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No contested races for Casa Grande mayor or council

by Melissa | Apr 8, 2020 | Casa Grande, Government

No contested races for Casa Grande mayor or council by Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa | Casa Grande Dispatch Local educator Jeff Lavender has thrown his hat into the ring for City Council. Monday was the last day for candidates to turn in their petition signatures to the city...

Casa Grande, county to widen Thornton Road to 4 lanes south of SR 84

by Melissa | Apr 8, 2020 | Casa Grande, Development, Government, Transportation

Casa Grande, county to widen Thornton Road to 4 lanes south of SR 84 by Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa | Casa Grande Dispatch A stretch of Thornton Road between State Route 84 and Interstate 8 may soon get a makeover. The Casa Grande City Council unanimously approved Monday,...

Economic development still active in Coolidge despite coronavirus downturn

by Melissa | Apr 8, 2020 | Coolidge, Development, Economy, Real Estate

Economic development still active in Coolidge despite coronavirus downturn by Rofida Khairalla | PinalCentral Efforts to minimize the spread of COVID-19 have catapulted the global economy into a recession. How long it will take the U.S. and global economies to recover...

Area golf courses stay in full swing despite limits

by Melissa | Apr 7, 2020 | Economy

Area golf courses stay in full swing despite limits by Jeff Jackson | PinalCentral A golf course might be among the purest places to be amid this milieu of infectious disease and the coronavirus. With Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey last week declaring golf an essential...

Pinal mayors want COVID-19 cases listed by ZIP code

by Melissa | Apr 7, 2020 | Government, Health

Pinal mayors want COVID-19 cases listed by ZIP code by Mark Cowling | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune Several Pinal County mayors and other officials are seeking a court order for the release of information that breaks down the county’s COVID-19 infections by...

Former Ak-Chin Chairman Louis Manuel dies

by Melissa | Apr 7, 2020 | Ak-Chin, Government

Former Ak-Chin Chairman Louis Manuel dies by Raquel Hendrickson | inMaricopa Louis J. Manuel Jr., former chairman of the Ak-Chin Indian Community, has died, according to family members. Manuel, 57, was at the forefront of Ak-Chin’s economic development as council...

Pinal County officials sue Arizona Department of Health Services to release COVID-19 data

by Melissa | Apr 7, 2020 | Government

Pinal County officials sue Arizona Department of Health Services to release COVID-19 data by Penny Vandell | Arizona Republic Several Pinal County public officials have filed a lawsuit against the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Pinal County Health...

Business leaders split over future of Pinal County’s economic development

by Melissa | Apr 6, 2020 | Casa Grande, Coolidge, Development, Economy

Business leaders split over future of Pinal County's economic development by Rofida Khairalla | PinalCentral Business and economic experts from around Arizona and the United States met on Zoom early Friday morning to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the...

Pinal agency helping with rent assistance, mortgages

by Melissa | Apr 4, 2020 | Economy

Pinal agency helping with rent assistance, mortgages by Suzanne Adam-Ockrassa | Casa Grande Dispatch Help is available to individuals as well as businesses during the coronavirus outbreak on making rent, mortgage and utility payments and access to the internet. The...

Electric vehicle manufacturing hub discussion: envision and implement, Pinal County is “case study example”

by Melissa | Apr 3, 2020 | Development, Economy, Education, Government, Organizations

Electric vehicle manufacturing hub discussion: envision and implement, Pinal County is "case study example" On Friday, April 3, we hosted our first ever virtual panel to discuss the growing electric vehicle industry including manufacturing, trade, supply chain and...