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ADEQ issues air quality permit for Phelps Dodge copper mine
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Director Steve Owens today announced that ADEQ has issued the air quality permit for the Phelps Dodge copper mine near Safford in Graham County. The... […]
Tupper remains on ballot
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Gary Tupper isn’t well known and the Gilbert contractor’s campaign doesn’t have much money, but at least he’s still on the ballot. Mr. Tupper remained among four... […]
Petersen adviser accuses top aides of obstruction
Treasurer David Petersen’s top deputies have tried to block changes in the office, driven off employees and have picked a fight with the treasurer in the press, says a newly... […]
Jones survives challenge, Jayne kicked off ballot
Good to go Lawmaker Russ Jones has survived a ballot challenge in court. The District 24 House representative is seeking a seat in the Senate. A Maricopa County Superior Court... […]
Climate change policy committee clashes
Still, 50 recommendations will go to governor
State traps 80 insects threatening vineyards
For the second straight week, inspectors of the Arizona Department of Agriculture have trapped an insect capable of threatening the state’s $18 million emerging wine industry. The threat of the... […]
McCain bulks up paid staff in key states
Sen. John McCain Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., took another step toward a possible presidential bid this week by hiring a field director in South Carolina, a state some see as... […]
Car of the future: From zero to 60 on a fill-up of algae?
The car of the future will run on algae. The innovation isn’t in the car, however. It’s in the algae. “It’s a proprietary blue-green algae,” said Ed Fox, vice president... […]
Court hears suit to knock Tupper off ballot
A Maricopa County Superior Court July 6 took under advisement a complaint filed by gubernatorial candidate Mike Harris in an attempt to knock fellow Republican Gary Tupper off the Sept.... […]
Leader of Protect Marriage initiative dies in crash
A woman who was spearheading the ballot effort to prohibit gay marriage and define traditional unions in Arizona has been killed in a rollover crash outside Seligman. Lynn Stanley, chairwoman... […]
The Civil War: Way Out West
Originally commissioned by the self-styled father of Arizona Charles D. Poston to get more investments in his mining company, this sketch shows Picacho Peak circa 1865, just as the Union... […]
