Ryan Reinhold

Ryan Reinhold has resided in the Show Low and Pinetop-Lakeside areas since 1973. He was a news reporter for the White Mountain Independent newspaper and a stringer for The Arizona Republic newspaper before he was elected justice court judge; he served the court for 22 years before he retired in 2000.

He was also the municipal court judge in Pinetop-Lakeside and Show Low and a tribal court judge for the White Mountain Apache Tribe. He was a member of the faculty at the National Judicial College and the Institute of Court Management. During his 22-year career as a judge, he adjudicated civil and criminal cases in 19 Arizona courts and in four tribal courts.

He was elected a Navajo County Constable in 2006. Constables are elected peace officers who serve criminal and civil process for the courts.

Ryan was born in Phoenix and graduated from California State University at San Jose in 1972 with a degree in journalism; he was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and returned to Navajo County, where he married Lorinda Skousen in 1976. They owned small businesses in Show Low and Pinetop. They have two children, Kent and Britni; a helicopter pilot for the U.S. Coast Guard and a second-grade teacher. His wife has been a kindergarten teacher for more than 30 years.

Ryan is now district chairman of the Boy Scouts of America and president of the Blue Ridge High School Scholarship Fund. He has served as assistant district governor of Rotary Club, president of the Lions Club, and president of the Pinetop-Lakeside Chamber of Commerce.

You can view his blog here.To contact Ryan with story ideas, please email the editor at aklaw@zoniereport.com.