FLORENCE — An attempt to steal a flat-bed trailer ended poorly for a couple of men.

FLAGSTAFF — A federal judge has denied a request from a group of Apaches who sought to keep the U.S. Forest Service from issuing an environmental review of a copper mining project until the court takes up a larger case over who legally owns land known as Oak Flat.

FLORENCE – A Superior woman who pled guilty to second-degree murder and child abuse in the death of her two children has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

SUPERIOR — A group of Apaches who have tried for years to reverse a land swap in Pinal County that will make way for one of the largest copper mines in the U.S. sued the federal government Tuesday.

FLORENCE — The Pinal County Attorney’s Office has dropped charges against a man who claimed he had a bomb in his car parked outside the federal immigration detention center in Florence.

FLORENCE — Kaye Persinger of Marion, Ohio, — who was known as Kaye Dickson when she ran for Pinal County Sheriff five years ago — said she’ll miss Reyes.

FLORENCE — Strategies for drawing more residents, visitors and businesses to the downtown area are part of Florence’s pending Redevelopment Plan update.

FLORENCE — Florence Hospital on Hunt Highway is putting patients in its little-used secure inmate wing, a top official told the Town Council Monday.

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FLORENCE — There are no known plans for a recreational marijuana dispensary in Florence, but an ordinance is pending before the Town Council that would allow one.

FLORENCE — Possibly signaling a new direction after several years of fighting Florence Copper in court, the Town Council voted 5-2 Monday against appealing the company’s state permit for full-scale commercial mining.

FLORENCE — A stretch of State Route 79 north of downtown Florence was closed for 6½ hours Thursday after a man who claimed to have a bomb refused to exit his car in the federal immigration detention center parking lot.

FLORENCE — Although building continues to boom in Florence, it’s not what everyone needs, and town officials are aware of that.

FLORENCE — There won’t be a new Gila River bridge in 2021, but the new year will still see its share of major infrastructure projects with lasting benefits, Town Manager Brent Billingsley said.

WINKELMAN — It’s not always clear to drivers why crews need to stop traffic in a work zone, but there was no mistaking what was happening for nine days this month on State Route 77 in Winkelman.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s state prison system is planning on a second round of COVID-19 testing for the system’s nearly 38,000 inmates while making available rapid virus tests for employees.

FLORENCE — The town’s water customers should all have “smart” water meters a couple of months or so into the new year, and shortly afterward have access to a computer app with a wealth of information about their water usage.

PHOENIX -- A bid to recall Doug Ducey has come up short.

PHOENIX — The widow of a man who died in the Superstition Mountains in 2013 is preparing to file a new $30 million federal civil lawsuit against Pinal County and several members of the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team who searched for her husband.

FLORENCE — The closing of Arizona State Prison-Florence Complex, which first looked like a major setback for Florence, is beginning to look more like an opportunity, Town Manager Brent Billingsley said.

FLORENCE — Three outgoing supervisors were given a dignified sendoff, including a video tribute, during the final meeting of the current Pinal County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday.

After 40 years of fighting fires, rescuing people from pile-ups on I-10, hazmat spills and other emergencies, David Strayer is ready to retire. This year has certainly been no smooth coast to the finish line.

FLORENCE — Tom Smith received the Key to the Town and Dec. 19 was declared “Tom Smith Day” in a mayoral proclamation Monday.