Lesher has been leading the county as its chief deputy administrator since Oct. 23, when County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry was hospitalized after a crash.
A trial continues for one Indigenous protester facing federal charges for blocking construction machinery at a wall site in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
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