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updated: Thu Jul 03, 2008 06:48 pm

Gila Bend News

Local news for Gila Bend, AZ continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Thursday Jul 3 | The Arizona Daily Star

Walkup envisions huge Avra solar field

Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup told a solar energy conference Monday that he'd like to cover 1,000 acres of the city's Avra Valley land holdings with enough solar panels to generate 100 megawatts of power - ' enough ...

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Related Topix: Avra Valley, AZ, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Metro

Tue Jul 01, 2008

KPHO-TV Phoenix

4 Killed In Crash On State Route 85

Four people were killed Saturday in a head-on collision involving two vehicles north of Gila Bend.

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

Arizona Daily Star

Opinion by Bonnie Henry : Gila Bend before AC

Ruth Ezzo, 80, recalls that all six Reid children helped out at Reid's Market, which her father started in 1929.

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Related Topix: Catalina, AZ, Tucson, AZ, Phoenix, AZ

Arizona Republic

Police ID 4 victims of Arizona 85 accident

Police have identified four people who were killed in a head-on collision north of Gila Bend.

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Related Topix: El Mirage, AZ

Sat Jun 28, 2008

KTVK Phoenix

Four killed in head-on wreck near Gila Bend

Crews were called out to a two-vehicle head-on wreck on State Route 85 north of Gila Bend Saturday afternoon.

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Fri Jun 27, 2008

Arizona Daily Star

Salt water foreseen as vital to Southwest

On StarNet: Learn more about ways to conserve water at azstarnet.com/earth911. DID YOU KNOW The Central Arizona Project is a large system of canals that sends Colorado River water 336 miles from Lake Havasu ...

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Related Topix: Lake Havasu City, AZ, Agriculture, Science, Buckeye, AZ, Central, AZ, Phoenix Metro

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Arizona Republic

Immigrants sent home by hospitals in some cases

They came for him at 10:30 Friday morning. Even in a coma, anyone could see clearly that Antonio de Jesus Torres Aguayo was a robust young man.

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico, Phoenix, AZ

Mon Jun 23, 2008

The Post Chronicle

Immigrants Found Dehydrated In U.S. Desert

Seventeen suspected undocumented immigrants were recovering Monday after being found severely dehydrated in the Arizona desert.

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KPHO-TV Phoenix

Pilot Error Caused Gila Bend F-16 Mishap

The Air Force says an F-16 accident at the Gila Bend Auxiliary Airfield about 50 miles southwest of Phoenix was caused by pilot error.

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Related Topix: US Air Force, US News

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Yuma Sun

APS solar plant could offer look at state's future

If there is one thing we have lots of here in southern Arizona it is sunshine and the heat that goes with it, both of which are prime components in an interesting new solar power project undertaken by Arizona ...

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Related Topix: Phoenix Metro, Energy, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Congress, AZ, Opinion

Fri Jun 20, 2008

The Arizona Daily Star

Some AZ gas pumps inaccurate

Drivers who already think they're getting soaked at the pump might not even get what they pay for.

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Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Metro

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Arizona Daily Star

Utilities look to the sun

On Starnet: View a video of explaining how APS' Saguaro Solar Power Plant works at go.azstarnet.com/localvideos View an animation showing solar-trough power systems from Schlumberger Excellence in Educational ...

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Related Topix: Tucson, AZ, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Arizona

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Yuma Sun

Solar power may drive Yuma's economic engine

If there is one resource Yuma has in abundance, it is sunshine that could be harnessed to expand solar technology and be the economic engine to develop industry, according to a local economic consultant.

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Related Topix: Yuma, AZ, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy

Sat Jun 14, 2008

The Business Journal of Phoenix

Commissioners urge renewal of solar tax credit

Arizona's burgeoning solar industry and energy companies desiring to go renewable are looking at a large potential snag, courtesy of Congress.

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Thu Jun 12, 2008

The Corner

Subject: McCain and ANWR

Since APS is planning the worlds largest solar plant in the desert near Gila Bend AZ what is the difference between "despoiling" 2000 acres of pristine desert with a giant farm of solar panels and "despoiling" ...

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Related Topix: US Senate, John McCain, Republican, US Politics, US News

Tue Jun 10, 2008

Arizona Republic

ASU mascot's name takes on new meaning

Arizona State University is plugging into the sun with a huge solar project. It's a critical jolt to the state's future, boosting our energy supply and the solar industry.

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Fri Jun 06, 2008

The Business Journal of Phoenix

New horizons for Paloma Ranch

Breakup of 100-year-old ranch brings high sales volume to owners Phoenix Business Journal - by Mike Padgett The Business Journal Since he was a farm boy, the edges of Gary Smith's universe have been Stanfield ...

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Related Topix: Phoenix Metro, Agriculture, Science

Tue May 27, 2008

Arizona Daily Star

Success of big AZ solar projects hinges on tax-credit extension

Businesses and utilities in Arizona are reluctant to move solar energy proposals beyond the concept phase until they know whether a federal subsidy for such projects will remain in place.

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Related Topix: Tucson, AZ, Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Metro

Sat May 24, 2008

Arizona Republic

Unseasonable weather brings storms, snow

Arizona will be a contradiction of weather terms over the next few days as an unusual weather system passes through the state through Sunday.

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Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Metro, Arizona, Gilbert, AZ, Tucson, AZ

Thu May 22, 2008

Sedona.biz

ADOT Multimodal Planning Division completes statewide rural transit needs study

The Arizona Department of Transportation Multimodal Planning Division, in partnership with the Arizona Transit Association, recently completed the first comprehensive study of rural transit needs in Arizona.

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Related Topix: Maricopa County, AZ, Queen Creek, AZ, Pinal County, AZ, Casa Grande, AZ, Eloy, AZ

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