The ARPA Environment Committee held their first meeting of the new year on Thursday, January 19th. The newly appointed deputy director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), Misael Cabrera, was a special guest at the meeting. Misael Cabrera is a registered professional engineer with almost two decades experience that includes contract management, regulatory [...]
Spring is nearly here and so is the 48th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals! The Arizona Geological Survey has chosen the location for the Forum and continues to work on identifying and organizing the field trips. They plan to have a one-day field trip on May 1, a half-day trip on May 3, and an overnight trip [...]
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The ARPA Board of Directors held their monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 18, 2012. The Board was honored to have Andy Tobin, Speaker of the House of Representatives, as their special guest. Speaker Tobin addressed the group with a discussion about growing Arizona, jobs, federal funds as well as answered industry related questions.
The Bureau of Land Management today announced the appointment of two long-term career professionals to key leadership positions in the agency’s Arizona and New Mexico State Offices.
Raymond Suazo has been selected as the State Director in Arizona, where he will oversee nearly 500 employees and the management of more than 12 million surface and 17 [...]
Preliminary data from MSHA reveals that 37 miners died in work-related accidents at the nation’s mines in 2011. There were 21 coal mining and 16 metal/nonmetal mining fatalities last year, compared with 48 and 23, respectively, in 2010, making 2011 the year with the second-lowest number of mining deaths since statistics were first recorded in [...]
By Sara Smith
Cronkite News
PHOENIX – In honor of Arizona’s approaching 100th birthday, Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza is sporting more trees and a spruced-up lawn following a nine-month makeover of the State Capitol grounds.
Gov. Jan Brewer was on hand Thursday to put the finishing touches on the Arizona Capitol Mall Beautification Project by unveiling a transplanted [...]
Arizona’s Centennial is just around the corner, February 14, 2012. In preparation for the celebration, members of the Arizona Rock Products Association have dedicated their time and products to help with the beautification project at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza. Last week, Governor Brewer held an unveiling of a saguaro cactus, the “Centennial Cactus”, named in honor of [...]
by Bob McClay/KTAR (January 5th, 2012 @ 7:00pm)
There is a new decoration in front of the state capitol.
A 70-year-old saguaro cactus was moved from the west side of the capitol to Wesley Bolin Plaza and has been renamed the “Centennial Cactus.”
Clint Hickman, of Hickman Farms, said the cactus’ transplant is all part of the capitol’s [...]
PHOENIX — With Arizona’s centennial a little more than a month away — it’s Feb. 14 — the Capitol and grounds have gotten a makeover.
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