FLORENCE — As the number of coronavirus cases continues to surge, Pinal County has named a new health director.
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PHOENIX — New pressure is building on Gov. Doug Ducey to reverse his defense of having monuments to the Confederacy on state-owned property.
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FLORENCE — The town has a new community services director, Hezekiah Allen, who comes to Florence after 14 years in parks and recreation in Cottonwood.
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FLORENCE — The challenges of being part of a global pandemic haven’t stalled progress in Pinal County, Board of Supervisors Chairman Anthony Smith, R-Maricopa, said Wednesday.
SAN TAN VALLEY — The Florence Unified School District Governing Board approved a plan to reopen school on July 22 while strongly recommending face masks for students, teachers and staff.
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FLORENCE — Candidates for Town Council were asked for three words that other organizations they’ve worked with would use to describe their participation or leadership style, at an online forum June 24 hosted by the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce.
FLORENCE — Despite receiving comments in favor of face masks that outnumbered opponents more than 3-to-1, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors declined to mandate masks at last week’s meeting.
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PHOENIX – As President Donald Trump was hailing the pace of border wall construction Tuesday, Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris Jr. was bemoaning it as a project that continues “to destroy … sacred sites.”
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SIGNAL PEAK -- Two viruses are stalking the nation.
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FLORENCE — Voters in the Florence Unified School District will be asked to approve $75 million in bond funding for upgrades and repairs to schools in Florence and San Tan Valley in the Nov. 3 general election.
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PHOENIX — The head of the House Ethics Committee is weighing whether to have full-blown hearings into the panel’s investigation of Rep. David Cook — assuming the matter gets that far.
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PHOENIX — The combined total of county jail inmates, state prisoners and federal immigration detainees in Arizona who have tested positive for the coronavirus has surpassed 1,100 cases.
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CASA GRANDE — Following his announcement that he had tested positive for COVID-19, the whereabouts of Sheriff Mark Lamb or who else might have been exposed to the virus through his public appearances has been unclear.
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FLORENCE — Residents in unincorporated Pinal County will be "highly encouraged" to wear face coverings in public to slow the spread of COVID-19 in a resolution pending before the Pinal County Board of Supervisors.
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COOLIDGE — Some cities are firm on their stance about enforcing face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, while others are still exploring the issue, according to the Pinal Partnership's virtual mayors' update on Friday.
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FLORENCE — A major sports training complex in the northern town limits with fields, courts, lodging, retail stores and family entertainment has been proposed.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb has tested positive for the coronavirus.
FLORENCE — The Pinal County Board of Supervisors approved agreements with two state universities Wednesday related to the future Arizona Technology Corridor through Pinal County.
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FLORENCE — A Scottsdale company known for its modern, award-winning residential developments is planning to build a community of 112 rentals north of Heritage Park in the town’s Territory Square District.
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PHOENIX — A new lawsuit by the state NAACP claims private prisons used by the state violate constitutional provisions including a prohibition against slavery.
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FLORENCE — A Coolidge woman was arrested during a traffic stop and charged with possession of fentanyl for sale June 1 in Florence.
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PHOENIX — A report released Friday by the House Ethics Committee accuses Rep. David Cook of having an undisclosed relationship with a lobbyist, one that the investigators said is romantic.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County will fund several nonprofit agencies for a total of $660,000 to relieve homelessness in the new fiscal year as part of a tentative annual budget the Board of Supervisors approved Wednesday.
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FLORENCE — Johnson Utilities has plans, with the blessing of state environmental regulators, to solve issues of wastewater odor and capacity in San Tan Valley, a company attorney told the Pinal County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday.
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GOLD CANYON — As a Minneapolis man who died in police custody was being laid to rest in his hometown of Houston Tuesday, area residents gathered to denounce what they consider to be a symbol of racism in northern Pinal County.
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COOLIDGE — The Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology is rolling out summer programing for students impacted by the COVID-19 school closures this past school year.
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FLORENCE — How to end the ongoing legal battle with Florence Copper and how to stimulate local business were just a couple of the topics the town’s mayoral candidates addressed in an online forum June 3 hosted by the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce.
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FLORENCE — Candidates for Town Council expressed positive views of annexation in an online forum held by the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce on June 4.
FLORENCE — As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of workers have lost their jobs and the lines at food banks have grown tremendously.
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APACHE JUNCTION — A lightning-caused wildfire burning in the Superstition Mountains, which at one time threatened a Pinal County community, is now 81% contained, fire officials said Monday.
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QUEEN VALLEY — Nearly 400 firefighters continue to battle a wildfire in the Superstition Mountains during a heat wave.
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FLORENCE — In a controversial move that some residents pleaded for and others opposed, Pinal County will open, improve and declare as county highways two roads in Apache Junction to provide a second way out for about 400 homes just beyond the city limits.
