Graham County supervisors approve contracts, development plans and 100-foot wireless tower; adopt indigent cremation policy

Jul 7, 2026

The Graham County Board of Supervisors approved a series of county contracts, grant applications and land-use proposals including a sheriff’s counseling contract, permission to apply for a tribal/community grant for a body scanner, multiple indigent-defense agreements, preliminary subdivision approval for Artesia Ridge and a special-use permit for a 100-foot wireless tower. The board also adopted an indigent-disposition policy making cremation the presumptive county-funded option with exemptions available.

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The Graham County Board of Supervisors met and approved a package of routine contracts, grant applications and land-use actions, while adopting a new county indigent-disposition policy that establishes cremation as the presumptive county-paid method for decedents the county assumes responsibility for.

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