pinal county
Posted Jul 1, 2022, 5:49 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County residents should stay safe and wear masks indoors in public for the July 4 weekend, the Health Department warned, as COVID cases and hospitalizations remain "high" in Maricopa and Pinal counties and "medium" closer to Tucson.... Read more»
Posted Feb 10, 2022, 5:58 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Behind in polls in the Republican Senate primary in Arizona, candidate Jim Lamon is seeking attention with a Western-themed campaign ad in which he is depicted firing a gun at U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Joe Biden.
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Posted Jan 13, 2022, 8:47 am
Diana Quintero
/Cronkite News
The Central Arizona Project, which delivers Colorado River water to more than 80% of Arizona’s growing population, is taking a three-pronged approach to the megadrought that has resulted in the first water cutbacks to Arizona farmers. ... Read more»
Posted Dec 18, 2021, 7:15 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Democrats got a pair of big wins Friday in determining the direction of the state’s next legislative and congressional districts when the chairwoman of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission voted to adopt their maps.... Read more»
Posted Nov 15, 2021, 1:00 pm
Diannie Chavez & Kimberly Silverio-Bautista/Cronkite News
A federal appeals court said Friday that the Maricopa Domestic Water Improvement District can charge more in upfront fees to public housing residents, even though the policy disproportionately affects minority customers and single mothers. ... Read more»
Posted Nov 4, 2021, 3:48 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
Democratic State Representative Charlene Fernandez is resigning to take a position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ending seven years as a representative for Yuma and parts of Maricopa, Pima and Pinal counties. ... Read more»
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Posted Oct 27, 2021, 12:02 pm
Nicholas Johnsen
/Cronkite News
Some Arizona counties continue to grapple with administering COVID-19 vaccines equitably, even as cases spiked across the state in recent months and vaccination rates still lag in rural communities and among some people of color. ... Read more»
Posted Oct 20, 2021, 4:22 am
Emma VandenEinde
/Cronkite News
Obtaining water has been a constant source of worry for farmers in Pinal County, and with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced a Tier 1 shortage on the Colorado River in August, farmers will receive one-third of the water supply that would normally be available.... Read more»
Posted Oct 13, 2021, 10:42 am
Alex Brown
/Stateline
The nation’s five fastest-growing states are all in the Southwest or Mountain West, and communities are facing difficult questions about water scarcity and what it means for future growth— because climate change is expected to make such droughts more frequent and intense.... Read more»
Posted Oct 5, 2021, 1:51 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
On their long-awaited first day of mapmaking, the five members of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission proposed a raft of changes that would be dramatic departures from the current congressional and legislative districts.... Read more»
Posted Sep 28, 2021, 10:57 am
Shaena Montanari
/AzCIR
Scientists are working to understand Valley fever - a deadly fungus with spores about 20 times smaller than the width of a human hair - that can bring on coughing, fever, night sweats and joint pain, and in more severe cases, spread beyond the lungs to the skin, brain and other organs.... Read more»
Posted Sep 21, 2021, 3:41 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Frank Pratt, a Republican state representative from Casa Grande, died Tuesday. He was 79 years old. Gov. Doug Ducey ordered that flags be flown at half-staff across Arizona on Wednesday in his honor.... Read more»
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Posted Sep 7, 2021, 1:32 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Arizona's population growth over the past decade was largely in Maricopa County and was especially concentrated in predominantly Republican suburban areas, a trend that could favor Republicans as the state prepares to redraw its legislative and congressional districts.... Read more»
Posted Aug 14, 2021, 7:52 pm
Paul Cunningham
/Tucson City Council
For years, the alarm has been sounding about water levels in Lake Mead. Well, the water level is now low enough to trigger a Tier 1 shortage. Tucson has developed a great conservation ethic. Still, we need to get ready for some tough times to come and there is more that needs to be done. — City Councilman Paul Cunningham... Read more»
Posted Aug 9, 2021, 9:16 am
B. Poole
/Courthouse News
Seven states from Utah to California share the Colorado River’s roughly 15 million acre-feet of water annually, but in the 100 years since the states agreed how to share the water, it has become clear that the river is over-allocated.
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Posted Jul 25, 2021, 12:58 pm
B. Poole
/Courthouse News
With Arizona farmers expecting to take hit next year on their allocation of Colorado River water, water planners, managers, and researchers statewide are keeping a close eye on models that show the shortage could hit cities and towns in the next few years.... Read more»