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The motion picture and sound recording industries' net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 0.9 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The latest news out of the battle over the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) gives the coal plant an edge that could keep it in operation beyond 2019, according to a study presented at the Arizona Corporation Commission meeting on Thursday.

The wholesale trade, nondurable goods industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 12.8 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The durable manufacturing industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 1.7 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The electrical equipment, appliances and components industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were down 4.1 percent from the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The information industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 4.3 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The communications equipment industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were down 1.9 percent from the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The wholesale trade, nondurable goods industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 12.8 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The retail trade industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 3.9 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The printing and related support activities industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 1.1 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The retail trade industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 3.9 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The petroleum and coal products industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 38.1 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The aerospace products and parts industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 0.8 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The primary metals industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were down 1.2 percent from the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The motion picture and sound recording industries' net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 0.9 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The computer systems design and related services industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 7.4 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The iron, steel and ferroalloys industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 18.1 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The aerospace products and parts industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2017 were up 0.8 percent over the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The future of the coal industry was explored in an April 6 workshop in Phoenix by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC).

Lohman Company based in Mesa has been ranked the No. 1 accounting firm in the state by Ranking Arizona The Best of Arizona Business 2017, which ranks accounting firms that have six to 33 CPAs, a release on the Mesa Chamber of Commerce website said.