LAKESIDE — Zachary “Zach” Bates announced to his family after graduation from Show Low High School this year that he was going to run a 100-mile race before his next birthday on March 2. Read more
News
SNOWFLAKE — On Oct. 19, Presiding Navajo County Judge Dale P. Nielson sent the latest 15 count sex crime-re… Read more
SHOW LOW — As COVID-19 cases keep climbing on the mountain, Summit Healthcare is reaching critical capacity… Read more
Thomas Holl at Canyon Creek Logging and Show Low city staff put the city Christmas tree in place at Show Lo… Read more
LAKESIDE — The Pinetop Fire District responded to an early morning fire on Nov. 22 to a structure fire in t… Read more
PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK — I am sitting on the grave of a lost world. Read more
The annual Community Fast of Compassion for 2021 was completed on Saturday, Nov. 13, and a community celebr… Read more
Arizona ranks dead last in per-student funding, according to a just-released national report based on 2019 data. Read more
HEBER — The Navajo County sheriff sent out a press release Wednesday morning detailing a shooting in Heber,… Read more
On Sept. 15, Summit Healthcare opened the Summit Healthcare COVID-19 IV Therapy Clinic to provide REGEN-COV… Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE — Chief Dan Barnes sent out the following information regarding arrests. Anyone accused of… Read more
APACHE COUNTY — The Apache County Sheriff’s Office has reported that a beloved drug dog has died. “It is wi… Read more
FLAGSTAFF — On Nov. 17 in the Coconino County Superior Court, former Navajo County Public Health Director J… Read more
Local Video
Sports
The Snowflake vs. Chandler Valley Christian playoff game felt like a tale of two halves Saturday afternoon.
Arizona News
SHOW LOW — The White Mountains has been chosen as the location for the Department of Arizona VFW and Auxiliary Fall Conference this year. The … Read more
PHOENIX — The story of the Navajo Code Talkers, who played a crucial role in US victories during World War II, will now be permanently memoria… Read more
SHOW LOW — Reading is cool and fun in downtown Show Low in the newly revamped library. Read more
SHOW LOW — Northland Pioneer College Show Low campus’ Practical Nursing program was just ranked as one of the top in the state by the website … Read more
Police
Letters to the Editor
Already we’ve had our first snow of the year. And in October, no less. While it wasn’t much, an inch or so, and didn’t last long, it was still… Read more
Editors Note: The White Mountain Independent has invited area high school students an opportunity to be published and this is one of the submi… Read more
Editors Note: The White Mountain Independent has invited area high school students an opportunity to be published and this is one of the submi… Read more
John C. Handy was born in Newark, New Jersey, on Oct. 30, 1844, and moved with his family to California in 1853. He graduated from Cooper Coll… Read more
Replace the hate Read more
How does it feel knowing that the corporate media along with Democrat politicians have lied to you for four years? Read more
Education
Snowflake — After just two years of sweeping changes by school leadership, the George Washington Academy in Snowflake has gone from being ranked an F school to an A school by the Arizona Department of Education. One of the main reasons for GWA’s dramatic turnaround is implementation of the S… Read more
Computer classes are held from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Mondays at the Show Low Library, 181 N. Ninth St. Read more
Three White Mountain women, on scholarships from Native Women Scholars, earned high honors recently at colleges and universities. Read more
Local Entertainment
Obituaries
Kristopher Aaron Scott passed away on November 2, 2021, at his home in Show Low, Arizona, with his mother at his side after a prolon…
Dorothy Louise Brooks, 91, passed away Thursday, November 18, 2021 in Springerville. She was born May 5, 1930 in Henryville, Indiana…
Dorothy Lou Couch, 75 of White Mountain Lake died Monday
Loretta Peterson Shumway will be remembered as a woman of faith, love, and service. Loretta passed away peacefully on November 18, 2…
Jerry David Delap passed away on November 18, 2021, in Show Low, Arizona. He was born to Elmer and Nellie Delap on November 19, 1939…
Ken Coplan, 93, of Mesa, AZ peacefully passed away on October 25, 2021, with his family by his side. Ken was born in Lakeside, AZ on…
Jackie Leon Cook, 75, passed away Friday, November 19, 2021 in Show Low. He was born October 14, 1946 in Lake City, Arkansas, the so…
Derek H. Clarke of Lakeside, Arizona passed away on November 15, 2021 in Show Low, Arizona. He was 86. Derek was born on May 28, 193…
Brian Wayne Merriweather, 78, of Eagar, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday morning, November 21, 2021 in Eagar. He w…
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
Commented