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• In brief
  Aug 12, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
  Many different types of beads, including glass beads and letter beads, will be available. Tickets are $10 each. Since 1983, Nakai has released more 35 albums on the Canyon Records label. In addition to his solo appearances throughout the United States, Europe and Japan, Nakai has worked with many well-known guitarists and various symphony orchestras.
• Canal lining named Public Works Project of Year
  Jul 19, 2010 — The Yuma Daily Sun
  Legal battles halted the project until construction began in 2007. By April 2009, the partnering agencies celebrated an early and on-budget completion of the project.
• AZ utilities opposing proposed US coal-ash rule
  Jun 20, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
  EPA after a structural inspection in September -- recycles about 50 percent of the coal ash from its Cholla plant, Gross said. State regulators also have weighed in to oppose new federal regulation of coal ash. "We don't see this as an issue in search of a national solution by designating coal ash as hazardous waste," ADEQ Director Ben Grumbles said. Current state regulation is working well, he said. Undercutting the market for recycling coal ash could do more harm than...
• Overpass, water studies dropped
  Jun 17, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Sun
  Ferguson Jun. 16, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- A proposed $3.5 million study of a railroad overpass favored by some members of the Flagstaff City Council will not be referred to the voters this November after all. The council on Tuesday killed the design study of the Lone Tree overpass amid concerns the measure could confuse voters and possibly make it more difficult to get voter approval for the entire project in the future....
• EDITORIAL: New water policy a positive move for community: Our view
  Jun 16, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
  ...-- The Tucson City Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a new water policy spelling out where Tucson Water will provide service in the future. The vote was, in the words of Mayor Bob Walkup a "historic event." It is at the very least an important step that should help the city and Tucson Water put a framework around under-planned, sprawling growth. Under the Water Service Area map and the new policy, the city identifies areas where Tucson Water is "obligated" to provide...
• Survey offers plan to restore Colorado River
  May 19, 2010 — The Yuma Daily Sun
  Also touring was Charlene Fernandez from the Yuma office of District 7 Rep. Also, a Chinese beetle that feeds on salt cedar has achieved limited success.
• EDITORIAL: Lower priority for water won't do: Our view
  May 13, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
  Jan Brewer, the Star's Tony Davis reported on Wednesday. With only 95 of its formerly 225-person staff still employed, it will close its five regional offices, including Tucson's. If you're thinking, "Oh good. There is no question that education, including the state universities, is a vital economic engine.
• Enviros, tribes urge veto of state mine bill
  Apr 30, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
  Jan Brewer's signature after clearing the Legislature. The bill was drafted in cooperation between state agencies and the mining industry. Recently, they've been joined by most of the state's Indian tribes. The Mining Association said the state still controls these discharges through a separate permitting program and that the change removes duplicative rules.
• April brings spotlight to water
  Apr 3, 2010 — The Yuma Daily Sun
  As much as 70 percent of residential water use is outdoors.
• Early voting for SRP board under way
  Mar 25, 2010 — East Valley Tribune
  SRP service territory. Some lands are excluded from the eligible voting territory that were not included in the SRP territory because landowners at the time the project was formed chose not to pledge their land as collateral for federal loans, or their lands were ineligible for reclamation water. In each district, voters will cast ballots for a total of eight seats -- the SRP president, vice president, one board of directors member to represent each district, two at-large board members,...