Florence Baptist Church pastor Dale Storm, 66, died unexpectedly on Oct. 6. His memorial service was Monday at the church.

COOLIDGE — Next in line to receive road improvements as part of the city’s five-year plan are stretches in the west end along Ninth Street, Coolidge Avenue and Vah Ki Inn Road.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Tuesday said the Census Bureau can stop its count of the population, a blow to tribal leaders and local advocates for underrepresented communities in Arizona who said they would be hit hardest by an undercount.

COOLIDGE — A couple of almost 20-year-old Coolidge residents are experiencing the year of their young lives in 2020 and soon will be making some very mature decisions affecting and shaping their community.

COOLIDGE — The City Council approved a nearly $480,000 contract that will provide the Police Department with six Chevrolet Tahoes going through Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Garrett Motors of Coolidge.

COOLIDGE — Youth sports is about to get back underway after a long hiatus due to COVID-19, thanks in part to a donation from a local business.

COOLIDGE — A church that has become a staple in the community is celebrating its 25th year of service.

CASA GRANDE — Ruben Leos, a former candidate for the Pinal County Board of Supervisors seat in District 1, said he is puzzled after his face and name were featured on a recent postcard advertising Republican candidate Kevin Cavanaugh’s run for the same seat in November’s election.

COOLIDGE — Disputing a county fee increase to house misdemeanor inmates, the Coolidge City Council on Monday night unanimously decided to delay voting to approve and extend an intergovernmental agreement with Pinal County for criminal detention.

DETROIT (AP) — Shares in electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup Nikola fell more than 6% Tuesday after General Motors cast doubt on whether a $2 billion partnership would close as scheduled.

COOLIDGE — A young woman in Coolidge received a scare when a strange man broke a back window in the home she was living in.

RED ROCK — A fugitive wanted on eight felony warrants from Texas and Oklahoma was apprehended on Interstate 10 by two Coolidge police officers working on an Operation Stonegarden patrol.

COOLIDGE — The burger chain that says you can have it your way might be coming your way if you live in Coolidge.

COOLIDGE — A major shift in Nikola Motor Company’s leadership will not affect plans for the manufacturing facility it plans to build in Coolidge, officials say.

COOLIDGE — Council members were pleasantly surprised by a revised scenario presented on the sale of $5 million in general obligation bonds for construction of the new aquatic center Monday evening.

COOLIDGE — Recent and historical police activity in the United States will be the subject of a Zoom-based lecture this week from the Coolidge Public Library.

COOLIDGE — Due to continued construction on the Pima Lateral and Florence-Casa Grande Canal, the San Carlos Irrigation Project will have two extensive dry-up periods.

PHOENIX — Nikola Corporation is rebuking claims alleging that the company, and its founder, have made untrue statements about its products over the company’s life cycle.

WASHINGTON – Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis told a House panel Thursday that an accurate Census count could be a “matter of life and death” for tribal communities.

COOLIDGE -- A kids’ arts and crafts program is just one of several functions in the works at the Coolidge VFW post as summer closes and autumn approaches.

SACATON — Police plan a special enforcement detail along State Route 87 on the Gila River Indian Community Wednesday morning.

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Census Bureau plan to end its counting a month earlier than planned, ruling in a suit joined last week by the Navajo Nation and Gila River Indian Community.

COOLIDGE — The Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology is now hoping to open classrooms to students on Oct. 13, pushing the previous date back from Tuesday.