Tonto Basin, AZ - On May 1, 2023, at approximately 6:30 a.m., The Gila County Sheriff’s Office served multiple search warrants in the Tonto Basin area south of Payson. The warrants were initiated due to information received regarding drugs, burglaries, and thefts in the area and the following three subjects were taken into custody and booked into the Gila County Jail.

Patrice Chambers, age:64, of Tonto Basin was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of dangerous drugs, possession of narcotic drug and theft.

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The meeting began with a public hearing to receive comments regarding a Series 12 Restaurant License for Your Behind BBQ Birds & Bones, located at 270 N. Main Street. The Town Clerk’s Office posted the Notice of Public Hearing on February 28, 2023, at the address above in accordance with statutory requirements and did not receive any comments. During the public hearing, Council member Cordes asked Justin Coffini, agent for Your Behind BBQ, when they will be opening, and Mr. Coffini stated June 1st, 2023. This item was unanimously approved by Council.

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Sheriff J. Adam Shepherd has released the following updated information regarding a death investigation in the Whispering Pines subdivision north of Payson, Arizona.

On October 27, 2022, at approximately 10:53 a.m. the Gila County Sheriff’s Office Communication Center received a 911 call in reference to two subjects found deceased inside a residence in the Whispering Pines subdivision, north of Payson, Arizona.

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At a Public Hearing in Florence on Wednesday, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors were presented with options to pay down the County’s entire unfunded public safety and corrections employee pension obligations, which make up the County's largest unfunded and growing debt profile.

The County currently has nearly $75 million of unfunded liabilities for its Sheriff, Detention, and Dispatcher pensions managed by the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS). The County’s public safety and corrections pension accounts were negatively impacted by since-replaced unsustainable pension increases and lawsuits in state courts.

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Pinal County is pleased to announce the launch of the Business Sustainability Program, an initiative to help those businesses in unincorporated Pinal County negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Business Sustainability Program offers a one-time reimbursement of up to $15,000 to qualifying businesses for rent, mortgage, and/or utility expenses for a three-month period. Applicants must have been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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The total of five Pinal County cases are all from the same household

FLORENCE, AZ – Pinal County Public Health Department can confirm that two further Pinal County residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Both cases are over sixty years old and from the same household as the three current Pinal County cases. They are recovering at home.

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