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Avondale mayor earns ‘Public Official of the Year’ …

8/29/2023
Avondale Mayor Kenn Weise was named this year’s Public Official of the Year by the Arizona Parks and Recreation Association at its annual conference.

Republicans working to make deal with Hobbs on …

7/25/2023
PHOENIX — Republicans who hold the majority in the Arizona Legislature are working to strike a final deal with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and leaders of cities, counties and tribes in metro Phoenix over an extension of a transportation tax that has funded massive expansions of the region’s freeway and roads system, bus routes and the light rail over nearly four decades.

Hobbs backs proposal to let state's voters to …

6/15/2023
PHOENIX — Voters across the state are likely to get to decide whether Maricopa County residents get a chance to extend the half-cent sales tax for transit projects.

Hobbs negotiating with Republicans to craft deal to …

6/3/2023
PHOENIX — Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is directly negotiating with Republican lawmakers who control the Arizona Legislature to try to craft a deal to ask Maricopa County voters to extend a half-cent sales tax that for nearly 40 years has paid for new freeways, bus routes and light rail transportation projects.

Maricopa County transportation sales tax extension …

2/13/2023
PHOENIX — State lawmakers are moving to wrest control of transportation planning from local officials to instead represent their own political philosophies.

Avondale hires new city manager after months-long …

8/24/2022
Avondale City council voted Monday to hire a new city manager after an eight-month-long search following the firing of the previous city manager, Charles Montoya. Cottonwood City Manager Ron …

Avondale breaks ground on The BLVD parking structure

1/26/2022
The City of Avondale broke ground Tuesday on a multi-level parking garage structure at The BLVD, to serve current and future development at the mixed-use development.  The parking garage …

Vertical farming facility coming to Avondale

6/22/2021
Silicon Valley-based agriculture tech startup OnePointOne is expanding its corporate and vertical farming production facilities to Avondale.

Sen. Kelly discusses economic growth, infrastructure …

6/2/2021
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., discussed economic growth and opportunities with local leaders during two stops in the Southwest Valley on Tuesday, June 1.

Photocentric moving U.S. headquarters from Phoenix to …

4/26/2021
Photocentric Inc., a pioneer in the development of photopolymers and additive manufacturing, announced April 26 it will move its U.S.-based headquarters from Phoenix to Avondale.