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Mining industry adjusts to COVID-19 protocols

by Melissa | Apr 30, 2020 | Economy, Superior

Mining industry adjusts to COVID-19 protocols CopperArea.com In the mining industry, safety is a top priority even when there is not an active global pandemic. Local mines Resolution Copper and Capstone – Pinto Valley shared some of their latest protocols to ensure...

Ak-Chin employees get another payroll extension

by Melissa | Apr 30, 2020 | Ak-Chin, Economy

Ak-Chin employees get another payroll extension inMaricopa The Ak-Chin Indian Community Tribal Council has once again approved funding that will extend payroll for its employees for another two weeks, through May 14. The nearly 1,500 employees work for the Tribe’s...

Can rural Arizona stave off coronavirus, save local economies?

by Melissa | Apr 29, 2020 | Economy

Can rural Arizona stave off coronavirus, save local economies? by Victoria Harker | Chamber Business News As the coronavirus spreads outward from Arizona’s urban centers, rural towns and cities have been practicing social distancing for weeks as a preemptive strike....

Pinal plans for economic recovery, sees advantages

by Melissa | Apr 25, 2020 | Development, Economy, Government

Pinal plans for economic recovery, sees advantages by Mark Cowling | PinalCentral Pinal County’s economic development progress has continued apace through the pandemic, but the county can’t stay closed indefinitely without harm, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors...

$10 Million To Fund Pinal County Water Infrastructure

by Melissa | Apr 25, 2020 | Development, Economy, Government

$10 Million To Fund Pinal County Water Infrastructure by Heather van Blokland | KJZZ Water conservation is getting new funding in Pinal County. UDSA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) announced that it will invest $10 million in the partner-driven...

Facing water cutbacks, Arizona farmers ‘in limbo’ despite $10 million federal pledge

by Melissa | Apr 25, 2020 | Economy, Government

Facing water cutbacks, Arizona farmers ‘in limbo’ despite $10 million federal pledge by Ian James | Arizona Republic The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved $10 million to help pay for water projects in the farmlands of central Arizona, where...