New details about budget woes that led to the controversial layoffs of about 25 percent of the El Mirage Fire Department are beginning to emerge after the recent resignation of embattled City Manager B.J. Cornwall. Interim City Manager Rick Flaaen told The Republic this week that Cornwall’s decision to lay off six firefighters in August...Read More
It’s the call every firefighter dreads, responding to their own station to put out a blaze. But it turned into reality for the Sissonville Volunteer Fire Department Friday morning as their building went up in flames. Sissonville Fire Chief Tom Johnson was on his way to a fire investigation when he got the call that...Read More
New details about budget woes that led to the controversial layoffs of about 25 percent of the El Mirage Fire Department are beginning to emerge after the recent resignation of embattled City Manager B.J. Cornwall. Interim City Manager Rick Flaaen told The Republic this week that Cornwall’s decision to lay off six firefighters in August...Read More