We’re pleased to announce the upcoming addition of www.MoreMaricopa.com to the family of Whiptail Publishing, the parent company of Desert Sunrise News.
Now, in addition to news from around the state, we’re publishing localized news about one of Arizona’s most interesting cities — as evidenced by its recent flurry of publicity in the national news.
The permanent [...]

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(ARA) – More than half of all Americans would rather be dead than disabled.
That shocking statistic (52 percent) came to light in a recent national survey by Disaboom (www.disaboom.com), the premiere online community for people touched by disability. The survey, launched in an effort to understand America’s perception of disability, asked, “Which would you choose: [...]

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ARLINGTON, VA – Our nation’s smallest businesses are a major source of U.S. employment. Despite the economic downturns and low employment rates in recent years, microenterprises - businesses with five or fewer employees – added an average of 900,000 new jobs per year from 2000 to 2005, according to the Association for Enterprise Opportunity.   The [...]

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FLORENCE – It’s midnight on a weekday and Pinal County Environmental Health Specialist Garry Bouquot is just starting his work “day.”
Bouquot is in Environmental Health’s mosquito fogging truck making a trip through parts of Casa Grande.  His hours now mirror the time that mosquitoes are “going to work.”
“Mosquitoes that carry the West Nile Virus are [...]

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PHOENIX - The Arizona Department of Health Services today reported the state’s first death from West Nile Virus in 2008. Tests from the Arizona State Health Laboratory indicated that a woman in her ’80s from Maricopa County died from West Nile Virus encephalitis this month.
“The recent monsoon activity has kick started the West Nile Virus [...]

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(ARA) - When shopping for real estate, bigger used to mean better.  But preferences are changing, particularly in a tight economy where every dollar needs to go further.  A new aesthetic is taking hold, and it’s been dubbed “affordable luxury.”
“Affordable luxury means living within your means, and yet surrounded by beauty, style and convenience,” says [...]

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(ARA) – Home buyers and sellers – the relationship may seem like it should be more adversarial than ever, given the current market. Coming at the real estate equation from opposite sides, buyers and sellers may feel they have little in common. The truth is, however, that both groups share a common path to real [...]

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SCOTTSDALE (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — TASER International, Inc. (Nasdaq:TASR), a market leader in advanced electronic control devices, has announced that TravelCenters of America LLC (TA) is now selling TASER(r) C2 Personal Protector devices in its retail stores operating under the “TravelCenters of America,” “TA” and “Petro Stopping Centers” brand names located along the nation’s interstates.

“TASER International is [...]

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TEMPE (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Arizona State has selected FieldTurf as the playing surface for its new football indoor practice facility. Ground was broken on the state-of-the-art complex this past May and it is expected to be completed by August 1. The announcement regarding the FieldTurf was jointly made by ASU Vice President for Athletics Lisa [...]

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Arizona continues to grow, and much of this growth over the next 30 years will occur in Pinal County.
The county has been working over the last 15 months to create the Pinal County Comprehensive Plan. Growing Smarter legislation passed in 1998 requires counties to adopt comprehensive plans and revise them every 10 years.
Comprehensive Plans serve [...]

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