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QUEEN VALLEY — Containment efforts of a wildfire burning near a northern Pinal County community have prevented the need for evacuations, officials said Thursday morning.
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FLORENCE — Despite a new town budget that’s already almost $1.5 million in the red, the Town Council voted Monday to offer a 2.5% raise to town employees in January, halfway through the new budget year, at a cost of $134,713.
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FLORENCE — Florence Unified School District is planning to begin the new school year as scheduled on July 22 with several safeguards in place.
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FLORENCE — Beginning Monday, businesses in unincorporated Pinal County may apply for up to $15,000 to help cover their expenses during the state’s stay-home order.
CASA GRANDE — The state’s response to COVID-19, special legislative sessions, per-diem rates for legislators and term limits were the main topics of discussion at Tuesday night’s Pinal County Republican Committee debate between incumbent Rep. David Cook and challenger Neal Carter.
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QUEEN VALLEY — Firefighters made progress containing the southern and eastern portions of a large wildfire threatening a northern Pinal County community.
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FLORENCE — The Pinal County Historical Society Museum has received $10,000 in federal funding to support projects at risk because of lost revenue during the pandemic.
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FLORENCE — The town will receive $3.1 million in CARES Act funding to help cover expenses resulting from COVID-19, and three citizens urged the town to use it to boost the business community at Monday’s Town Council meeting.
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FLORENCE — Even a global pandemic can’t stop the 2020 Michelle Gallagher Softball Tournament.
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WINKELMAN -- Over the span of a couple nights, concrete trucks and pumps worked from along the banks of the Gila River in Winkelman to transform a long grid of rebar into something drivers can really appreciate: the concrete surface of a new bridge.
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CASA GRANDE — A curfew that aims to prevent looting went into effect Sunday across the state, and by Monday morning, area law enforcement agencies in Pinal County were reporting no problems related to the restrictions.
FLORENCE — Pinal County Sheriff’s Office substation lobbies have reopened to the public for regular business hours.
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FLORENCE — A desert wildfire on the Arizona National Guard Florence Military Reservation in Pinal County is 100% contained after burning more than 3,000 acres, officials said Monday.
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CASA GRANDE – The two Republican candidates for Pinal County assessor clashed in a heated debate Thursday evening.
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FLORENCE — The Pinal County Board of Supervisors expressed a desire to continue a strategic goal of cutting the primary property tax rate another four cents in the new budget year to $3.75 per $100 of net assessed value.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County Supervisor Mike Goodman said county officials need more authority to respond to utility problems in his district and made a direct plea to Johnson Utilities owner George Johnson to relinquish control of his company.
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FLORENCE — Rather than close the smelly, troubled Section 11 wastewater plant at Magic Ranch, Johnson Utilities officials believe the faster and more cost-efficient solution is to replace it with a new enclosed plant.
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FLORENCE — EPCOR Utilities Inc. has been a “poor and negligent” manager of Johnson Utilities with obvious conflicts of interest, including pressuring JU to sell the company, JU alleges in a motion before the Arizona Corporation Commission.
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FLORENCE — Eloy and Florence continue to be the hot spots for coronavirus cases in Pinal County, even though the overall number of new cases continues to flatten.
CASA GRANDE -- In February, Gil Luna had hoped come mid-June he would be pitching on college baseball’s biggest stage in Omaha.
CASA GRANDE — Nearly two weeks after the Arizona Interscholastic Association issued its guidelines for athletes to return to campus, schools around Pinal County are doing just that.
FLORENCE — Even a global pandemic can’t stop the 2020 Michelle Gallagher Softball Tournament.
FLORENCE — Like so many Arizonans, Bryn O’Rourke is not originally from the state. But she loves Arizona like home, which is one reason why she’s staying in the Grand Canyon State to play coll…
PHOENIX — After holding a Zoom meeting of its executive board Thursday afternoon, the Arizona Interscholastic Association released guidelines for a return to high school sports.
FLORENCE — When Randy Robles came home to Florence, it was with the goal of starting a boxing gym for local youth, just like his father did more than 45 years ago.
SAN TAN VALLEY — The Florence Unified School District Governing Board approved a plan to reopen school on July 22 while strongly recommending face masks for students, teachers and staff.
FLORENCE — Voters in the Florence Unified School District will be asked to approve $75 million in bond funding for upgrades and repairs to schools in Florence and San Tan Valley in the Nov. 3 …
COOLIDGE — The Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology is rolling out summer programing for students impacted by the COVID-19 school closures this past school year.
FLORENCE — Florence Unified School District is planning to begin the new school year as scheduled on July 22 with several safeguards in place.
SIGNAL PEAK — Central Arizona College plans to recognize the May 2020 graduating class with a traditional graduation ceremony in December.
FLORENCE — “You guys have just made history,” Principal Toby Haugen said, looking across a football field dotted with freshly minted Florence High School graduates.