Rep. Tom O’Halleran last week asked the Arizona Attorney General to open an investigation into the repeated outages that have afflicted broadband service in Apache and Navajo County. Read more
HEBER-OVERGAARD — Willie “Blu” Mitchell was once hailed as a benevolent visionary who, as president of an innovative company called Sigma CUTS… Read more
SHOW LOW—The two candidates for Show Low Justice of the Peace appeared at a forum at the city of Show Low Council chambers on Wednesday. Read more
Three candidates for Snowflake Justice of the Peace appeared on Monday night in the city of Show Low Council Chambers to respond to questions … Read more
ST. JOHNS--The Arizona Department of Transportation has issued a press release regarding intermittent lane restrictions on US 191 near St. Jo… Read more
Choosing a judge to rule on cases and issue judgments should be an informed decision. To help with that decision, each election cycle the Nava… Read more
HOLBROOK — Brandon Toney, now 23, shot and killed his mother at a residence in Sun Valley on Oct. 22, 2020, and shot a male family member who … Read more
WHITERIVER — A White Mountain Apache police officer was shot and killed during a traffic stop Thursday evening in Whiteriver, and following a … Read more
LAKESIDE — A man and a woman both from Lakeside were found guilty of multiple charges related to sexual conduct with a minor on May 27 in an i… Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE – The third annual Summit for Arizona Trails was held in Cottonwood on May 6-7 for the purpose of bringing Arizona’s trail co… Read more
The White Mountain Audubon Society is awarding the 2022 $1,000 Bob and Loretta Pena Memorial Scholarship to Aiden Mark Camisa of Snowflake. Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE – Unity of the White Mountains is hosting a free event, Sacred Earth/Common Ground, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Read more
he Northland Pioneer College 2022 Student Art Show came to a close on May 6 with a reception at NPC’s Talon Gallery on the White Mountain Show… Read more
The Pinetop-Lakeside Town Council held a public hearing on Thursday at the monthly council meeting for a proposed amendment from Planning and … Read more
HOLBROOK--Navajo County Sheriff's Office sent out a press release on May 17 regarding the arrest of a suspected car-jacker, which follows. Any… Read more
HOLBROOK--On May 12, 2022, the Major Crimes Apprehension Team (MCAT) as part of “Operation Clean Communities – Show Low," arrested four person… Read more
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and the theme for 2022 is Back to Basics. Read more
HOLBROOK — Angelica Estrada was named the 2022 Victim Advocate of the Year by the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys’ Advisory Council. This award … Read more
SNOWFLAKE — Since October 2020, a total of four grand jury indictments have been filed against Snowflake chiropractor Wesley Bowman, 74, but t… Read more
SHOW LOW – The White Mountain Symphony Orchestra (WMSO) will present its Season Finale concert on Saturday, June 4 featuring The Flying Theme … Read more
NAVAJO, APACHE COUNTIES — The Independent has been following a number of criminal cases and provides an update on three of them. Anyone accuse… Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE – This week the Mountain Nature Center (WMNC) will be getting a new resident, Simon, a baby Eurasian eagle owl. Read more
WHITERIVER — The White Mountain Apache Tribe offices were closed Wednesday and administrative leave was granted to tribal employees so they co… Read more
In cooperation with the White Mountain Fire Coordinating Group, Pinetop-Lakeside Chief of Police Dan Barnes issued a press release on Wednesda… Read more
SHOW LOW – The Show Low Elks Lodge announced the Roy and Charlotte Glover Scholarship opportunity on March 24 for current White Mountain-regio… Read more
HOLBROOK—The Independent has been following a number of child sex crime cases and below is an update on two of them. Read more
HOLBROOK — Stephen Washburn, 31, of Heber was sentenced to five years of intensive probation and one year in the county jail in Navajo County … Read more
Navajo County Treasurer, Kari Lopez, reminds people the second half installment of their 2021 property tax is due and becomes delinquent on May 2. Read more
HOLBROOK — On Aug. 5, 2019, in a forest near Heber, authorities found the body of New Mexico father Craig Cavanaugh, 44, who had been missing … Read more
WHITERIVER – The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Relatives (MMIWR) tribunal will take place on the Navajo Nation May 5-6. Invited … Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE – Rudy Mejia loves his job. He is a meat and poultry inspector/livestock deputy inspector with the Department of Agriculture … Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE — When the building that White Mountain Catholic Charities occupied for 2½ years was sold, charity officials had to find a ne… Read more
ST. JOHNS — Details have emerged regarding the criminal case against Todd Allen Jostes, 56, who is on release from jail pending the outcome of… Read more
HOLBROOK—On April 19, the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Tori Gorman sent out a press release which follows. The un… Read more
SHOW LOW – Over a hundred families came out Saturday for the Show Low Elks Lodge annual Easter egg hunt, where children of all ages gathered e… Read more
SHOW LOW – National Poetry Month was launched by the Academy of American Poets to be celebrated annually in April to remind everyone that poet… Read more
HOLBROOK — The Independent has been following a number of criminal cases and reports here on two of them. Read more
Every day, perhaps 110 people dial 911 in Navajo County. Read more
SHOW LOW — On March 31 at about 1 p.m. Show Low police responded to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Whipple Road and the Deuce … Read more
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HOLBROOK — Mark Elliott Herrall, 42, reportedly the former manager of Mountain Pawn in Lakeside, signed a plea agreement on March 28 in Navajo… Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE – During the weekend of Feb. 19-20 The Community Kitchen attached a fundraising thermometer to the former Love Kitchen facility. Read more
HOLBROOK—A Navajo County grand jury has indicted three former Blue Ridge High School students in connection with the brutal beating of one “J.… Read more
SHOW LOW — You may not be able to easily pronounce his name, but you will certainly recognize his photographs, especially if you are a nature lover. Read more
SHOW LOW – Due to a donation from the estate of Roy and Charlotte Glover, the Show Low Elks Lodge 2090 announced its newest scholarship opport… Read more
The Arizona House has approved a bill to strip the state of its authority to regulate Mexican Gray wolves — with potentially confusing impacts… Read more
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HOLBROOK — Brandon Toney, now 23, shot and killed his mother at a residence in Sun Valley on Oct. 22, 2020, and shot a male family member who … Read more
House passage of a $1.5 trillion federal spending bill this month drew sharply contrasting reactions from northern Arizona’s two representativ… Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE — The White Mountain Audubon Society has announced an award of a $4,000 scholarship to John Wilson of Taylor. Read more
As we slowly move into a post-pandemic time now that COVID-19 fears and mask mandates begin to fade, we now turn our attention to getting back… Read more
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