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Breaking News: Two Linden men believed to be the notorious “High Country Bandits” were arrested by FBI agents at 9 o’clock this morning in connection with a four-state spree of armed bank and credit union robberies that began with the robbery of the Bank of the West branch in Heber last September 8. ---See the Wednesday, March 17, issue of The Tribune-News for full details.

Park Closures Would Have Economic Impact On Area

With jobs being lost, education and health care funding being cut, and families losing their homes at an unprecedented rate, saving state parks may not seem like a priority. Their impact on a community, however, goes far beyond providing recreation....Read more...

These fearsome dinosaurs, who are usually known as music-loving members of Holbrook Park Elementary School’s Park Performers, showed their claws and teeth, and gave their loudest roar during a performance of “Dinostars! A Musical Variety Show” on March 19. Donning brightly colored dinosaur suits, the Park Performers put on musical acts that included “Raptor’s Rap,” “Dinosaur Rock” and “T. Rex in the Neighborhood.”

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Wind Farm Construction Moving Quickly The massive wind turbine parts that have been recently traveling through Holbrook are quickly being assembled on site and one by one are beginning to dot the landscape. The wind farm, a first for... Read more...	Council Hears Report On Winslow Street Inebriates The Winslow City Council had a busy regular session on Monday in which a number of reports were received, two awards presented, a consent calendar approved and a number of action items handled. The... Read more...
City Agrees To Purchase Winslow Crossings Apts. The City of Winslow agreed to assume ownership and management of the Winslow Crossings Apartments for the sum of $10 during a council meeting on Monday. The property is currently a financially... Read more...	Winslow Council Considers Options For Hiring Engineer The Winslow City Council held a brief special meeting on Monday to discuss the city engineering position and how to fill it. City Manager Jim Ferguson said that little progress had been made in the... Read more...
Winslow Corps Meeting Moves Levee Repair One Step Forward The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a meeting concerning the Winslow Levee in Winslow on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by many representatives of the Corps as well as Navajo County Supervisors,... Read more...	Walmart Traffic Light And Intersection Work Approved By Taylor City Council The bid was awarded for construction of the Silver Creek Plaza intersection at a special meeting of the Taylor Town Council held on Tuesday, March 24. Town Engineer Stu Spaulding told the council... Read more...
Election Results Finalized By Snowflake, Taylor Councils The Snowflake Town Council held a special meeting on Thursday, March 19, to canvass votes from the March 10 election. The council passed a resolution declaring and adopting the results of the primary... Read more...	Utility Audit Tabled Until Meters Can Be Evaluated A plan to audit the city’s utility system was tabled Tuesday evening by the Holbrook City Council amidst concerns that the work proposed in the audit would not produce any information that city... Read more...

Sports

Lady Birds End Up 3-3 In Winslow Tournament Holbrook pushed their overall record to 4-13 with three wins and three losses at last weekend’s... Read more...	Wrestler Markos Serna Takes Second In Phoenix Nationals When you think of Holbrook wrestling over the past decade you think of the name Serna. Nick,... Read more...
Lady Bulldogs Earn Crown At Bojo’s/3C’s Tournament The Winslow Lady Bulldogs won the Bojo’s/3C’s Softball Tournament 6-5 at home last weekend on... Read more...	WHS Golf Team Fares Well In Match With Show Low, Payson The Winslow High School golf team played a match March 18 at Holbrook with teams from Show Low and... Read more...
Bulldogs Take Second In Estrella Foothills Tourney The Winslow Bulldogs won four games and lost one to finish second in the Estrella Foothills... Read more...	SHS Lobos Win Title At Track Meet In Winslow Snowflake’s track and field teams had just one meet last week, competing with four other teams at... Read more...
Lady Lobos Take Third At Winslow Invitational The Lady Lobos of Snowflake went 5-1 over the weekend at the Winslow Invitational softball... Read more...	Lobos Win Golf Match With Blue Ridge And Holbrook Playing nine holes at Silver Creek, the Snowflake Lobos continued their domination in region play,... Read more...

Obituaries

Harry Spencer Harry Spencer, of Holbrook, died on Sunday, March 22, 2009, at Webb’s Adult Care Home in Snowflake....	Derek Kizzar Derek "Big D" Eugene McFarlin Kizzar, 29, passed away March 19, 2009 in Clay Springs. He...
Lemuel Curtis Sr. Lemuel Don Curtis Sr., 62, of Birdsprings passed away on Friday, March 20, 2009. Services will be...

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