As the holidays approach, we will be checking our lists and, much like Santa, checking them twice. We can all avoid being on Santa’s naughty list, by shopping local this holiday season. Across the entire Copper Corridor, there are a variety of...
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Pinal Airpark may soon have a control tower
Pinal Airpark may soon have a much-needed air traffic control tower thanks to a successful amendment added by U.S. Congressman Juan Ciscomani to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization package which passed the House last week. ...
Phat Flavors opens in San Manuel to huge success
By Nathaniel A. Lopez The newest addition to San Manuel's local food scene is Phat Flavors, opened by owner and chef Justin Mossholder. “So Phat Flavors stands for pretty hot and tempting, and I started it about three years ago. I was making my...
Free virtual diabetes prevention program
One in three adults are estimated to have prediabetes, and most do not know it. In Arizona, this means around 1.8 million adults are at high risk for type 2 diabetes. In response to this increasing problem, the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension...
Pinal County Election Updates: new Elections Director hired
The primary election for Pinal County held on Aug. 2, 2022, has been fraught with one major “human error” after another. The first error began when the municipal elections for Apache Junction, Casa Grande, Eloy, Mammoth, Maricopa, Superior and...
Pinal Board of Supervisors approve election for transportation tax
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted last week to approve calling an election to allow the voters of Pinal County to approve a 1/2 cent sales tax to fund transportation improvements across the county. Voters will see this new ballot measure on the...
Sen. Kelly touts funding for public safety in Pinal County with law enforcement, local officials; Kelly secures $187,000 for Pinal County Operations Center in this year’s federal funding bill
Last week, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly visited the Pinal County Emergency Operations Center which will receive $187,000 from this year’s government funding bill. The Kelly-secured funding will support technology upgrades at the Emergency Operations...
Rudy G. Lujan running for Copper Corridor Justice of the Peace
Rudy Lujan is a native Arizonan, growing up in Tucson, AZ and attending Santa Cruz Catholic Elementary School and Salpointe Catholic College Preparatory High School. After graduating from high school, he attended Pima College. Rudy moved to the...
Municipal Elections for 2022 across the Copper Corridor: Pinal County made errors on Superior, Mammoth ballots
Arizona voters, televisions, radios, and mailboxes are all starting to be consumed by information from candidates in the upcoming primary elections for Governor, Secretary of State, State School Superintendent, State Legislature and federal seats for Congress...
Deadline looms for school board elections; petitions must be filed by July 11
Are you concerned with our local schools having effective leadership and quality educational programs? If so, it is a great time to consider stepping up and running for election for the available positions on local school boards. All governing board...