Pinal County cotton farmers have overcome extreme heat, drought and water scarcity and maintained high yields.

Pinal County cotton farmers are in the top 1% of cotton producers in the United States as measured by yield, even amid drought and heat. A University of Arizona study found that cotton growers ...

Residents in parts of Clarkdale and near Cottonwood were under a "set" evacuation status as the nearby Orchard Fire grew.