Beeline project to replace bottleneck on SR 87 near Payson
A four lane divided highway replacing two lanes on a three mile section south of Payson is planned to ease heavy traffic and safety concerns. Blasting work will close lanes on weekdays through mid September with specific daily windows and Friday resumption times.
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Payson
Arizona
Northland
Slate Creek Hill
Mount Ord
White Mountains
Jim Glasgow
Department of Transportation
Beeline
Shea Boulevard
House Rejects Move to Abolish Intelligence Panel
The House voted 293 to 122 to retain and replace the 10 member Intelligence Committee with a 13 member panel led by Rep. Otis G. Pike. The plan aimed to end dissension over leaks and an ongoing Pueblo inquiry while keeping the committee's mandate intact.
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Washington
House
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
James H. Quillen
R-Tenn
U.S
Rep
Samuel S. Stratton
Select Committee
Robert N. Giaimo
D-Conn
House Rules Committee
Pike
New York
Select
Compte
The
Star
Nedzi
City manager calls for good team players at city hall
Franklin D. Aleshire urges employees to act as a unified championship team and emphasizes equal importance of every role. He holds get acquainted sessions, seeks wide input, and stresses strong communication across departments while noting his outsider perspective offers fresh ideas.
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City
Franklin D. Aleshire
Aleshire
City Hall
Scottsdale
Fifer freed from filing fee in city zoning move
The Scottsdale council reinstated an old zoning case for Duane Fifer to avoid a $600 filing fee for a new site shift near Northwest Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard. The plan for a personal care facility for the elderly remains largely unchanged, with readvertising to reflect the new site location under review by City Attorney Richard Filler.
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Duane Fifer
Los Arcos Development Corp
Scottsdale Road
Shea Boulevard
Fifer
Richard Filler
Castro urged to lead in crime fight in Arizona
Arizona GOP chairman Harry Rosenzweig demands Gov. Raul Castro appoint a permanent head of the Department of Public Safety as the post has been vacant since December. Acting director Col Lloyd Robertson says he is ineligible for the permanent post due to lacking a college degree despite praise for his work.
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Castro
Phoenix
Harry Rosenzweig
Raul Castro
Col
Lloyd Robertson
Robertson
Two Men Arrested In Drug Fraud Coverup Scheme
Investigators say Richard Marshall and Martin Kret were arrested after falsely claiming they were robbed of 215 dollars at Los Arcos Mall. The men admitted the incident was drug related as part of a pattern of fraud where victims report robberies to police to cover failed drug deals.
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Richard K. Marshall
E. Bluefield
Tucson
Martin E. Kret
N. 73Rd St
Los Arcos Mall
Marshall
Kret
Dave Kret
Scottsdale
Dennis Borkenhagen
Borkenhagen
DES chief calls for state audit of agency
DES director John Huerta asked Auditor General Ira Osmond to conduct a limited audit to ensure compliance with federal and state laws. He also reviewed a management study report to Gov. Castro and plans to implement many of its recommended changes after criticizing a welfare case error rate near fifty percent.
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Phoenix
John Huerta
Department of Economic Security
Huerta
Ira Osmond
Raul Castro
Townhouse complex on 73rd Place and Rancho Vista review
The Development Review Board will examine a 38 unit townhouse project near 73rd Place and Rancho Vista Drive in three phases. Eighteen units occupy the southwest corner, six the northwest, and 14 the northeast. The Robert R Morris Corp is the developer. The panel also reviews two industrial office buildings on a one acre parcel in Thunderbird Industrial Air Park. One building measures 6250 square feet and the other 3250 square feet. Additional items include a Bellamak and Mitchell law office at 6040 East Thomas Road and a medical office for Dr Frank H Eisenhardt at Paradise Valley Plaza in the southwest corner.
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73Rd Place
Rancho Vista Drive
Rancho Vista
Thornwood Drive
Robert R. Morris Corp
Bellamak and Mitchell
E. Thomas Rd
Frank H. Eisenhardt
Roofers End Seven-Week Strike With $1 Hour Pay Rise
Arizona round up reports roofers in Phoenix ended a seven week walkout agreeing to a one year contract from the Central Arizona Roofing Contractors Association. The agreement raises wages by one dollar retroactive to July 8 and adds a 50 cent raise on December 31. Previously, wages and fringe benefits averaged 8.47 dollars per hour.
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Phoenix
Central Arizona Roofing Contractors Association
Don Prosise
Roofers Local 135
Emission inspection fees eased for Arizona motorists
Tucson Pima County Assessor Stephen Emrine says state officials will fix bugs in the new vehicle emission inspections. One result is motorists in Pima and Maricopa counties will not have to wait in line at the auto license department to pay the $5 inspection fee.
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Tucson
Pima
Stephen Emrine
Arizona
Maricopa
Tucson senator critiques House spending and ethics record
Senator Morris Farr of Tucson attacked the Republican controlled House saying defending a spending embrace for a University of Arizona library without furnishings is hard. He also criticized lawmakers for prioritizing embalmer licensing over ethics in the legislature.
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Tucson
Morris Farr
House of Representatives
University of Arizona
Farr
Democratic Club
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