FLORENCE — After its Nov. 3 meeting became bogged down in confusion over rules, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors is considering an expanded set of those for conducting meetings.
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FLORENCE — The Pinal County Board of Supervisors is considering a new written policy for invocations, or prayers, at the beginning of its regular meetings.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve Miller, R-Casa Grande, began Wednesday’s meeting with a denunciation of a blog post criticizing him, followed by criticism of the supervisor whose name was on the post, Kevin Cavanaugh, R-Coolidge.
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FLORENCE — Two months after narrowly voting to reject it, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors, sitting as the Pinal Public Health District board, voted to accept a $3.3 million grant to help bring COVID vaccines to the county’s underserved populations.
FLORENCE — Pinal County Economic Development Director Tim Kanavel, who died on Feb. 9, has been honored by the Arizona Association of Economic Development with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
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FLORENCE — Two months after they voted to reject it, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors will reconsider on Nov. 3 accepting a $3.3 million federal grant to bring COVID vaccines to underserved populations.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County deputies will receive raises to make their pay more competitive with neighboring jurisdictions following the Board of Supervisors’ approval of a budget amendment of $684,353 Wednesday.
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FLORENCE – Neal Carter was appointed to fill the remainder of the late Frank Pratt’s term as state representative in District 8, and Teresa Martinez was appointed state representative in District 11 to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Bret Roberts.
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FLORENCE – Some Arizona counties continue to grapple with administering COVID-19 vaccines equitably, even as cases spiked across the state in recent months and vaccination rates still lag in rural communities and among some people of color.
PHOENIX — The Independent Redistricting Commission is circling in on what could decide the political future of Arizona for the rest of the decade.
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ORACLE — A Flagstaff woman is facing charges after allegedly being found with the keys to a stolen vehicle.
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SIGNAL PEAK — Central Arizona College could be selling its education site on Florence Boulevard in Casa Grande.
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FLORENCE — Two people died recently in Pinal County from West Nile virus, the county environmental health department reported Wednesday.
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ORACLE -- The National Science Foundation has awarded $3.5 million to a team led by University of Arizona researchers to study how life prevails in barren landscapes, such as those disturbed by wildfires, volcanic eruptions or mining operations.
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CASA GRANDE — The latest maps drafted by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission include major changes for Pinal County and represent a shift from earlier maps to try and avoid splitting up municipalities.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County is now providing pending parcel numbers to help builders work as quickly as possible, and the Board of Supervisors will consider additional employees for the Assessor’s Office on Oct. 6.
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FLORENCE — The Pinal County Board of Supervisors discussed the prospect of forming an ethics committee Wednesday but took no action.
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FLORENCE — A $3.3 million grant to “improve vaccine equity” in communities at increased risk of COVID-19, which the Pinal County Board of Supervisors rejected a month ago, will come back for a closer look.
CASA GRANDE — Once again, the proposed Resolution Copper mine has come into the crosshairs of federal action.
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Northern Arizona’s two representatives in Congress took wildly contrasting positions last week on the passage of the $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act.
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SIGNAL PEAK — The greenhouse at Central Arizona College’s Signal Peak Campus sits on the far north of the site, nestled near the mountains and behind the new Drive48 training facility.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County Sheriff’s deputies are seeing an increase in the number of drugs trafficked through the county, according to a new yearly report from the office.
PHOENIX — Arizona state Rep. Frank Pratt of Casa Grande died Tuesday after a long illness, state officials said.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County officials are looking to add 35 communications towers to expand broadband to rural areas within the county.
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PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed Lacey Gard to fill a seat on the Pinal County Superior Court recently vacated by the retirement of Judge Stephen McCarville.
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CASA GRANDE — New maps released by the Independent Redistricting Commission show drastic changes to legislative and congressional boundaries within Pinal County, but all indications are it is too soon in the process to draw major conclusions.
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PHOENIX — The Copper Corridor, along State Routes 77 and 177, is dotted with small and historic mining towns, some of which are stuck with abandoned or crumbling infrastructure but without money or room to expand or resolve such eyesores.
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FLORENCE -- Pinal County Attorney Kent Volkmer and another county worker stood in a desert area littered with debris recently, assessing the problem of illegal dumping, when something surprising happened.
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ORACLE — Pinal County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two men for allegedly taking $16,000 worth of supplies and computer equipment from the Oracle School District in August.
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PHOENIX — Newly released documents show that the Arizona “audit” has spent more than $400,000 to hire off-duty police officers to provide security for the ballot review that concluded last month at the state fairgrounds.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County government has been using Pictometry since 2017 to see buildings without employees having to visit in person.
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PHOENIX — Former Secretary of State Ken Bennett asked former Democratic Pinal County Supervisor Pete Rios to be his co-liaison on the controversial review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County has turned down a $3.3 million grant to “improve vaccine equity” in communities at increased risk of COVID-19.
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WINKELMAN — A Winkelman man is facing burglary charges after he allegedly broke into another home in the community.
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PHOENIX — A Yuma Democratic lawmaker is asking a judge to toss a defamation lawsuit filed against her by two Republican legislators and a member of Congress.
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FLORENCE — Gold Canyon residents spoke against an ordinance that slashes the required buffer between industrial and residential areas from one mile to 660 feet.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb asked for raises for deputies and detention officers to help slow their departure to higher-paying agencies in the Valley.
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TUCSON — In an unprecedented push to remove roadside garbage and debris, 42 Arizona Department of Transportation employees from Pinal and Pima counties were recently able to pick up 11,000 pounds of trash and bulk items along Interstate 10.
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CASA GRANDE — Water concerns and highway expansion highlighted the issues raised by a panel of area leaders during a roundtable discussion Wednesday afternoon with U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County health officials have confirmed the first West Nile virus case of the 2021 mosquito season in a Pinal County resident.
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CASA GRANDE — The future of Pinal County will include less water but more people, according to speakers at the most recent Pinal Partnership breakfast.
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PHOENIX — The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board is considering the possibility of revoking the certifications of Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy Julian Navarrette, who was picked up for DUI by Arizona State University Police in December.
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APACHE JUNCTION — State Sen. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa, invited other elected officials Wednesday to sign a proclamation against the mandated use of face coverings, “reaffirming our commitment to the rights of our constituents here in Pinal County."
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SIGNAL PEAK — If you unbill it, they will come.
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SAN MANUEL — A homeless man is facing charges after allegedly being involved in a fight more than two months ago that led to one man being treated for a stab wound.
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CASA GRANDE — Although a possible census undercount has been evident ever since news broke that Arizona would not get a 10th Congressional District, Thursday’s official numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau were still surprising. Some cities in Pinal County, such as Casa Grande and Eloy, showe…
FLORENCE — Persistent questioning from a Pinal County supervisor about a federal grant contract prompted advice from the board chair to do better homework and not “ambush” county staff during a meeting.
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FLORENCE — Four new solar energy plants are seeking major amendments to Pinal County’s Comprehensive Plan that would allow them to build and operate, the Board of Supervisors was told Wednesday.
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CASA GRANDE — Pinal County health officials are finding more mosquitoes containing the West Nile virus and are asking residents to do their part to keep them from infecting humans.
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ORACLE — The Turner G. Davis Art Exhibition at Triangle L Ranch’s Adobe Barn Gallery, 2805 N. Triangle L Ranch Road, is scheduled to run through Sept. 5.
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FLORENCE — A grant application for $6.2 million for more COVID-19 testing in Pinal County was approved 3-2 by the public health board Wednesday.