HOLBROOK — Facilities in Navajo County will receive 1,600 first doses and 2,800 second doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine this week. This allotment does not meet the interest shown in the community, and we are currently experiencing a vaccine shortage like the COVID-19 testing shortage we… Read more
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HOLBROOK — Facilities in Navajo County will receive 1,600 first doses and 2,800 second doses of the Moderna… Read more
WHITERIVER – According to a Jan. 21 press release, Arizona’s senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema announced that t… Read more
Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposed $12.7-billion budget features another big tax cut, but may lock in the financial… Read more
HOLBROOK — Navajo County Sheriff’s Office deputies and detectives with the NCSO Major Crimes Apprehension T… Read more
HOLBROOK — Navajo County hopes to save as much as $90,000 annually by taking advantage of low interest rate… Read more
SHOW LOW — The clients and staff of Aspen Ridge Animal Hospital in Lakeside donated generously to local ani… Read more
The Queen of Scotland wandered through traffic on the highway outside of Holbrook, naked from the waist dow… Read more
Navajo County has urged people in the high risk groups to make reservations for a COVID-19 vaccination thro… Read more
SHOW LOW – In anticipation of the snow storms, several schools closed for a "snow day" remained online only… Read more
HOLBROOK -- A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed near Joseph City early Sunday afternoon. Read more
SHOW LOW – Several schools have opted to close on Monday, Jan. 25 due to the inclement weather brought by t… Read more
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Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposed $12.7-billion budget features another big tax cut, but may lock in the financial stress of the pandemic for schools… Read more
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Despite a welcome dusting of snow this week, Arizona’s heading into an epically dry winter and a terrifying spring fire season. Read more
A story published Friday, Jan. 15 titled "Arizona has highest infection rates," stated that Navajo County deaths made up approximately 28% of … Read more
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I have been a resident of Show Low for six years and have had difficulty “shopping local,” as the signs all over the White Mountains ask us to… Read more
One of the legacies of the Trump Administration will be that of a White House that reinvigorated the use of the Federal death penalty. If remo… Read more
Our country desperately needs to become more united, not less. And the best way this can be done is to identify and prosecute to the fullest e… Read more
Education
Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposed $12.7-billion budget features another big tax cut, but may lock in the financial stress of the pandemic for schools that have lost students. Read more
Students of the month for December at Nikolaus Homestead Elementary School pictured with Principal Kevin Hall are, front from left, Serenity Mitchell, Westen Payne, Misael Hermosillo-Torres, Hayden Burnette, Jovie Brewer and Jose Daniel-Lopez; middle from left, Presley Rumzis, Liam Tregaskes… Read more
SHOW LOW – Several schools have opted to close on Monday, Jan. 25 due to the inclement weather brought by the weekend storms. Other districts have made the decision to move to online only or distance learning on Monday. Read more
Louis L. Smith, who established the prestigious Martia A. Smith Memorial Art Scholarship with NPC Friends and Family, has died. Smith created the endowment fund in memory of his late wife, who was a popular and talented adjunct art faculty member at NPC. Martia was a gifted and award-winning… Read more
Local Entertainment
The producers risked $65 million to make this sequel to the 2013 original. In this plague year, I hope they can get a return for their investm… Read more
A guy (wildly handsome actor Richard Early) is having problems with his marriage. His wife (played by Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and ac… Read more
Hopefully, we are reaching the end of the plague-tainted movie year. Read more
Obituaries
Robert “Bobby” Thomas Stephenson, 63, of Goodyear, Arizona, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. He was born August 24, 1957, in …
Leroy Charles Smith, 89 of Tonto Basin, Arizona entered eternal rest on Jan. 7, 2021.
Lula Irene Waite Nielsen passed away peacefully, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 at her home in St. Johns only two months short of her 105th …
Bernard ‘TJay’ Tessay Jr. entered eternal rest on January 16, 2021 in Cibecue, AZ. He was born on November 2, 1993 to Jason and Virg…
On January 14, 2021, Robert Lee James went home to be with the Lord. He will be dearly missed by all that knew him. He was born May …
Gary Havin, 81, died January 15, 2021, with his family by his side, at his home in Pinetop, AZ.
Robert "Dale" Ervien, loving husband and father, passed away at home on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Dale was born on January 1, 1939 in …
Corwin Buford Hulsey, 69, passed away at his home on the Hulsey Ranch, north of Luna, New Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. He was b…
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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