Pinal County receives $15M grant for infrastructure near truck production facility
An aerial site plan shows two roads in Pinal County, Hanna and Houser roads, that will be developed with the federal grant to access the Inland Port of Arizona, which includes shovel-ready heavy industrial sites. / Provided by Saint Holdings / Phoenix Business Journal Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Saint Holdings By Corina Vanek | Phoenix […]
Read More →Pinal County receives $15 million for economic development
Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Saint Holdings By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Pinal County has been awarded a $15 million economic development grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to upgrade infrastructure and roads at the Inland Port Arizona development. The Nikola Motors is building a manufacturing plant for hydrogen-electric trucks at […]
Read More →Water committee suggests local task force to address Pinal issues
Pinal County farmers may soon have to rely more on groundwater wells. / Bret Jaspers / KJZZ By Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa A group of local developers, government officials, residents, water suppliers and farmers may be tasked with finding a solution to the county’s water dilemmas. State Rep. David Cook, R-Globe, asked Pinal County Supervisor Steve Miller, […]
Read More →[COLUMN] Solution to Pinal water shortage?
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussion purposes only.) By Andy Howell | Pinal Central The big news this week was the Big Boy train rolling through Pinal County with a stop in Casa Grande. It’s a good thing the historic steam engine didn’t need to take on water, because we don’t have any to […]
Read More →Criticism ‘an opportunity to improve,’ Pinal manager says
Pinal County’s new County Manager Louis M. Andersen By Mark Cowling | Pinal Central This summer, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors asked the top contenders for the county manager’s job to respond to a hypothetical scenario. Under the scenario, the supervisors were taking heat for being unprepared for rapid population growth and the attendant […]
Read More →OPINION] Pinal County doesn’t have enough water for the long haul. What will we do about it?
This 1.8-mile-long fissure is 30 feet deep in places. It opened south of Arizona City after decades of heavy groundwater pumping./Photo- Arizona Department of Water Resources (Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussion purposes only.) Opinion: There are lot more straws in the ground now, all drawing from the same, finite pot. How many more […]
Read More →As water sources dry up, Arizona farmers feel the heat of climate change
Knorr Farms owner Rob Knorr holding irrigation piping. / Civil Eats Farms in central Arizona will soon lose access to Colorado River water, impacting farmers, cities, and Native communities. By Meg Wilcox | Civil Eats This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of […]
Read More →Pinal County water woes already impacting development
A Central Arizona Project canal runs through the land that is slated to become the 2,511-acre Attesa motor sports park south of Casa Grande. Patrick Johnson, president of Attesa, said the canal will serve as a backdrop for a walking trail on the property. / Heather Smathers /PinalCentral By Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa | Casa Grande Dispatch […]
Read More →GOP lawmaker, environmental groups opposed to I-11
Motorists head northbound toward Las Vegas on U.S. Highway 93, near Kingman, Ariz. /Julie Jacobson By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via PinalCentral A proposed new freeway from Nogales to Wickenburg through Pinal County has united a Republican legislator and environmental interests in opposition, albeit for different reasons. Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley, questions […]
Read More →New Pinal subdivision OK’d on Hunt Highway amid sewer worries
Twitter By Mark Cowling | Florence Reminder Despite uncertainty about sewer service, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors approved a new 65-acre moderate-low density subdivision on Hunt Highway near Florence. Sewage would most likely go to the notoriously smelly Section 11 plant in Magic Ranch, which EPCOR, interim operator of Johnson Utilities, has said it […]
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