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Red Lobster court filings reveal locations likely closing in Arizona
PHOENIX — Red Lobster isn't going out of business, but it is scaling back operations. The Florida-based restaurant chain recently filed for bankruptcy amidst a sea of financial troubles like rising lease and labor costs. They specified that their "endless shrimp" deal wasn't the cause of these issues, as many on social media speculated.
Former Surprise mayor dies at home in Ohio
Former Surprise mayor Lyn Truitt died on June 3 at his home in Morrow, Ohio. Truitt, 73, was the mayor of Surprise from 2008 to 2012. He also served as the chair for the Surprise Planning and Zoning Commission. According to his obituary at Legacy.com, Truitt was the owner and...
BNSF will work with county instead of Surprise to zone 3.5K acres for intermodal complex
BNSF Railway is chugging along with its plans to construct a sprawling intermodal complex in the northwest Valley. It'll do so, however, with Maricopa County's help instead of Surprise's, a move that caught some city leaders off guard this week. The city had cleared the way for the railroad giant...
Caliber by Greystar is 1st completed piece of $500 million Peoria development
Greystar, a global leader in the investment, development, and management of institutional-quality commercial real estate, today joined with officials from the City of Peoria and project partners to celebrate the completion of Caliber by Greystar, a three-building, Class A industrial development in Peoria, Arizona. Caliber marks the first development piece...
Carport fire in Phoenix spreads to two neighboring homes
PHOENIX - Firefighters from Phoenix and Glendale battled a double house fire on Thursday afternoon. The fire broke out in a neighborhood near 51st Avenue and Cactus Road on June 6. Phoenix Fire says the fire appears to have started in the carport of the first home before it spread...
Council OKs nearly $1 Billion budget
The Peoria City Council unanimously adopted the fiscal year 2025 budget, offering the city $995 million in spending power . “We’re talking about hundreds, if not thousands of hours that go into deciding how the taxpayers hard-earned money is going to be spent in their city to make it a better place,” city manager Henry Darwin said. “The staff here at Peoria takes that responsibility incredibly seriously, and I think the budget reflects that every penny that we spend.
Hiring event headed to Surprise library
The city of Surprise, in partnership with ARIZONA@WORK, is hosting a free hiring event on Thursday, June 27, to connect job seekers with employers who are currently hiring in the West Valley. The hiring event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Surprise Regional Library, 16089...
Taxes to go up in Surprise but not on houses. $14.3M revenue shortfall to blame
Shoppers in Surprise will pay more at the register while homeowners lowered property bills, after the city's leaders approved tax reform measures this week. Restructuring the city’s taxes is meant to blunt the effects of a $14.3 million shortfall in state-shared revenue that Surprise is bracing for next fiscal year. It’ll also...
Signal work planned for Surprise intersection
The city of Surprise is upgrading traffic signals at Bell Road and R.H. Johnson Boulevard. Installing the electrical wiring for the signals will require overnight traffic restrictions. Work will begin at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, June 7 and is expected to be completed around 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 8.
El Mirage moves ahead with projects voters didn't approve
EL MIRAGE, Ariz. — The City of El Mirage is moving forward with two building projects that voters struck down during a 2023 bond election. The bond would have paid for an expanded city hall, a new police station, a fire station, and a city court building. But voters overwhelmingly voted against the bond, with 81 percent of voters rejecting it.
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