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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.

More Answers Sought On Alternative Energy Farms

A vulgarity comparing the forum to bovine excrement was a constantly repeated refrain among a large crowd gathered Aug. 31 in Snowflake to learn more about a series of proposed wind and solar farms in an area between Snowflake and Holbrook. While...Read more...

Katie Willis, a member of the Holbrook 4-H Wranglers, prepares her project demonstration for the Navajo County Fair, which will run Wednesday through Sunday, Sept. 16-20. In addition to 4-H projects and open class exhibits, the fair will feature entertainers such as magicians and ventriloquists, a demolition derby, a rodeo, a tractor show, the Little Buckaroo Rodeo and carnival rides.

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City Of Holbrook Makes Plans For Airport Upgrades Upgrades and improvements at the Holbrook Municipal Airport, as well as a master plan development for future improvements, will be taking place over the course of this year. According to Airport... Read more...	Open Class Entry Date Extended For Navajo County Fair For those who are still contemplating entering items in the upcoming Navajo County Fair, now is the time to act. The deadline for submitting entries into the Open Class Department has been extended... Read more...
Prairie Moon Sets In The West While the Prairie Moon has finally set as workers knocked down and carted away the last of the bricks and timbers, her reputation continues on, much like that of the women who reportedly carried on... Read more...	Health Services District Prepares For H1N1 Flu The Navajo County Public Health Services District has been closely monitoring events related to H1N1 2009 flu cases in Navajo County. To date there have been 33 confirmed cases in the county and... Read more...
Competition Was Hot In Saddle Up Chili Cook-Off A big draw at Holbrook’s Old West Days last Saturday was the Saddle Up Chili Cook-Off, with five of the area’s best chili makers competing for prizes and trophies. In the category of Best Red Chili,... Read more...	Saddle Up Parade Was A Crowd Pleaser Many groups and individuals participated in Holbrook’s Old West Days Parade last weekend, and enjoyed the fruits of their labors with a good crowd and cash prizes. In the equestrian category, first... Read more...

Sports

Tonight’s Games Should Give Fans An Idea Of How Teams Stack Up The first week of the 2009 football season didn’t bring any real surprises for teams in the 3A... Read more...	Golf Tourney Benefits HHS Baseball Program A blind draw scramble golf tournament will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Holbrook’s Hidden Cove... Read more...
Roadrunner Soccer Squad Opens Saturday Against Visiting Lobos The Holbrook soccer team will open the season on Saturday when the Roadrunners host Snowflake at 11... Read more...	Roadrunners Shut Out Greyhills In Football Season Opener, 68-0 The Roadrunners certainly enjoyed having Greyhills as their opening opponent on Friday night.... Read more...
Lady Birds Make Easy Work Of Show Low Lady Cougars The Holbrook Lady Roadrunners moved to 2-0 on the young volleyball season after easily taking down... Read more...	Wildcats Cruise By Bagdad, 54-14 The Joseph City Wildcats opened the football season with an impressive 54-14 win over Bagdad a team... Read more...
Lady Cats Go 1-1 In First Week On Court The Lady Wildcats of Joseph City earned a split in their first two matches of the season, defeating... Read more...	Brubaker Takes Over Helm Of Lady Lobo Soccer Team The Lady Lobo soccer team is under the direction of new head coach Anna Brubaker this season. Six... Read more...
Snowflake Lobos Steamroll Scrappy Sanders Squad, 64-6 The Lobos couldn’t have asked for a better beginning to the season as they scored on their first... Read more...	Lady Lobos Win Crown At Rehoboth Invitational The Lady Lobos came out of the gate strong to start the volleyball season, winning the Rehoboth... Read more...
Bison Golfers Win White Mountain Cup The final round of the 2009 White Mountain Cup was played Aug. 28 at Concho with 60-plus players... Read more...

Obituaries

Karen S. Steinhour Karen Sue Steinhour, 54, died late Sunday night, Aug. 30, 2009. at St. Joseph Medical Center in...	Jeffery M. Barreras Jeffery Mariano Barreras, 25, passed away on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, in Mesa. Funeral services were...
Nelson Spencer World War II veteran Nelson Spencer, 83, of Holbrook, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 29,...	Robert E. Lowrie Robert E. “Bob” Lowrie, 88, went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, in Sun City....

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