 01/22/10 In the second of a two-part story, Marcos Najera takes us inside an immigrant detention facility in Eloy. Since 2003, nine people have died in custody there. Now, the Obama administration is taking a closer look at this prison and others like it around the country that hold nearly 400,000 undocumented immigrants annually.
 01/22/10 Learning from the professional instructors at Arizona golf schools can be a very rewarding experienc...
 01/16/10 After months of being a few men behind on patrol, the Eloy Police Department has recently welcomed two new members to its local force.
01/14/10 Compiled by Daniel Dullum ONE YEAR AGO January 15, 2009 A third and final public forum was held at Copper Basin K-8 to discuss the four proposed boundary plans to separate Florence High School and the new Poston Butte High School, scheduled to open in July. The Florence School Board had scheduled a vote on the high school boundary as part of its regular January meeting.
01/14/10 FIVE YEARS AGO Council reviews public works facility The Eloy City Council aired questions on the proposed public works facility. They wanted to know how much it will cost and how it would be paid for. During a work session prior to the regular scheduled meeting, Mayor Byron Jackson said he wanted to get a better understanding on the proposed public works facility on Eleven Mile Corner and ...
 01/13/10 Salinas boxer Eloy "The Prince" Perez has a proven success rate of chopping down opponents five inches taller than he is.
01/07/10 FIVE YEARS AGO Carino to retire After 15 years with the Eloy Elementary District, Superintendent Richard S. Carino will be retiring. Carino announced during the December Eloy Elementary Governing Board meeting that he will retire at the end of this school year. He was not intending to retire until next year, but citing medical reasons and having reached 81 points required, he chose to leave a ...
 01/06/10 Many of the refugees interviewed by Human Rights Watch for this report were being detained at the Eloy Detention Center, located in a remote, desert environment about seven miles from the town of Eloy in Pinal County, Arizona.
 01/05/10 The United States is a country that has been built on immigration and by immigrants. For more than two centuries, people have come from all...
 01/03/10 The trial and subsequent conviction of then Lt. Gov. Timothy Villagomez and couple James and Joaquina Santos in the Rydlyme corruption case was undoubtedly one of the biggest stories of 2009.
01/03/10 Three people were killed and five seriously injured as a dust storm along Interstate 10 in Casa Grande led to collisions involving 20 or more vehicles about 11 a.m. Tuesday.
01/02/10 One year ago Dec. 30, 2008 The Mat Maids, Coolidge High Schools wrestling team cheerleaders, are working hard this holiday season to compile care packages for former Coolidge graduate Travis Tate. Tate graduated in 2006 and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps thereafter. He is currently stationed over seas in Afghanistan and the girls have been working diligently to send him some cheer for the ...
12/23/09 The following restaurants and food service establishments have been inspected by the Environmental Health Section of the Pinal County Division of Public Health. The business name and address are followed by the rating and any critical items needing attention that were noted in the inspection. This summary is published monthly.
 12/23/09 Our annual tribute to citizens who make Tucson a better place by Weekly Staff W. Mark Clark He led the charge to keep Tucson's only public, accredited social-work college alive [image-1] "In bad times," says W. Mark Clark, president and CEO of CODAC Behavioral Health Services, "substance-abuse disorders, anxiety, depression and situational stress increase. These times bring out the unfortunate ...
 12/22/09 CASA GRANDE, Ariz. -- At least three people are dead and more than a dozen others are hurt after a huge dust storm spawned a massive pileup involving some 30 vehicles on Interstate 10 at milepost 190. That's about 10 miles north of the junction between Interstates 10 and 8 in central Arizona. It happened just before 11 a.m. The Department of Public safety said several vehicles caught fire and ...
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12/18/09 FIVE YEARS AGO Sunshine Park plan starts to move forward The view at Battaglia Drive and Eleven Mile Corner Road may never be the same again. The Eloy Planning and Zoning Commission say that seems to be a good thing. John Lang, representing the WLB group, ended the Dec. 8 meeting with an informal presentation about the Langley Sunshine Park Residential Community, tentatively a modestly priced ...
12/14/09 Compiled by Daniel Dullum ONE YEAR AGO December 11, 2008 As the annual Country Thunder music festival plans to make Florence the site of its corporate office, its legal disagreements continue with the town over its right to buy the building. Country Thunder owner Harry Luge Sr. said the Odessa, Texas, corporate office has closed, with the intention of upgrading the Florence office from a branch ...
12/10/09 A Glendale man was one of two people killed Nov. 28 in a car accident caused by a dust storm on Interstate 10, Milepost 190 to 216, outside of the Casa Grande/Eloy area.
11/14/09 FIVE YEARS AGO Towing allowed in light industrial A zoning text amendment will allow auto repair and towing in the light industrial districts. The Eloy City Council on Monday night approved a text amendment to allow general auto repair and towing including an outside screened vehicle storage area to the list of permitted uses in the light industrial zoning district. The ordinance was passed with ...
11/11/09 Officer Scott Urkov of the Coolidge Police Department has been recognized by the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Association for his 13 driving under the influence arrests during 2009. | 
