Youngtown News

In December, El Mirage Mayor Lana Mook opened negotiations with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

The owner of a northeast Ohio well used to dispose of wastewater from oil and gas drilling plans to remove material from it to help lower its inner pressure following 11 minor earthquakes.

In the November elections, Sharon Wolcott ousted the incumbent mayor, Lyn Truitt, after an arduous campaign.

In a controversial maneuver, the El Mirage City Council has taken the first steps to begin negotiating the annexation of a county island in the Agua Fria River that appears destined to become the site for a sand-and-gravel mining operation.