Gila Bend News

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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.

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

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

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" ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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

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.