Arizona Business News

Mayor announces new terminal, Amazon drone delivery
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego announces some major new projects underway in Phoenix, including a new terminal at Sky Harbor Airport and other innovations.
April 23, 2024
$1.75 million will go to Mesa water infrastructure projects
Mesa Mayor John Giles and Arizona Congressman Greg Stanton on Monday announced roughly $1.75 million in federal money for two water infrastructure projects. Stanton said the projects’ focus is on improving Mesa’s ability to make the most of its water supply.
April 23, 2024
Uranium transport through northern Arizona is about to begin. Why some are concerned
Conservation groups have asked the U.S. Forest Service to lay out how it will manage mined uranium as it’s transported across northern Arizona. KJZZ posed those concerns to Energy Fuels, the company that owns the Pinyon Plain Mine just south of the Grand Canyon.
April 23, 2024
Inactive Coyotes owner can keep state sportsbook license
The National Hockey League is still calling Alex Meruelo an owner while the clock ticks on his deadline to reactivate the Arizona Coyotes. Holding the title despite players having been sent to Utah means Meruelo can also still make money from sports gambling in Arizona.
April 22, 2024
Kroger, Albertsons — still hoping to merge — agree to sell more stores to satisfy regulators
Supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons said Monday they will sell more of their stores in an effort to quell the federal government’s concerns about their proposed merger.
April 22, 2024
Mesa wants to know your dining, shopping and entertainment wish list
Mesa is trying a new strategy to attract retail. The bilingual survey asks people to rank their top three dining preferences — everything from fine dining, to pet-friendly to food trucks. The city also wants to know what kind of businesses residents leave Mesa to visit.
April 22, 2024
Díaz and Moore: How young Black leaders are addressing mental health and pushing for change
Faith Johnson’s mother, Joy, owns Cut’n Corners & Convos Barber Shop in Tempe. The 22-year-old University of Arizona graduate is using it now to help start conversations about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, depression and aggression.
April 22, 2024
Craig Morgan: If Arizona gets a new NHL team, it likely wont be soon
The Arizona Coyotes are moving to Salt Lake City, but awkward former owner Alex Meruelo has a chance to bring in new team. Craig Morgan, who covers the Coyotes for PHNX Sports, joined The Show to talk about the present and potential future of this team.
April 22, 2024
Life without electricity is an ordinary Navajo Nation struggle. Some homes finally getting power
More than 250 volunteers from 41 utilities across 16 states are expected to travel between now and July to the largest reservation in the U.S. to donate their time and talents during the fourth annual Light Up Navajo mutual aid project.
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April 22, 2024
Phoenix to convert neighborhood pools to splash pads, add regional pools
Big changes are coming to some parks in west and south Phoenix. The Parks Department says five neighborhood pools with aging infrastructure and little to no shade or amenities that are difficult to staff will be converted to splash pads.
April 22, 2024
Arizonans average $2,184 on monthly household bills
New data from the bill-pay service, doxo shows Arizonans are spending an average of $2,184 a month on the most common household bills.
April 22, 2024
Coyotes move to Salt Lake City elicits opposing responses in 2 cities
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman sat next to the former Arizona Coyotes owner in a downtown Phoenix hotel meeting room, trying to put a positive spin on the funeral for a franchise.
April 20, 2024
The owner of Phoenix Mystery Castle wants to demolish it
In November 2023, a full demolition permit was requested by Rita Spears, the president of the Mystery Castle Foundation. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has maintained the castle since 2010.
April 19, 2024
Arizona Coyotes fans share their memories at last game in Mullet Arena
The Arizona Coyotes played what may have been their last game in Arizona on Wednesday night. They beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 in front of a raucous, and at times, nostalgic home crowd. The Show was at Mullet Arena in Tempe to talk to fans.
April 18, 2024
Terry Goddard asks Phoenix for more money to restore historic building
A nonprofit led by former mayor and Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard wants a $137,000 grant to help restore columns and plaster walls in the former sanctuary. When it reopens as the Monroe Street Abbey, the sanctuary will be a public courtyard.
April 18, 2024
Phoenix to open 18 of its 29 pools this summer
Phoenix will open 18 public pools this summer. That’s the most since the pandemic, but still 5 less than the parks department had hoped.
April 17, 2024
Sky Harbor emphasizes heat safety for workers
As summer approaches, Sky Harbor Airport is preparing workers to stay safe in extreme heat. The airport held a resource fair for workers Wednesday.
April 17, 2024
Court rejects tribes request to block $10B energy transmission project in AZ
A federal judge has rejected a request by Native American tribes and environmentalists to stop work on a $10 billion electricity transmission line slated to run through a remote valley in southern Arizona.
April 17, 2024
How abortion laws could affect where students choose to go to college
Students have a lot of factors to consider when they’re thinking about where they want to go to college — among them the cost, what programs a school offers and if they want a big school or a small one. Inside Higher Ed admissions and enrollment reporter Liam Knox has written about this.
April 17, 2024
Peoria schedules meetings and seeks comments on proposed changes to city general plan
Peoria officials want to make major updates to the text and maps of the city’s general plan. Proposed changes are available online and a 60-day-window to give feedback is now open.
April 16, 2024

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