State Sen. Wendy Rogers stopped in Show Low to visit with some of her White Mountain constituents on Memorial Day. Rogers said the holiday provided a good opportunity to meet with “fellow patriots” in the area.

Apache crown dancers and a free concert by the well-known band Apache Spirit will highlight the Evening of Apache Culture at Mountain Meadows Park in Lakeside on Saturday, June 10.

The growl from the engines, the smell of exhaust and the tangible excitement from the crowd made for a fun night at Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway’s grand reopening last weekend.

GREER — Summertime traditionally starts when kids run through lawn sprinklers. While the water play in Greer did involve hoses, they weren’t the kind you normally soak your lawn with.

After 41 years of educating students in the Snowflake and Taylor communities, Debbie Muder, principal of Taylor Intermediate School, is retiring.

Last week the Navajo County Board of Supervisors renewed its contract with the state and federal governments to maintain a locked, surveilled and temperature-controlled room to store antidotes to assorted nerve gas agents.

You got your drug dealer wheels, your 45-year-old forklift, your beat-up work truck, and just about everything you need to write the next country music hit.

Break out your flippers, masks and water wings; the Snowflake-Taylor Community Pool is gearing up to open soon.

In a state where water is at a premium, keeping it clean and potable just makes good sense, and going above and beyond basic standards will gain plaudits.

The Navajo County Board of Supervisors last week approved a $625,000 contract with the state to support a pre-trial diversion program for drug offenders in hopes of reducing the mounting number of lethal overdoses.

They’re the often invisible team that keeps your community’s infrastructure functional, the bulwark that props up the trappings of civilization, and the town of Pinetop-Lakeside recently acknowledged them: the people in public works.

The federal Bureau of Reclamation this week announced a new water rationing agreement that will have far-reaching implications throughout the Southwest, including the White Mountains.

The Navajo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved three new storage facilities for RVs and other items.

Navajo County’s effort to save the historic Pinedale School building took another step forward last week with the award of a contract to Johnson Walzer Associates.

The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests is currently working two prescribed fire operations through June 10. The following prescribed fires will be initiated if conditions and approvals allow.

ST. JOHNS — One man may have taken his role as an uncertified park ranger a bit too far.

Online banking has taken a toll on brick-and-mortar services, just as online shopping has carved a deep divot out of physical retail store locations. The COVID-19 pandemic radically altered the way people thought about shopping, and it comes as little surprise that similar effects have rippl…

SNOWFLAKE — Lots of focus is given to rescue animals such as border collies or cats, but at least one organization in Snowflake is dedicated to helping somewhat larger four-footed furry friends.

With the health of one of their founders declining, friends and volunteers at Walking Down Ranch and Veterans Village in Pinetop-Lakeside are heartbroken yet determined to carry on her legacy.

It took less than a week for a trail that spanned two counties to come to an end in handcuffs for an area suspect.

NPC’s 2023 Student Art Show showcased a selection of unique works created by NPC students. The exhibit closed with an awards ceremony held at the Talon Gallery on May 5. Student participants, awardees and NPC staff gathered to express their admiration for the art and the students who created it.

The painstakingly developed capacity to thin the forest and save communities like Show Low and Payson from wildfire is dangling by a long, thin, costly thread, say the loggers, mill operators and biomass burners who hold the key to staving off a disaster.