By Richard Dyer | Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent
In 2019 the Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent covered the City of Apache Junction and the unincorporated Pinal County community of Gold Canyon, offering reporting of local issues.
Issues like the Woodbury Fire, often posting daily online updates of its spread or efforts to extinguish the flames; looking into how often the City Council meets in closed-door executive; using Excel to go through hundreds of pages of building permits to see what is going into Gold Canyon, Apache Junction and adjacent unincorporated Pinal County; not being deterred when city officials said no records were kept of out-of-court settlements — a contracted business provided them; and printing the salaries of top city and school district employees.
This is how the biggest stories of 2019 unfolded.