SHOW LOW — On Wednesday, Oct. 21, the Navajo County Public Health Services Department reported the number of positive COVID-19 cases at 6,197. This number includes 1,739 cases off-tribal lands which refers to towns and cities outside the reservations such as Heber-Overgaard, Holbrook, Pineto… Read more
NAVAJO — An Apache County Sheriff’s Office Special Crimes Enforcement Team deputy making a routine stop on Interstate 40 Sept. 21 discovered 2… Read more
Ghost towns abound in the American Southwest. Read more
Stark differences have emerged among three of the six state legislative candidates when it comes to efforts to control COVID-19. Read more
HOLBROOK — On Monday October 19th, the voting members of the White Mountain Fire Coordinating Group, met to discuss the current conditions of… Read more
ST. JOHNS — As of Thursday morning, some early voters in southern Apache County had yet to receive early voting ballots from the Apache County… Read more
CONCHO — Concho Elementary School’s Business Manager, Billie Bell, is named as a member of the Carolyn Warner Women in Leadership Honor Roll b… Read more
VERNON — With the COVID-19 pandemic still making the rounds, it is nice to know that there are some who think it is important for kids (and ad… Read more
CONCHO — Concho Elementary School District has a “deeply rooted patriotic history,” says long-time administrative assistant and board secretar… Read more
SPRINGERVILLE — The U.S. Forest Service, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests (ASNF) staff provided clarification to the Independent regarding S… Read more
PETRIFIED FOREST — New fossils discovered at Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO) reveal a new species of a 220 million-year-old burrowing re… Read more
SPRINGERVILLE – Almost halfway through October and well into Firewood Month, the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests entered Stage 1 Fire Restr… Read more
Todd Walker presents: Medicare update webinar at 11 a.m. Monday Oct. 19, and Monday Oct. 26, (MST) online. The seminar offers free education o… Read more
ST. JOHNS — Wednesday a fire broke out in the Northland Pioneer College NAVIT Building in St. Johns. Read more
SPRINGERVILLE — Last week, the Springerville office of the U.S. Forest Service, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests received several inquires a… Read more
NUTRIOSO — An Apache County couple suffered a $41,000 judgment against them for their opponents’ attorney fees in a lawsuit they themselves br… Read more
On October 6, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, working in conjunction with the Navajo Nation Police Department and Navajo Department of Cr… Read more
The Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) has awarded the Springerville Police Department $7,609 in Grant Money to conduct Select… Read more
The sharp rise in the number of Arizonans without healthcare in the midst of a pandemic has made the faltering healthcare system and the Affor… Read more
CONCHO — A Corn Hole Tournament will be held on Saturday, Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The tournament is specifically to raise funds for hol… Read more
SHOW LOW — A local group called “NO on Prop 428” is speaking out in opposition to the Timber Mesa Fire and Medical District’s (TMFMD) bond req… Read more
Do you find yourself feeling sad during our cold and dark winter months here on the Mountain? If so, you have a lot of company. You may be sur… Read more
SPRINGERVILLE – As of September 30, the Cow Canyon Fire is active on all edges and is burning through ground fuels with some isolated torching… Read more
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Plagued by a pandemic, Apache and Navajo counties appear headed for a disastrous Census undercount, which will cost residents millions in fede… Read more
Arizona’s not on fire. Read more
VERNON — Vernon Elementary Unified School District #9 Superintendent Dr. Monica Barajas resigned her position in the Sept. 10 governing board … Read more
Navopache Electric Cooperative is planning an outage on Tuesday, Sept. 29, to conduct routine and preventative maintenance to our electrical l… Read more
Apache and Navajo counties have lagged ever further behind the rest of the state when it comes to job recovery from the depths of the pandemic. Read more
PHOENIX — The FBI Phoenix Field Office, Apache County Sheriff’s Office and Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations are seeking informatio… Read more
Petrified Forest National Park is excited to announce that park visitors can, once again, have the unique experience of talking with a park pa… Read more
Arizona’s teacher shortage has grown worse in the long shadow of the pandemic. Read more
Sales have held mostly steady in Apache and Navajo Counties, defying the projected impacts of the pandemic and the widespread restrictions the… Read more
The resistance to even well-established vaccines in Arizona could prove an enormous barrier to getting the COVID-19 pandemic under control. Read more
Apache and Navajo Counties have weathered the pandemic in surprisingly good shape so far — but buckle up, storm clouds continue to gather than… Read more
Fires that have charred 5 million acres on the west coast and killed at least 27 people have highlighted the long, frustrating, stalled effort… Read more
LINDEN — Census Bureau workers are going door to door trying to contact people who have not yet responded to the 2020 Census. Read more
The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests are now part of National Forests Explorer application (app). The National Forests Explorer app acts as … Read more
PHOENIX — on August 31 the USDA extended their Summer Food program (SFSP), through Dec. 31. Read more
The pandemic’s bad. Read more
School has resumed and been in session for almost a month. It’s in-class for some districts and online for others. The third model adopted by … Read more
PETRIFIED FOREST — Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO) has served as a natural laboratory for research in Late Triassic paleontology and geo… Read more
SPRINGERVILLE — The Jump and Alder Fires located on the Clifton Ranger District, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, were called controlled o… Read more
State Senate Candidate Wendy Rogers says she’s a victim of left-wing radicals, just like Kyle Rittenhouse, the Trump supporter charged with mu… Read more
PHOENIX — A little-noticed provision in a court ruling this week on bars and alcohol sales could end up curtailing business at some restaurant… Read more
APACHE COUNTY - Sheriff's deputies arrested Jay Patrick Jaiken, 34, on Sept. 4 for intentionally causing death, a Class 1 Felony. He was also… Read more
Both Apache and Navajo counties now meet the state’s advisory COVID-19 benchmarks for schools to offer in-person classes. Read more
It was a delight meeting with the beautiful vivacious Bari Mears, Founder and President of PACC9ll. She informed me how different her annual e… Read more
Pandemic, schamdemic. Read more
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