SUPERIOR — A new U.S. 60 bridge over Pinto Creek has opened to traffic, replacing a 72-year-old structure on the only route between Superior and the Globe-Miami area.

FLORENCE — Pinal County officials are looking to add 35 communications towers to expand broadband to rural areas within the county.

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.

WASHINGTON — Proposals targeting specific areas for conservation in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and federal waters off Louisiana’s coast made their way into the gigantic budget reconciliation bill that Democrats are moving through Congress.

SUPERIOR — Motorists who use U.S. 60 between Superior and Miami should plan for a full closure of the highway between Sept. 12 and Sept. 17 while crews build connections and transition traffic onto the new Pinto Creek Bridge.

FLORENCE — Pinal County government has been using Pictometry since 2017 to see buildings without employees having to visit in person.

WINKELMAN — A Winkelman man is facing burglary charges after he allegedly broke into another home in the community.

SUPERIOR — Behold the hedgehog cactus — even after a devastating fire.

FLORENCE — Gold Canyon residents spoke against an ordinance that slashes the required buffer between industrial and residential areas from one mile to 660 feet.

FLORENCE — Pinal County health officials have confirmed the first West Nile virus case of the 2021 mosquito season in a Pinal County resident.

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.

FLORENCE — The State Land Department has withdrawn its intention to offer a Major Comprehensive Plan Amendment on some 11,700 acres east of Gold Canyon and north of U.S. 60, which would have set aside employment areas, expedited road construction and preserved open space.

ELEVEN MILE CORNER — An alarming number of strays continue to pour into the county animal shelter, according to staff, who are increasingly feeling the stress.

KEARNY — A Kearny man is facing charges after allegedly being found with a stolen car.

FLORENCE — A Gold Canyon man said half of his subdivision is in state Legislative District 16 and the rest is in District 8. Nick Myers of San Tan Valley said he lives in “the gerrymandering portion of LD 12,” where he’s surrounded on three sides by District 8.

SUPERIOR — A full overnight closure of U.S. 60 between Miami and Superior is scheduled Wednesday night for work on the new Pinto Creek Bridge.

CASA GRANDE — Flash flood warnings are still in effect for many parts of the state including Pinal County as monsoon storms continue to roll through Arizona.

FLORENCE — The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission will meet to obtain public input from 5-7 p.m. July 23 at the Second Pinal County Courthouse, 135 N. Pinal St.

SUPERIOR -- Motorists on US 60 between Miami and Superior will encounter lane closures and delays Tuesday, June 29, for the Pinto Creek Bridge replacement project.

SUPERIOR — A transient man is facing charges after he allegedly threatened a grocery store owner with physical harm and yelled at store employees.

GLOBE — Behind closed road signs in evacuated small towns in Pinal and Gila counties, blackened trees stand slathered with pink fire retardant as dust devils from the ashes of the Telegraph Fire twirl past.