Casa Grande Dispatch

01/01/2026

A New Year's Eve crash has closed traffic heading toward Tucson near Casa Grande and and Eloy.

CASA GRANDE — A New Year's Eve crash has closed traffic heading toward Tucson near Casa Grande and and Eloy.

12/31/2025

More than $62 million is heading to Pinal County to increase rural broadband internet access, four years after being approved by Congress and the Biden administration and later restructured in June 2025 by the Trump administration.

CASA GRANDE — More than $62 million is heading to Pinal County to increase rural broadband internet access, four years after being approved by Congress and the Biden administration and

12/31/2025

A recent land annexation near the Lucid Motors plant unanimously approved by the City Council is being challenged.

CASA GRANDE — A recent land annexation near the Lucid Motors plant unanimously approved by the City Council is being challenged.

12/31/2025

Mariel Watt came to the Pinal County Historical Museum in the past summer with almost 20 years of museum and archive experience.

FLORENCE — Mariel Watt came to the Pinal County Historical Museum in the past summer with almost 20 years of museum and archive experience.

12/30/2025

Our latest edition of Pinal Ways dropped this holiday season! 🎉 Pick up your copy today!

Winter Pinal Ways offers a glimpse at big and small events of new year 📰 Check out this story below, which provides an overview of what to expect in our latest edition and what events lay in store across Pinal County.

✨️ One glance at the calendars included within the pages of Pinal Ways magazine is all it takes to quickly see that the first three months of 2026 in Pinal are lined with enough events to keep area residents busy nearly every weekend — plus, on a few weeknights as well. 🎁

https://www.pinalcentral.com/free-access/winter-pinal-ways-offers-a-glimpse-at-big-and-small-events-of-new-year/article_0aa4d43a-da4d-43ed-a564-a8eab479fb72.html

12/30/2025

The boom, bang and explosion of light in the nighttime sky of a New Year’s Eve fireworks display may be exciting for people, but for dogs, the sound of fireworks being ignited can be confusing and scary.

12/30/2025

After her first year as mayor of Casa Grande, Lisa Navarro Fitzgibbons told PinalCentral there is much to be proud of for the city after a busy 2025.

CASA GRANDE — After her first year as mayor of Casa Grande, Lisa Navarro Fitzgibbons told PinalCentral there is much to be proud of for the city after a busy

12/30/2025

The Casa Grande City Council on Dec. 1 approved annexation of about 2 square miles along Interstate 8, south of the Lucid Motors plant. Although the company has no immediate plans for the land, it has long been seen as a location for suppliers of th…

The Casa Grande City Council on Dec. 1 approved annexation of about 2 square miles along Interstate 8, south of the Lucid Motors plant. Although the company has no immediate

12/30/2025

Stepping out onto the stage as the Nutcracker in The Studio of Dance’s recent production of the classic Christmas ballet was a new and exciting moment for 17-year-old Christian Gardner.

CASA GRANDE

12/30/2025

As the start of a new year begins, countless people will practice the age-old habit of casting out old habits and resolving to do better.

12/29/2025

A U.S. citizen was pulled over along Interstate 10 near Eloy by a Pinal County Sheriff's deputy and arrested by U.S. Border Patrol for transporting undocumented immigrants. Two passengers fled on foot, with one able to escape into the desert.

CASA GRANDE — A U.S. citizen was pulled over along Interstate 10 near Eloy by a Pinal County Sheriff's deputy and arrested by U.S. Border Patrol for transporting undocumented immigrants.

12/29/2025

Jean Henderson spends her days at the Casa Grande Main Library, adjacent to Peart Park. At night, she settles into her 30-year-old Dodge Dakota pickup. She bought it new in 1995 from an Earnhardt dealership in Phoenix.

Jean Henderson spends her days at the Casa Grande Main Library, adjacent to Peart Park. At night, she settles into her 30-year-old Dodge Dakota pickup. She bought it new in