In the early morning hours of Sept. 17 a fire broke out under the press box of the Snowflake High School football field. Investigators are working the case to determine the cause of the fire. Police ask that everyone remain clear of the bleachers and if anyone has information about the fire,… Read more
News
HOLBROOK — The Navajo County Board of Supervisors approved a new, $325,000 contract for body cameras for 40… Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE — While many business are struggling to find employees to work, the Town of Pinetop-Lakesi… Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE/SHOW LOW — VFW Posts 2364 and 9907 conducted a Missing in Action/Prisoner of War (MIA/POW)… Read more
CLAY SPRINGS-PINEDALE — Jason Craven, former coordinator of the disbanded Wildland Division of the Clay Spr… Read more
HOLBROOK — Despite one of the state’s highest vaccination rates, Apache County is reporting one of the high… Read more
Get ready for disaster. Read more
The Independent has been following a number of felony cases and provides an update on three of them, below. Read more
The Navajo County Supervisors this week skipped it’s COVID update – but did take a moment to promo the Nava… Read more
SHOW LOW — The White Mountains has been chosen as the location for the Department of Arizona VFW and Auxili… Read more
HOLBROOK — Navajo County wants to float bonds to pay off its $16-million debt to the statewide Public Safet… Read more
Sparklight, along with the other Cable One family of brands, will open fall applications for the company’s … Read more
Local Video
Sports
The Snowflake Lobos football team made a statement Friday night by shutting out a good Blue Ridge team 41-0. The game started with a plethora of flags being thrown and an absence of points. The penalties all seemed to be against the offensive team preventing both teams from scoring in the op…
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
This is in response to the article in the White Mountain Independent dated Sept 14 2021. The article states that the officer (Shelton) was att… Read more
I would like to know who is responsible for the damage to all of the vehicles on the mountain who have had to pay for damage caused by these r… Read more
The riot at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was violent, deadly, costly, illegal and incited. It was an attempted Coup D’Etat, which is French … Read more
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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
I never heard of Neo Noir before I went to see “Reminiscence.” The classic period of film noir came in the 1940s and 1950s. Such memorable fil… Read more
Obituaries
Milton Ray Gonzales (64) of Snowflake, Arizona died Sunday, September 12, 2021, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona from co…
Patricia Lou Roberts born March 17th,1958 and went too heaven on September 12, 2021. She was a dedicated wife and mother who always …
Louis "Jay" Redondo, 83, passed away unexpectedly in Show Low, AZ on Friday, September 10, 2021. He was surrounded with love by his …
Richard (Butch) Rholen Ramey returned to his heavenly home on September 7, 2021. Butch was born in Phoenix, Arizona on May 5, 1950 a…
Rosemary (Willett) Vance, age 88, passed away on August 7, 2021 in Chandler Arizona. Rosemary was born on December 11, 1932 on a far…
Danny Ray Scarrow, born April 21, 1954 in Des Moines, Iowa, passed away September 12, 2021.
Todd Bateman Wilhelm passed away Friday Sept 3, 2021, in Queen Creek, AZ. Todd was born to LaVerl and Linda Gore Wilhelm on April 13…
Nedra Fern Brown LeSueur, 86, passed away peacefully, surrounded by those who love her, Friday, September 10, 2021 in Mesa. She was …
Kirk Grugel Short, age 67, passed away September 6, 2021 at his home in Tucson Arizona. He was born in Fullerton, CA on July 31, 1954.
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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