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The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is considering the renewal of an Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit to Kings Ranch Unit 2 Domestic Wastewater Improvement District to release wastewater from the Black Canyon treatment plant into the Agua Fria River basin in Yavapai County.

The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce will announce this year's ATHENA Award recipients at an awards luncheon Wednesday in Scottsdale.

A public notice has been issued by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), which plans to renew the Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (AZPDES) permit to the town of Snowflake.

Sens. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and John McCain (R-AZ) introduced the Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act to settle the water rights claims of the Hualapai tribe.

Arizona 811, Southwest Gas and APS remind Arizona residents that it is important to know about underground utilities before digging any holes.

SRP recently honored 16 innovative Valley businesses, schools and nonprofits at its Champions of Energy Efficiency Awards and Luncheon.

The U.S. Energy Department is offering $21.4 million to fund 17 new projects that help reduce the 'soft costs' found with solar energy, such as installation, permits and connecting to the power grid.

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and Keep Arizona Beautiful (KAZB) employees will hold the 'Environmental Resources Roadshow' to help show others how to improve their local environments.

Arizona Public Service (APS) recently said its customers are reaching peak summer energy usage 45 minutes later on average than they did in 2012.

Vector Space Systems, a micro-satellite space launch company based in Tucson, is locating its manufacturing facility in the Pima County Aerospace, Defense and Technology Business & Research Park.

Choice Hotels International Inc. a global hotel company, has teamed up with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to help renovate the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale's Virginia G. Piper branch this week.

The Fountain Hills Chamber of Commerce board of directors has decided to oppose Proposition 206, which aims to raise the statewide minimum wage to $12 per hour.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) said nearly 800 people attended three public meetings about preliminary design plans for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway project, asking questions and offering input to guide the final design decisions.

The Arizona Department of Transportation said the Bell Road overpass at Grand Avenue (U.S. 60) in Surprise is on track to open to traffic Nov. 22.

More than 45,000 Arizonans registered to vote Oct. 10 through the Arizona Department of Transportation's ServiceArizona.com, setting a single-day registration record.

John Hancock Investments officially launched its new office in Tempe with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday.

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co., which makes refrigerated trailers and dry freight vans, flatbeds and curtain-sided trailers, recently opened a new full-service dealer location in Tolleson.

On a stretch of Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix, the Arizona Department of Transportation is working on a system to alert drivers of dust storms that create dangerous driving conditions.

JLL Income Property Trust, an institutionally managed real estate investment trust (REIT), recently acquired Kierland Village Center, a 118,000 square-foot retail center in Scottsdale.

Vector Space Systems, a micro satellite space launch company, recently announced it will move its manufacturing facility to the Pima County Aerospace, Defense and Technology Business & Research Park in Tucson.