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The Twisted Dope*
Yesterday, the Graham County Sheriff and some of his deputies burned seven pounds of illegal drugs that had been seized. Sheriff Danny Millsaps is pictured standing too close to the…
Graham County
county in Arizona, United States
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Unemployment Rates
Unemployment rates increased in 81 of North Carolina’s 100 counties in November, decreased in 13, and were unchanged in six. Orange County had the state’s lowest unemployment rate in November…
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Conserving Bureaucracy
Graham County wants to begin a recycling program, but it continues to have setbacks. Early on, the truck that was to be used for hauling was damaged in an accident.…
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Hamstrung
After adopting a FEMA floodplain ordinance, Graham County rejected the document in 2011. One reason given was that only nine of the county’s 110 miles of waterways were surveyed, and…
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Ve Has Vays
Last year, Graham County voted to reject FEMA floodplain maps. The decision was based in part on the fact that FEMA mapped only 10% of the county’s rivers and made…
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String Theory
What do government and insurance companies have in common? Well, obviously, they take a huge bite out of the working-class budget, with costs appearing to outweigh benefits by far. Any…
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Suing the Invisible Hand
The Graham Star reports: A Graham County Superior Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the owner of a Robbinsville service station preventing him from selling gasoline for…
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Stray Comments on Stray Animals in Graham
The Graham County Board of Commissioners chose to stop paying the Valley River Humane Society $19,000 annually to pick up stray animals. Valley River continued to make its rounds in…
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Tables Massacre Innocent in Lethal Whaling
Mark Redbond owns a general store and deli at his gas station. His business did well on its health inspections for years until one revealed his picnic tables, that had…
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The Rich Can Afford Justice
The Graham County Board of Taxation is going to lower tax assessments for property owners in the Thunderbird community in lieu of paying “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to fight…
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Roman Circus, Anyone?
Graham County is toying around with various ideas for specialty parks to boost tourism. A suggestion to create a park for off-road vehicles drew an angry crowd who complained that…
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More Reassertion of Property Rights
The Graham County Commissioners voted 4-1 to rescind a floodplain ordinance adopting a revised FEMA map for the county. The map was approved two years ago. Since a unanimous vote…