CASA GRANDE — Buddy arrived at the Pinal County Animal Care and Control Shelter on a spring day in 2021. His 90-year-old owner was no longer able to care for him.
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CASA GRANDE — Buddy arrived at the Pinal County Animal Care and Control Shelter on a spring day in 2021. His 90-year-old owner was no longer able to care for him.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County Supervisor Kevin Cavanaugh, R-Coolidge, has filed public records requests for reams of information pertaining to the Pinal Elections Department, Recorder’s Office, County attorney’s and other elected officeholders.
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MARICOPA — Two men were arrested, one for having warrants and the other for shooting a firearm during an argument at a Maricopa residence.
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CASA GRANDE — A new Arizona Department of Child Safety office is coming after a major site plan was approved by the city Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday evening
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CASA GRANDE — The City Council will begin discussions of the next budget on Monday, with preliminary reports suggesting some belt tightening might be in order.
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FLORENCE — An outside investigator’s report on complaints made by two Pinal County Attorney’s Office employees who are suing the county will be made public after personal and other privileged information is deleted or “redacted,” according to a 4-1 vote of the Board of Supervisors Friday afternoon.
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SIGNAL PEAK — A new chapter has begun for the Central Arizona softball team as first-year head coach Maddi Hackbarth takes over the program.
FLORENCE — After racking up just five wins in the past five seasons, this season is one nobody saw coming from the Florence boys soccer team.
COOLIDGE — After a final 12 minutes that felt many times longer, the buzzer rang and the girls in blue on the field all embraced, having accomplished something nobody in attendance could remember at Coolidge — winning a girls soccer postseason game.
COOLIDGE — The Coolidge Junior High girls’ softball team continues to improve its state ranking coming out of the COVID-19 period, maintaining the Central Region Champion title and finishing second out of 54 teams in the Canyon Athletic Association in December.
SAN TAN VALLEY — Poston Butte assistant football coach Rod Holmes recalled an early memory of Connor Lopez and Cade Alisa during a signing ceremony for the two athletes on Wednesday morning.
COOLIDGE — The answer seemed simple for the Coolidge boys soccer team — win and keep the season alive.
PHOENIX — Super Bowl and Phoenix Open fans are flooding into the Valley, bringing inevitable traffic jams. Drivers should allow extra travel time and note a few high-traffic and lane-closure areas for the next two weeks, transportation officials said.
PUERTO PEÑASCO, Mexico — In April, Mexico plans to power up the first phase of a huge solar energy project near a beach town popular with tourists making the short drive from the United States.
PHOENIX -- State lawmakers took the first tentative steps to ensure that public schools don't have to shut down before the end of the academic year.
PHOENIX — Republican Arizona lawmakers are so angered at new Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ state budget proposal that one GOP lawmaker likened it to “poking the bear.’’
WASHINGTON — Federal officials said they will consider a plan by Arizona and five other Colorado River basin states on how to further cut water consumption, even though the biggest user in the basin — California — has not signed off on it.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tyre Nichols’ family and friends remembered him with songs of faith and heartfelt tributes Wednesday, blending a celebration of his life with outraged calls for police reform after the brutal beating he endured at the hands of Memphis police.
PHOENIX – Organizers of the WM Phoenix Open know that not all the fans who pour into the TPC Scottsdale for their PGA Tour event are there to wander the rolling course and watch golf.
GLENDALE – From fresh green grass to brand new turf, playing surfaces have been at the forefront of NFL headlines this season, and with all eyes on the biggest game of the year, State Farm Sta…
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A contest that could define the 2024 Paris Olympics is playing out 18 months before medals are awarded. It’s giving the International Olympic Committee a political chal…
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MARICOPA — A hit Lin-Manuel Miranda musical is coming to the stage in Maricopa, and local actors are encouraged to come be a part of the production.
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MARICOPA — Maricopa residents who want to put their abstract abilities to the test are invited to compete in a free online art contest.
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CASA GRANDE — With only a handful of weeks to go before the 65th annual Cactus Fly-In to be held at Casa Grande Municipal Airport on March 4, organizers Fred Borns and Rusty Gavagan have told PinalCentral that one key theme of the annual event that has stood the test of time is the camarader…
AUSTIN, Texas — Widespread power outages in the Texas capital stretched into a third day Friday for thousands of residents following a winter storm that was spiraling into a management crisis as city leaders remained unable to say when all the lights would come back on.
SAN FRANCISO — A jury on Friday decided Elon Musk didn’t deceive investors with his 2018 tweets about electric automaker Tesla in a proposed deal that quickly unraveled and raised questions about whether the billionaire had misled investors.
WASHINGTON — A huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying on sensitive military sites despite China’s firm denials. Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly canceled a high-stakes Beijing trip aimed at easing U..S.-Ch…
DALLAS — The man charged in the taking of two emperor tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo has also been charged in two other recent incidents there involving holes that were cut in animal enclosure fences, authorities said Friday.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his Cabinet will embark on a post-State of the Union “blitz” to at least 20 states next week to discuss his economic agenda after his Tuesday night address to Congress, the White House announced Friday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92.
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PHOENIX — The Arizona Republican Party is making a last-ditch effort to get a court to do what lawmakers have so far refused: Kill on-demand early voting in the state.
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PHOENIX — Republican legislators are moving to throw another roadblock in the path of people to make their own laws.
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PHOENIX — Republicans in the Arizona Senate are targeting “drag story hour’’ and other drag performances that have drawn the ire of conservatives, with the sponsor of a proposal banning certain shows before children or in government buildings, calling it a case of “good versus evil.’’
