SAN TAN VALLEY — A partial investigation report obtained from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office states that Cooper Lamb, son of Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, may have been impaired by dru…
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WINKELMAN -- Motorists who use the Gila River Bridge along State Route 77 on the Pinal-Gila County line should expect intermittent delays starting Monday, Nov. 30, while bridge girders are placed on the west side of the new bridge.
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DUDLEYVILLE — A Dudleyville man is facing charges after allegedly attacking a woman during an argument by throwing knives and a can of food at her.
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WASHINGTON – Activists worry that the Trump administration has fast-tracked the final environmental impact statement for the massive Resolution Copper mine in Pinal County, a project planned for lands near Superior that are claimed as sacred by the San Carlos Apache.
CASA GRANDE — The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is now providing Narcan, a drug that can help reverse a narcotic overdose, available to the public for free.
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With three members of the Board of Supervisors leaving at year’s end, Pinal Partnership invited all five to speak at an online breakfast Friday morning. They shared memories, how they’d like to be remembered and future plans, among other topics.
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SCOTTSDALE — For the second straight year, Williams was a little too big, too strong and too deep for Superior to overcome.
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FLORENCE — A sexual assault trial was ended and the case dismissed in October by a Pinal County Superior Court judge after alleged misconduct by a deputy Pinal County attorney.
FLORENCE – Pinal County’s Business Sustainability Program, which has provided almost $1.2 million in grants to help more than 100 businesses stay afloat, will take applications again next month.
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FLORENCE — Interim County Manager Leo Lew reported Wednesday that Pinal County has closed on a bond issue to pay its pension debt.
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FLORENCE — The Pinal County Board of Supervisors made the final results of the Nov. 3 general election official with the canvass on Wednesday.
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SIGNAL PEAK — After weathering a tough scenario this fall, Central Arizona College is poised to begin planning for a more normalized 2021.
FLORENCE — The Pinal County Board of Supervisors will discuss how the county can fight COVID-19 through improved ventilation at county buildings at a meeting in the near future.
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PHOENIX — Top officials of the 15 Republican county committees want a special session — and soon — to order an audit of the machinery used to count ballots.
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SUPERIOR — While the rest of the Arizona Interscholastic Association conferences are wrapping up the regular season, Class 1A held its quarterfinal matchups Friday.
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FLORENCE — Each year, Pinal County holds a Veterans Day Tribute celebration.
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SUPERIOR — Nestled in the Sonoran Desert, with a backdrop of the Picketpost and Superstition mountains, the Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park and Wallace Desert Garden offer miles of hiking trails and a chance to experience the beauty of the Sonoran Desert.
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COOLIDGE — In a race that has been all over the place since numbers were first posted on election night, Republican perennial candidate Kevin Cavanaugh has taken a surprising lead over longtime incumbent Democrat Pete Rios for Pinal County Board of Supervisors District 1 seat.
FLORENCE — Pinal County has paid $1,189,319 in grants to help businesses in the county’s unincorporated areas cover their losses in the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Board of Supervisors is considering making its Business Sustainability Program available for a th…
FLORENCE – Pinal County has an estimated 41,000 early ballots and 1,800 provisional ballots still to be counted, the Board of Supervisors was told Wednesday morning.
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CASA GRANDE — Veteran officeholder Pete Rios held a slim lead Wednesday for reelection in Pinal County Supervisor District 1. But his opponent believes it will come down to a recount and is making accusations of election meddling.
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SIGNAL PEAK — The pandemic has necessitated social adjustments, but these rules for socialization have proven taxing in many ways for higher education. In trying to prepare for the future, schools are now faced with a litany of unprecedented challenges. One of those is attracting new student…
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CASA GRANDE — Nearly half of all registered Pinal County voters have cast their vote, either through an early mail-in ballot or in-person at an early voting location, according to the Pinal County Elections Department.
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FLORENCE — Election Day security in Pinal County will include a sheriff’s “terrorism liaison officer” coordinating communications and members of the new citizens posse assisting with brief patrols of polling places.
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FLORENCE — The U.S. secretary of the interior took a tour of Pinal County with Sheriff Mark Lamb on Wednesday, visiting the locations of several camps made by illegal migrants on federal land.
FLORENCE — Early voting in Pinal County is more than double what it was four years ago, with 11,515 ballots cast in the first week. In 2016 the number was 4,955.
FLORENCE — Pinal County will finance $87 million in public safety pension debt with a bond issue, officials have decided.
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SAN TAN VALLEY — Is Pinal County fulfilling its destiny as the growth corridor of the state of Arizona?
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FLORENCE — The Pinal County Board of Supervisors will consider higher fees for some animal control services next month.
SUPERIOR — Superior Police Department officers were able to recover a water truck that was stolen from Mesa and arrested a man who was found sleeping inside.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County is “moving in the right direction” on COVID-19 testing, County Manager Louis Andersen told the Board of Supervisors Wednesday.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County Recorder Virginia Ross and Elections Director Michele Forney are encouraging voters who have questions about the election to call their offices.
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SUPERIOR — Resolution Copper has awarded more than $185,000 in grants to five area school districts for the upcoming school year.
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Editor’s Note: Though we do our best to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date, directory of the restaurants currently serving customers in our area, this list reflects the establishments open for business at the time of publication. Please contact these businesses directly for information rega…
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated eight Arizona counties as primary natural disaster areas this week.
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CASA GRANDE — The Arizona Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will review an Arizona Court of Appeals decision involving the Pinal Regional Transportation Authority tax.
FLORENCE — Pinal County is asking state utility regulators to immediately provide interim solutions that will allow development to proceed around the Pecan and Section 11 facilities, which are both Johnson Utilities wastewater plants in San Tan Valley.
PHOENIX — Jim and Dorothy Karam celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Sept. 10.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County will receive a $300,000 federal grant through the “Arizona Vote Safe Program” to help combat the pandemic for the 2020 election cycle, following the Board of Supervisors’ approval of an agreement with the state Wednesday.
FLORENCE — An August testing blitz for COVID-19 in Pinal County correctional facilities could result in a spike in new cases, which would hold the county back as it works to reopen schools and businesses, officials said.
FLORENCE — Pinal County officials believe they’re at least $14 million — and maybe as much as $54 million — short of U.S. CARES Act funds they should have received from the state for COVID-19 relief.
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CASA GRANDE — With a record-breaking hot summer, there are several hydration stations across Pinal County offering water and heat refuge to those who need it.
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PHOENIX — Pinal County residents are eligible to apply for a vacancy on the Arizona Game and Fish Commission.
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PHOENIX — Pinal County met the recommended benchmarks for both in-person school learning and reopening some businesses, state health officials announced Thursday morning.
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FLORENCE — The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office’s new Citizen Posse is not your great-granddad’s posse.
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PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed Rebecca Padilla as Pinal County clerk of the Superior Court.
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CASA GRANDE — Pinal County taxpayers hoping for better roads through the Pinal Regional Transportation Authority sales tax will have to wait.
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SAN MANUEL — A San Manuel man is facing charges of aggravated assault after an argument turned physical.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: PinalCentral is going through each football position group to list five players to watch in Pinal County this season. This is the seventh and final installment in the series. Keep in mind that some of these players may play multiple positions and don’t always fit neatly into o…
FLORENCE — Pinal County will receive a $2.6 million state grant for testing, case investigation and contact tracing related to COVID-19.
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