ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A company owned by American Indians has been awarded more than $500,000 to bring electricity from solar power to Navajo Nation homes that now lack electricity.

Gov. Jan Brewer is trying to get federal environmental officials to back off from a push that could force a major coal-fired power plant to install expensive pollution-control equipment that would raise the cost of power for Arizona consumers.

Arizona Corporation Commissioner Brenda Burns says she has no plans to run for a second term.

“Another garment factory fire in Bangladesh. These factory owners/operators should be punished by being impaled on a stake in front of their burned out factory. And their execution should be televised.”

The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed requirement to install a different system to reduce emissions at the coal-fired Navajo Generation Station near Lake Powell is bad policy that would cost Arizonans more to buy electricity and water and result in higher taxes, a Central Arizona Project official said at a Chandler Chamber of Commerce economic update forum Wednesday.

They are our neighbors. They live to the north of us in rural Arizona. Some are Native Americans, many still live in primitive conditions; other folks dwell in small communities, eking out livelihoods. Various are generational Arizonans, whose pioneer forefathers settled this state.

Mention the Salt River Project and what immediately comes to mind is a water project that made the desert bloom.

Gov. Jan Brewer wants more nuclear plants in Arizona and more uranium mining in the state to fuel them.

Salt River Project wants to restart a controversial coal-fired power plant near Laughlin, Nev., that was shut down in December because of environmental problems.

They are our neighbors. They live to the north of us in rural Arizona. Some are Native Americans, many still live in primitive conditions; other folks dwell in small communities, eking out livelihoods. Various are generational Arizonans, whose pioneer forefathers settled this state.

A total of $1.1 billion in new high-voltage electric lines are in the advanced planning stages in Arizona and adjacent states as utilities attempt to keep up with population and economic growth and increase the reliability of the Western transmission grid.

A total of $1.1 billion in new high-voltage electric lines are in the advanced planning stages in Arizona and adjacent states as utilities attempt to keep up with population and economic growth and increase the reliability of the Western transmission grid.

A state utility regulator says if Los Angeles officials don’t want to send money to Arizona companies, maybe Arizona should let Angelinos sit in the dark.

Danielle Sulzer had nine points and teammate Brittany Beasley added eight points as host Paradise Valley beat Skyline 39-31 in a 5A non-region girls basketball game Thursday. Ashleigh Schoonover led all scorers with 12 points for the Coyotes (0-8).

January 13, 2005

Brendan McGowan scored 16 points to lead Mountain View past Harvard-West Lake from North Hollywood (Calif.), 85-82, to win the Las Vegas Invitational Saturday.

Genice Colorado hit the game-winning basket with 10 seconds left in overtime to lift visiting Mountain Pointe past Horizon 69-68 in a 5A non-region girls basketball game on Friday night.

Aided by unsuspecting boaters and anglers, the quagga mussel, which threatens water and hydroelectric power operations, is spreading east from the lower Colorado River, and suppliers of Valley water and power are seriously concerned.

Girls basketball grabbed the spotlight last week with the Nike Tournament of Champions I in Chandler. It’s the boys turn this week, with Tempe and Gilbert the primary locales.

The Horizon High School girls basketball team enjoyed a 90-minute drive north for three days of action and ended up winning the Bradshaw Mountain Lady Bears Invitational last weekend for the second straight season.

Eight, Arizona PBS has announced special programs through the end of May, including the station’s annual, award-winning broadcast of the National Memorial Day concert, broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.