Flames and heavy smoke rise from a mobile home and outbuildings at night during the Apache Junction mobile home fire, with saguaro cactus silhouetted against the blaze.

Apache Junction Mobile Home Fire Prompts Large Multi-Crew Response

Nick Kanavati Jul 23, 2026

Flames engulf a mobile home and outbuildings near Frontier Street and Warner in Apache Junction on the…

Surveillance image of an older man with white hair and a full white beard, wearing a dark green and black short-sleeved shirt, standing inside a store aisle with bicycles visible in the background.

Coolidge Police Seek Help Identifying Person

Nick Kanavati Jul 23, 2026

Coolidge Police are asking the public for help identifying a person connected to a theft investigation. Anyone…

Aerial map of Casa Grande, Arizona, showing the proposed 480-acre data center site west of the city along Gila Bend Highway. Two adjacent parcels are labeled Property Owner 1 (purple) and Property Owner 2 (red), separated by a Future APS Substation site (yellow).

$140M Claim Puts Casa Grande Data Center Entitlement Before Council Aug. 3

Nick Kanavati Jul 22, 2026

The Casa Grande City Council votes Aug. 3 on a Proposition 207 waiver that would settle landowners’…

Conceptual rendering of a Project Midway data center building with white and gray panels, wood-tone accents, a glass entrance with a canopy, desert landscaping, and a parking lot

No decision on Project Midway: P&Z sends 215-acre data center back for answers

Nick Kanavati Jul 20, 2026

ED3 said it could not confirm the legality of the project’s plan to generate roughly 500 megawatts…

Aerial map with a callout labeled Subject Site marking the annexation parcel on the west side of Gantzel Road just south of the Queen Creek wash. A highlighted area labeled QC Com marks a commercial corridor farther south along Gantzel, with Combs Road at the bottom of the frame.

First San Tan Valley Annexation Hearing Airs Retail Pitch for Gantzel Road Corner

Nick Kanavati Jul 17, 2026

San Tan Valley’s first annexation hearing put a vacant Gantzel Road corner, pitched for retail, in front…

"A solar-powered Flock license plate camera on a pole beside a two-lane desert road in Pinal County, Arizona, with vehicles passing by.

San Tan Valley and Pinal County Flock Cameras: Sheriff’s Office Answers on Data, Audits and 30 Cases

Nick Kanavati Jul 16, 2026

Pinal County Sheriff’s Office leaders detailed the Flock license plate camera program to the San Tan Valley…

Black Bloom Energy Server cabinets displayed under blue lighting at the company’s 2010 launch.

Data Center Hearing: Project Midway Rezoning Set for July 16

Nick Kanavati Jul 15, 2026

The power plan shifted since last fall from drawing on the ED3 grid to generating everything on…

Storage tanks, piping and processing buildings at the Florence Copper facility, with Poston Butte rising in the background.

Florence Copper to Apache Junction: Scholarships, Hiring and Possible Expansion

Nick Kanavati Jul 12, 2026

Florence Copper brought scholarship, grant and hiring news to the Apache Junction City Council on July 7,…

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