It will take the efforts of multiple local and state government officials, along with the federal government, to come up with a solution to water shortages in the West, according to a water expert. Michael Pearce, a partner and water rights expert at Phoenix-based law firm Gammage & Burnham described the situation at the annual luncheon for the Pinal Alliance for Economic Growth last week. Find out what Pearce recommended.

Speaking of tricky situations, the Pinal County planning staff presented several updates to the county’s Comprehensive Plan that would alleviate some problems with local military sites and incorporate future wind farms. The Pinal County Comprehensive Plan gives county staff and builders a blueprint for where different kinds of developments can be located in the county.

And the trial of a Coolidge man accused of killing a Casa Grande man in 2012 may finally be added to the Superior Courts docket (that is once the man’s lawyer can get him to accept his mail.) A Pinal County Superior Court judge ruled Abdullatif Aldosary, 56, competent to stand trial but his attorney said she has been unable to reach him to tell him that fact because he refuses to accept his mail at the county jail.