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Two new candidates file for run at Arizona Corporation Commission
Two new candidates have filed paperwork to run in next year's Arizona Corporation Commission election, vying for a seat on the board that regulates state utilities. AZCentral reports Republican Dwight Jaeger of Prescott has filed papers to run and Democrat Nancy LaPlaca of Scottsdale has filed to form an exploratory committee. The ACC consists of five elected officials who oversee regulated ...
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Arizona Memorial Day pump prices lowest in 3 years
Pump prices are at the lowest levels in three years across Arizona this Memorial Day weekend. The price to fill up for a three-day getaway this Memorial Day weekend is the lowest it has been in three years across Arizona. AZFamily reports the average cost for a gallon of gas in the Grand Canyon State is $3.45, which is up by less than 1 penny from last ...
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Crews set their own fires to slow 10775-acre blaze near Patagonia
A wildfire in the Patagonia Mountains grew to 10,775 acres Thursday, as crews set fire to grass and brush to establish a perimeter around the blaze, southwest of Patagonia.Containment, the measure of how effectively that perimeter has been established, also grew, from 15 percent to 70 percent."Most of that fire was ours," said Michelle Fidler, spokeswoman for the team fighting the ...
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Rest of AZ lags Phx. suburbs in growth
PHOENIX - The most far-flung suburbs of Phoenix are the new nirvana, if figures just released by the U.S. Census Bureau are any indicator. The rest of Arizona, including Tucson, not so much.Buckeye led the state with 4.1 percent growth in population between 2011 and 2012 - a figure that also ranks the rapidly sprawling community 30 miles west of downtown Phoenix as the ninth-fastest-growing in ...
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SUV severely injures couple at Mtn. View graduation
A couple described as elderly were struck by an SUV and critically injured while leaving Mountain View High School's graduation Thursday night.The couple's daughter was pushing her mother in a wheelchair, and her father was walking by his wife's side, as they crossed North Thornydale Road south of West Linda Vista Boulevard, said Capt. Adam Goldberg, a Northwest Fire District ...
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2 struck critically injured outside Marana Mountain View graduation
Two pedestrians were struck and critically injured outside Mountain View High School in Marana Unified School District tonight while leaving graduation ceremonies, authorities say.A woman who was in a wheelchair and a man who was with her were struck and suffered life-threatening injuries, said Capt. Adam Goldberg of the Northwest Fire District. Both are described as elderly.The woman in ...
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Tucson redevelopment project hitting obstacles
Downtown Tucson is meant to be the heart of the city, but has suffered due to the emergence of the suburbs and general economic neglect, hence making it the focus of a major revitalization project that aims to breathe new life into the area, however, the road has been uncertain and remains beset with challenges.
In 1999, residents of Tucson voted in favour of the redevelopment plan for downtown, which was to be jumped started with the construction of a new mixed-use development called Rio Nuevo, which would function as both a retail and community hub, complimented by the presence of several new hotels and the Convention Centre, which was to be expanded. Read more
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