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Miller blasts Pinal water authority

by Melissa | Feb 22, 2019 | Government

Miller blasts Pinal water authority by Heather Smathers | Casa Grande Dispatch A Pinal County supervisor is concerned over the record keeping practices of a local water authority and wants to know why it has banked more than $1 million. During a work session Wednesday...

One family makes sense of losing its Colorado River water

by Melissa | Feb 22, 2019 | Economy, Environment

One family makes sense of losing its Colorado River water Pinal County farmers suffer more drastic cuts than cities in Arizona’s tenuous drought plan. by Tony Davis | High Country News The furrows in a 60-acre patch of dirt on Rodney and Tiffany Shedd’s Arizona farm...

Residents speak out against possible Pinal land sale

by Melissa | Feb 22, 2019 | Development, Government

Residents speak out against possible Pinal land sale by Heather Smathers | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune Residents of Gold Canyon spoke against a potential land auction last week, but a Pinal County official says they were misinformed. During the call to the...

Maricopa approves land purchase for new hotel

by Melissa | Feb 22, 2019 | Development, Maricopa

Maricopa approves land purchase for new hotel by Rodney Haas | Maricopa Monitor The city of Maricopa gave approval for a purchase and sale agreement with Maricopa Auberge LLC to build an 89-room hotel near Copper Sky Recreation Complex. The hotel is part of a broader...

Pinal panel gives winery proposal its blessing despite complaints

by Melissa | Feb 22, 2019 | Development, Government, Oracle

Pinal panel gives winery proposal its blessing despite complaints by Heather Smathers | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune A winery received preliminary approval to open a tasting room and hold events from a county board Thursday. The Pinal County Planning and...

City hires architect to design new library ‘without any debt to city’

by Melissa | Feb 21, 2019 | Development, Government, Maricopa

City hires architect to design new library ‘without any debt to city’ by Jim Headley | inMaricopa The opening step toward a new Maricopa Public Library was taken Tuesday at the regular meeting of the city council. Maricopa City Council approved a $830,530 contract...

Casa Grande council seeks more information on irrigation issue

by Melissa | Feb 21, 2019 | Casa Grande, Development, Government

Casa Grande council seeks more information on irrigation issue by Heather Smathers | Casa Grande Dispatch Residents of a neighborhood irrigation district urged City Council members to find a mechanism to pay for repairs to its failing well, with one man saying the...

Subdivision to Subdivision: A Maricopa real estate analysis

by Melissa | Feb 20, 2019 | Development, Economy, Maricopa, Real Estate

Subdivision to Subdivision: A Maricopa real estate analysis by Brian Petersheim | inMaricopa In the entire year of 2018, there were 2,041 homes sold in Maricopa. Of those homes sold 1,927 of the homes were located in Maricopa’s subdivisions led by Home Owner’s...

Cook wants $20 million for Pinal farmers

by Melissa | Feb 20, 2019 | Government

Cook wants $20 million for Pinal farmers by Kevin Reagan | Casa Grande Dispatch Gov. Doug Ducey signed a deal last month promising $9 million to help Pinal County farmers pump more groundwater. But one area legislator has introduced a bill to appropriate more money...

Showdown over water bill averted, clearing way for Arizona to finish Colorado River deal

by Melissa | Feb 20, 2019 | Environment, Government

Showdown over water bill averted, clearing way for Arizona to finish Colorado River deal by Ian James | Arizona Republic Proposed water legislation that might have upended Arizona’s Colorado River drought plan was set aside by a leading Republican lawmaker following a...