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Main Street Minute: Restaurant jobs are available at Phoenix airport

Jan 16, 2018, 8:05 AM

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KTAR’s Main Street Minute focuses on local businesses that are hiring, opening and hosting events across the community. Stories air each weekday on KTAR at 7:27 a.m.

• There’s a big job fair Tuesday to fill 50 full-time restaurant positions at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Openings are for cooks, baristas, hostesses, cashiers, warehouse clerks and drivers and more. The event runs from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Aloft Hotel Phoenix Airport near 44th and Washington streets.

• La Plancha Grill has opened at the Sheraton Mesa Hotel at Wrigleyville West. The menu includes street tacos, healthy burritos, and custom quesadillas. There’s a kids’ menu, too. The restaurant also boasts a fully-stocked Mexican bar. The hotel is near Loop 202 and Dobson Road.

• The Peoria Police Department has received a $60,000 grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. The money will be used to help increase DUI enforcement.

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Main Street Minute: Restaurant jobs are available at Phoenix airport