PHOENIX — A proposed Arizona law that would allow drug dealers to be charged with homicide if their product killed someone was shot down by critics who said it was unconstitutional, could have a chilling effect on 911 calls for overdoses and had the potential to subject a typical user to har…
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his Cabinet will embark on a post-State of the Union “blitz” to at least 20 states next week to discuss his economic agenda after his Tuesday night address to Congress, the White House announced Friday.
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U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened foods such as cereals, yogurt, flavored milk and breakfast pastries.
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SANTIAGO, Chile — At least five people have died as a result of the more than 150 wildfires burning across Chile that have destroyed homes and thousands of acres of forests while the South Ame…
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BELARUS BORDER, Ukraine (AP) — The reconnaissance drones fly several times a day from Ukrainian positions deep inside the thick forest that marches across the border into Belarus, a close Russ…
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CAIRO (AP) — The United States has stepped up pressure on Middle East allies to expel the Wagner Group, a military contractor owned by an oligarch with close ties to Russia’s president, from c…
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WASHINGTON — After months of agonizing, the U.S has agreed to send longer-range bombs to Ukraine as it prepares to launch a spring offensive to retake territory Russia captured last year, U.S.…
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PUERTO PEÑASCO, Mexico — In April, Mexico plans to power up the first phase of a huge solar energy project near a beach town popular with tourists making the short drive from the United States.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russian missiles hit residential areas in an eastern Ukrainian city Thursday for the second time in 24 hours, while top European Union officials held talks with the government …
Master’s Voice to perform in Florence
HILDALE, Utah — The tea tasted bitter and earthy, but Lorenzo Gonzales drank it anyway. On that night in remote Utah, he was hoping for a life-changing experience, which is how he found himself inside a tent with two dozen others waiting for the psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca to kick in.
HILDALE, Utah — Ayahuasca is a psychedelic tea whose roots go back hundreds of years to ceremonial use by Indigenous groups in the Amazon region.
CASA GRANDE — For Nancy and Tony Smith, the past 20 years in Maricopa have been an unexpected and incredible opportunity.
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SAN FRANCISO — A jury on Friday decided Elon Musk didn’t deceive investors with his 2018 tweets about electric automaker Tesla in a proposed deal that quickly unraveled and raised questions about whether the billionaire had misled investors.
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The Super Bowl draws a larger portion of casual bettors than other American sporting events. The numerous proposition options available underscore how the game’s mass appeal goes well beyond professional gamblers and hardcore fans. Sportsbooks have taken advantage of the increasing popularity of prop bets. Those bets could range anywhere from whether there will be a safety to whether the Chiefs or Eagles will score more points than LeBron James or Steph Curry when their teams meet the day before the Super Bowl. This year’s Super Bowl is Feb. 12 in Glendale, Arizona.
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WASHINGTON — For nearly a year, the Federal Reserve has been on a mission to cool down the job market to help curb the nation’s worst inflation bout in four decades.
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PUERTO PEÑASCO, Mexico — In April, Mexico plans to power up the first phase of a huge solar energy project near a beach town popular with tourists making the short drive from the United States.
This week we get two small SUVs to try, starting with the Hyundai Kona. The entry fee is $21K, and this gets a 2.0-liter engine rated at 147 horsepower. This is a fully loaded N Line so it topped at $30K.
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A state agent testifying Wednesday in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial meticulously reconstructed activity from his iPhone and the cellphones of his son and wife the night they were killed to try to link the disgraced South Carolina attorney to the shooting deaths.
Though the winter months bring chillier temperatures to Pinal County, we are lucky enough to live in a climate that rarely gets snow and rarely see days where temperatures drop well below free…
Artists have been capturing beautiful vistas, meadows, ocean-side views, cityscapes and even desert landscapes for centuries.
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Although the coronavirus is far from a thing of the past, our world is regaining the sense of normalcy we were once accustomed to.
Our latest Pinal in Pictures celebrates fall events! From Halloween events like the Florence Fright Fest to Eloy's magical Glow Festival, we hope you enjoy the latest collection of photos subm…
It's 2002 and multigenerational farmer Waylon Wuertz is set to graduate from the University of Arizona in agriculture tech management.
There's so much that Casa Grande has to offer, but it may not always be easy to determine just how much. Which is something the Greater Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce is keenly aware of.
MARICOPA — The first year Copa Glow was hosted by the city of Maricopa, it soared beyond expectations. Three years later, the event's popularity has continued to climb, and with it so has the …
For two days every January, hundreds of vendors, exhibitors, mobile eateries, artists and others line the streets of historic downtown Casa Grande for the annual street fair and car show.
In the town of Florence, history is on display every day. And at least once a year, during the historic home tour, the public is invited to see how people live amongst that history each day.
Every year, members of the community, local businesses and Central Arizona College alumni and staff gather at the Windmill Winery to support area youth as they enter a new phase in their educa…
In the past few years, Maricopa has made somewhat of a name for itself with events like Merry Copa and Copa Glow, which bring plenty of fun and entertainment to area residents and visitors alike.
On Oct. 15, 2003, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors met to do something that hadn't been done in 25 years.
Even though it's a young city, Maricopa has many stories to tell.
It's hard to picture Maricopa without also thinking of State Route 347, the state highway that serves as the primary entrance into the city.
Drive around Arizona long enough and you’ll inevitably come across a community that just exists to sell cheap houses. There’s nothing wrong with a cheap house, of course, but drive around a bi…
As motorists zip along the streets and roads of Maricopa, they might not realize they are traversing on a piece of history.
Mayor Nancy Smith has "thoroughly enjoyed" her time as mayor thus far.
Maricopa may be a young city, but it's made a name for itself as an epicenter for development in Pinal County in the last two decades.
