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A brushfire erupted near Anderson Road and La Brea Road in Maricopa on March 11, 2025. The blaze, attributed to an “unauthorized fire,” quickly escalated due...
![Councilmembers Vincent Manfredi, Eric Goettl and Mayor Nancy Smith review the proposed 2025-2026 fiscal year capital improvement projects during a Budget and Finance Subcommittee meeting on Feb. 6, 2025 at city hall. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/City-Plans-Bold-778-Million-Infrastructure-Overhaul-for-Roads-1000x600.jpg)
![Councilmembers Vincent Manfredi, Eric Goettl and Mayor Nancy Smith review the proposed 2025-2026 fiscal year capital improvement projects during a Budget and Finance Subcommittee meeting on Feb. 6, 2025 at city hall. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/City-Plans-Bold-778-Million-Infrastructure-Overhaul-for-Roads-400x240.jpg)
![Councilmembers Vincent Manfredi, Eric Goettl and Mayor Nancy Smith review the proposed 2025-2026 fiscal year capital improvement projects during a Budget and Finance Subcommittee meeting on Feb. 6, 2025 at city hall. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/City-Plans-Bold-778-Million-Infrastructure-Overhaul-for-Roads-80x80.jpg)
During a Budget and Finance Subcommittee meeting held on February 6, 2025, Councilmembers Vincent Manfredi, Eric Goettl, and Mayor Nancy Smith reviewed the proposed capital improvement...
![Intern Abigail Brown assists in cleanup after an exam at the Pinal County Medical Examiner's Office on Aug. 4, 2023. [Bryan Mordt]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-Heat-Deaths-Predicted-to-Surpass-2023s-Record-Heading-for-1000x600.jpg)
![Intern Abigail Brown assists in cleanup after an exam at the Pinal County Medical Examiner's Office on Aug. 4, 2023. [Bryan Mordt]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-Heat-Deaths-Predicted-to-Surpass-2023s-Record-Heading-for-400x240.jpg)
![Intern Abigail Brown assists in cleanup after an exam at the Pinal County Medical Examiner's Office on Aug. 4, 2023. [Bryan Mordt]](https://arizonanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-Heat-Deaths-Predicted-to-Surpass-2023s-Record-Heading-for-80x80.jpg)
A troubling trend emerges as Pinal County braces for an increase in heat-related fatalities in 2024, anticipated to eclipse last year’s numbers. Despite a less intense...
