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A December report from the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center found high levels of the contaminants perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS, and perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, in groundwater on and around the old Williams Air Force Base, which is now Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus. The chemicals are common in carpeting, clothing treatments and a type of firefighting foam that Air Force bases used for decades to put out fires. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency links these chemicals to cancer and birth defects. Most of the drinking water in...

The Gila River Indian Community and a Scottsdale development company are poised to begin work on a 3,300-acre sports and entertainment complex at Wild Horse Pass. Sunbelt Holdings President John Graham told the Tribune that the development, located just south of the Loop 202-I-10 intersection, will fill a “missing corner” of the East Valley with additional hotels, a wellness center, an event center, an outdoor amphitheater music entertainment venue, sports facilities, outdoor recreation and parks, restaurants, retail and an office park. Sunbelt has partnered with the Wild Horse Pass...