The tumult over an Eloy City Council seat seems to have settled. The turmoil over the seat started when former Councilmember Andrew Rodriguez was re-elected in August and then announced that he would not take the position. The council has had to sift through a number of qualified candidates to fill the empty seat and on Monday appointed a familiar face.
Meanwhile, nearby in Arizona City, Pinal County broke ground on a long-awaited expansion of the city’s library. The expansion will add 4,000 square feet to the existing 1,852 square-foot building. That’s a lot of books!
And has your kid changed their mind about what they want to be for Halloween yet? While they’re trying to decide what they want to be next, the Professional Firefighters of Casa Grande are setting up for a spooky good time with their annual haunted house. This year’s fright fest is at the Casa Grande Valley Elks Lodge ramada again and is filled with more spine-chilling, hair-raising adventure.
From Oct. 10-26, Eloy will once again showcase some of the most talented skydivers from around the world, as the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (World Air Sports Federation) will hold its World Parachuting Championships at Skydive Arizona.
The recent influx of semiconductor-related companies to Casa Grande is showing no signs of slowing, while a neighborhood is expressing opposition to the height of a hotel proposed for construction in the Promenade mall.
When asked how going from Division II to Division I has been for her squad, Casa Grande Union swim head coach Kim Batina was open and candid about the experience, saying, “It has been a work in progress.”
Arizona City residents will have more books to read and more space to play at the library soon. Arizona City Independent reporter David Church has the Back Story on the county breaking ground on a new 4,000 square-foot expansion to the library.
An Italian man has been on a bicycle trip for the last two months, visiting the locations between Seattle and Florence where his late grandfather spent time as a prisoner of war 77 years ago.
For the fifth consecutive year, Caesars Rewards, Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino’s player loyalty program, has received a USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice Award for Best Players Club.