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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.

ADOT Plan Still Includes Bypasses Of Area Towns

A presentation on the Statewide Transportation Planning Framework created by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, at the High Country Conference Center, located on the Northern Arizona...Read more...

Local Charities In Need Of Holiday Donations

Esther James, Paula Begay and young Faith Cepi help unload bread, pastry, fruit and other food donated to Catholic Charities in Holbrook. Catholic Charities, along with other local service organizations, such as the Bread of Life Mission and the Holbrook Food Bank, are preparing for the holiday season and are in need of donations. Sister Bernard (not pictured) noted that last year Zachry Construction, the company installing upgrades at Cholla Power Plant, donated all of the turkeys handed out at Thanksgiving, but the firm is no longer working in the area so she is hoping that other companies or individuals will be able to fill the gap.

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Winter Arrives At PNFP Photo by Dave Velk Winter came early to our high desert country, as evidenced by this scene at the Plaza Courtyard of the Painted Desert Visitors Center at Petrified Forest National Park. It was... Read more...	Mark Reed Is Appointed To Taylor Town Council After several votes, Mark Reed was selected to fill a vacancy on the Taylor Town Council created by the resignation of Mayor John Cole, which was effective Oct. 15. Previously when a member of the... Read more...
Charlie Brown Production Starts Soon At NPC Charlie Brown (Ben Tatum) seeks some advice from Lucy (Samantha Berry) in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” a Northland Pioneer College production that will be staged at 7 p.m. Thursdays through... Read more...	Snowflake-Taylor Receives First Snowfall Of The Season Residents of Taylor and Snowflake woke up to approximately 3” of snow from the first snowstorm of the season on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The snow covered this wagon at Geri Harrison’s home in Taylor. Read more...
Holbrook Council Considers Last Day For City Manager A special meeting of the Holbrook City Council was called for Oct. 31 to discuss the terms and conditions of the resignation of City Manager Carlo Pilgrim and the posting of the position of interim... Read more...	Department 19 Budget Is Catch-All For County Expenses A line item in the county budget labeled “miscellaneous” and designated for more than $1.8 million in expenditures was recently explained by Navajo County Finance Director James Menlove. “These are... Read more...
Repairs Set To Begin On Holbrook Levee Meander The Holbrook levee is expected to meet the Federal Emergency Management Agency deadline for recertification by the end of this year, despite scouring discovered in the Little Colorado River. In... Read more...	Capitol Christmas Tree To Visit Taylor And Snowflake The 2009 Capitol Christmas Tree will come from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, and will be cut on Saturday, Nov. 7. It will then tour Arizona, coming to the Snowflake and Taylor communities... Read more...

Sports

Bulldogs Earn Region Title With 54-6 Win Over Monument Valley The Winslow Bulldogs defeated the Monument Valley Mustangs 54-6 in Winslow last Friday night to... Read more...	Lobos Fall To PCD In State Soccer Tourney Snowflake earned a trip to the 1A-3A State Soccer Tournament as the second seed from the East... Read more...
SHS Lady Lobos Win Regional Tournament Snowflake’s Lady Lobos backed up their regular season region crown with a regional tournament title... Read more...	Lobos Breeze By Alchesay On Way To State Playoffs Snowflake’s Lobos are heading to the state playoffs with momentum after easily winning their past... Read more...
Lobos Take Fourth Place In 3A East Cross Country Meet The Snowflake boys qualified for the 3A State cross country meet upcoming this weekend by placing... Read more...	Lady Wildcats Wrap Up 1A North Championship “We played the best we have played this year,” said Joseph City High School Coach Darrel Mosier of... Read more...
Birds Lose To Chino Valley, 35-0 With a potential home playoff game on the line, the Roadrunners fell well short last Friday night,... Read more...	Wildcats Earn Semifinal Berth With Win Over Valley Union One mark of a good team is the ability to win games without giving their best performance, which is... Read more...

Obituaries

Audrey F. Rath Audrey Frances Rath, 86, formerly of Snowflake, died on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at Phoenix Mountain...	Raleigh Morgan Raleigh Morgan, 87, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, in Snowflake. Funeral services were...
Sonny Jim Sonny Jim, 69, died on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, in Grants, N.M. A memorial service was held Oct. 29...

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