Country Thunder Arizona is back for its 2024 run.The festival kicked off at Canyon Moon Ranch in Florence on Thursday, April 11, with electric line dancing, RV bottlenecks and a fiery headlining performance by Lainey Wilson.The concert bowl opens at 1 p.m. today and Eric Church will headline the main stage later tonight. If you’re…
By Kari WilliamsFrom the March/April 2024 IssueNoted as a targeted growth sector in the 2024 Business Facilities Site Seekers’ Guide, Arizona’s semiconductor industry continues to grow. In late December 2023, the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) said it would invest $17.5 million in Arizona State University “to expand Arizona’s advanced semiconductor manufacturing capabilities.” The funds will go toward…
As a member of the Communications Workers of America’s Broadband Brigade, and a frontline worker at a major telecommunications company in Phoenix, I recently had the incredible opportunity to meet in person with President Biden’s team about the nationwide high-speed internet buildout that’s about to get underway. During his State of the Union address, President…
Bob Christie Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Three months into the Arizona Legislature’s annual session, lawmakers are ready to take some time off and go to a work schedule many would love to have — just one day a week.But the move to Wednesdays-only at the Capitol is a sign that lawmakers are ready to finally start…
The 10-story hospital has 233 patient rooms, 44 ICU room and 10 operating rooms. The trauma and emergency department has six trauma bays and 88 treatment rooms, and the Diane and Bruce Halle Arizona Burn Center has 16 adult intensive care beds, 24 adult acute care beds and 10 pediatric care beds. [wpts_spin]{Read|See} the {entire|full}…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with John-Robert Rodríguez, 24, a teacher in Tempe, Arizona, who lives in the car-free community Culdesac. Rodríguez moved to Culdesac, which has about 150 residents so far but will eventually house 1,000 residents in 760 units, in October 2023 from Pflugerville, Texas, after growing up in Florida….
Drivers in metro Phoenix can be grateful for a minimal amount of road closures this weekend. The Interstate 10 is the only major highway that will be affected by freeway restrictions as the first week of April approaches.The Arizona Department of Transportation advised drivers to prepare to spend extra time on the roads and plan…
The City of Flagstaff and its contractor, Banicki Construction, will begin construction on the Schultz Creek drainage improvements at Highway 180 in April.The project will include the installation of a new concrete box culvert under Highway 180 and is scheduled to be substantially complete by July 1 to help mitigate flooding before…
MESA, Ariz. (KPHO/Gray News) – An 18-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a deadly motorcycle crash that happened on a Mesa highway earlier this month.KPHO reports that investigators believe 18-year-old Rachel Nicole Berg was driving more than 150 mph before the collision that killed 46-year-old Michael Clark.Arizona authorities said the crash happened just…
The City of Flagstaff and contractor Eagle Mountain Construction, along with the Arizona Department of Transportation, are working to finish Phase 1 of the Beulah/University Realignment Project.The city’s press release said the final portion of Phase 1 includes crossing Milton Road with new water and sewer utility infrastructure and is scheduled to…