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Town offers to settle with Florence Copper

by Melissa | Jun 24, 2019 | Florence, Government

Town offers to settle with Florence Copper by Mark Cowling | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune The town has offered an “olive branch” to Florence Copper, asking that each side drop its legal claims against the other and move forward as partners. It was a sudden...

Water quality report available for Apache Junction district

by Melissa | Jun 23, 2019 | Apache Junction, Environment

Water quality report available for Apache Junction district Apache Junction Independent The Apache Junction Water District’s 2018 water quality report is available for viewing. Go to ajwaterdistrict.org/water-quality-reports-2 Customers can also request a printed copy...

640-acre data center site launches in Pinal County

by Melissa | Jun 23, 2019 | Coolidge, Development, Environment

640-acre data center site launches in Pinal County AZ Business Magazine Saint Holdings, LLC (Saint) announced it has launched a new, first-in-class 640-acre shovel-ready data center site with solar capabilities adjacent to its Inland Port Arizona (IPAZ), one of the...

Development fees topic of public hearings in Apache Junction

by Melissa | Jun 22, 2019 | Apache Junction, Development, Government

Development fees topic of public hearings in Apache Junction Apache Junction Independent A text amendment to repeal City Code Chapter 7, Development Fees, and adopt a new Chapter 7 to be entitled “Apache Junction City Code, Vol. II, Land Development Code, Chapter 7,...

Mayors discuss opportunities, challenges in Pinal

by Melissa | Jun 22, 2019 | Casa Grande, Coolidge, Development, Economy, Eloy, Florence, Government, Maricopa, Superior, Transportation

Mayors discuss opportunities, challenges in Pinal by Heather Smathers | Casa Grande Dispatch Mayors from several Pinal County cities and towns joined together for a roundtable discussion on challenges and opportunities each face and how the communities can continue to...

Workforce development and infrastructure top priorities for Pinal County Mayors

by Melissa | Jun 21, 2019 | Casa Grande, Coolidge, Development, Economy, Eloy, Florence, Government, Maricopa, Real Estate, Superior

Workforce development and infrastructure top priorities for Pinal County Mayors By Callan Smith | Rose Law Group Reporter Pinal County has seen some big wins such as Nikola Motor Company coming to Coolidge and Lucid Motors locating in Casa Grande. When mayors gathered...

Summer 2019 issue shows Pinal Ways is going places

by Melissa | Jun 21, 2019 | Development, Transportation

Summer 2019 issue shows Pinal Ways is going places by Darren Barakat | Casa Grande Dispatch Pinal County was a much different place 60 years ago, and it had little to do with the internet. The interstate highway system was built in the 1960s, and it has since changed...

Department Of Interior Announces Nearly $40 Million Payment To Arizona Counties

by Melissa | Jun 21, 2019 | Government

Department Of Interior Announces Nearly $40 Million Payment To Arizona Counties by Bret Jaspers | KJZZ The Department of Interior is sending almost $40 million to Arizona counties. According to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, the Payment in Lieu of Taxes program...

Wage hikes slow county’s ‘brain drain’

by Melissa | Jun 21, 2019 | Economy, Government

Wage hikes slow county's 'brain drain' by Mark Cowling | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune The Pinal County Board of Supervisors approved a new annual budget of more than $512 million Wednesday, including a last-minute payment of $20,000 to help keep the Hayden...

I-10, I-8 changed Pinal County in profound ways

by Melissa | Jun 21, 2019 | Economy, Transportation

I-10, I-8 changed Pinal County in profound ways by Darren Barakat| Pinal Ways Magazine At the Dust Bowl Theater on Main Street, J.W. Tidwell could watch two movies and a cartoon, eat popcorn and a candy bar and drink a soda for the dollar in his pocket. He even left...