PINETOP-LAKESIDE — Diana Butler, President of the White Mountain Nature Center (WMNC), announced in a Nov. 18 press release that WMNC has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Arizona Office of Tourism (AOT). Read more
News
Students at Mountain Christian School exemplified the spirit of giving recently when they raised enough mon… Read more
SHOW LOW — At 6 p.m. Friday night, “Magic Man” Aaron Leach flipped a switch and twinkling Christmas lights,… Read more
TUCSON — A University of Arizona Health Sciences-led study uncovered disparities in breast cancer treatment… Read more
The $2 trillion Build Back Better infrastructure plan prompted opposite reactions from the two men who repr… Read more
Betsy Ann Wilson is the executive director of 'NPC Friends and Family', Northland Pioneer College's nonprof… Read more
A plan to bar oil and gas exploration within 10 miles of Chaco Canyon National Park for the next 20 years h… Read more
SNOWFLAKE — Building a business from the ground up can be a daunting task. Read more
The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising motorists that State Route 473 in the White Mountains … Read more
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
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Sports
The 3A state championship matchup this year was the same as last year: Snowflake against Yuma Catholic. The winner was the same as well.
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
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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
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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
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Obituaries
Jasper Kessay, Sr. entered eternal rest November 20, 2021, in Springerville, AZ. He was born August 9, 1948, in McNary, AZ.
Jeffrey Warren Whitehead was born to Margie Sue and Marion Warren Whitehead on September 23, 1966. Jeffrey excelled at school, but w…
Isabelle Dakai passed on November 22, 2021. She was born on January 28, 1952 in Mariano Lake, NM. She married her late husband, Jone…
Deanna Poeling passed away November 15, 2021.
MaryEllen Webb, dearest mother, grandmother and sister, returned to live with our Father in Heaven, Saturday, November 20, 2021 in E…
Myrna “Lynn” Garrett-Reeves born July 3rd 1955, passed-over November 18, 2021. Lynn is now with the many people she loved in life. T…
Lyon Clark DeWitt, 73, passed away November 20, 2021.
Laree Hoaglin passed away November 18, 2021, in Phoenix, Arizona. She was born to Lana (Webb) Rothans and Peter J. Borota on October…
Lyle Terry Worman Sr.
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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