Pinal County News

State Sen. Al Melvin. Nov. 9, 2009. A freshman lawmaker disclosed Monday he is undergoing chemotherapy for a type of cancer but said it will not affect his ability to do his job.

A freshman legislator from southern Arizona is receiving treatment for a form of cancer.

The Maricopa City Council will decide Tuesday whether to approve $60,000 to help fund the Maricopa/Ak-Chin Community Alliance Against Substance Abuse to provide youth programs in the community.

The first time I remember hearing the name of state Sen. Al Melvin, R-Tucson, was when he participated in a Senate hearing panel on immigration last May.

Chandler's elections are a year away but a flurry of early campaigns is turning this into a long political stumping season.

This is Southern Arizona's Most Wanted. It's a segment designed for local law enforcement agencies to put the spotlight on wanted criminals running loose in our area.

Since the 2000 census, Pinal County's surge in population has had a remarkable side effect for politics - as the once rock-solid Democratic stronghold has been awash in new voters who register as Republicans.

Banner Health plans to announce a timeline for opening its new Ironwood location by the end of the year.

Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. Posted on October 27, 2009 at 3:33 PM Attorney General Terry Goddard announced the indictments of 21 people Monday.

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office has cited Apache Junction Vice Mayor R.E. Eck with having no proof of insurance on top of recommending charges of aggravated assault related to an Oct.

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu discusses how a routine traffic stop led to what he said is the destruction of an entire marijuana transportation operation that was smuggling marijuana through the Tohono O'odham Nation to Pinal County.

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu discusses how a routine traffic stop led to what he said is the destruction of an entire marijuana transportation operation that was smuggling marijuana through the Tohono O'odham Reservation and his own county.

Law enforcement officials said Monday that they had broken up a ring that smuggled thousands of pounds of marijuana a year for three years from Mexico into Pinal County.

The slowdown in building permits says it all about new-home construction. Permits 6,887 7,493 8,511 9,560 11,762 8,578 5,044 3,108 1,800 - 2000* * Projected numbers for the year.

Pinal County has the distinction of being Arizona's fastest growing county. We enjoy some of the most beautiful, diverse landscape in the nation.

The Copper Basin is now one of the homes to the HINI swine flu virus and it is packing quite a punch.

The state's police certification board stripped the credentials of a former captain and deputy from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office Wednesday.

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office received a grant for $3,700 Monday from the Monsanto Fund and Eloy's Delta Pine, allowing for the purchase of patrol equipment.

Authorities have captured an inmate who escaped from the minimum-security North Unit at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence. State Department of Corrections officials say 20-year-old Yelson Moreno was discovered missing at 11 a.m. Sunday after he escaped by cutting a hole in a perimeter fence.

A Pinal County inmate is on the loose after he escaped from a minimum security prison in Florence this morning.