains Chapter of the Arizona State University Alumni Association, together with the Town of Pinetop-Lakeside,… Read more
GREER — For several years Jim Weiland, Ski Bike Supervisor at Sunrise Park Resort, has been part of a program called Sunrise Adaptive Sports f… Read more
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