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K-12 teachers in the San Tan Valley area have until Nov. 30 to apply for a $1,500 classroom grant from Salt River Project, which is giving the money out with the Arizona Educational Foundation. SRP says the grants are open to K-12 teachers employed at public or charter schools in Arizona, which includes schools in the San Tan Valley area. Our San T...

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office will put extra deputies on DUI patrol around Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and other holidays, using a $40,000 state grant it announced Sept. 30. The money comes from the Oversight Council on Driving or Operating Under the Influence Abatement, working with the Arizona Governor's Office of Highway Safety. The s...

A quick check of natural gas appliances can help prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, according to City of Mesa Gas, which provides natural gas service throughout the San Tan Valley area. The utility is reminding residents of the steps they can take to stay safe. Carbon monoxide, or CO, is a colorless, odorless gas that can be deadly. It is produced ...

The Town of San Tan Valley Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 on Sept. 28 to recommend that the Town Council deny commercial zoning for 3.3 acres at the southwest corner of Gantzel Road and Lone Star Lane, where the owners want to build a small shopping center. The commission only recommends, and the Town Council makes the final decision. Tha...

Combs Center for Success is celebrating five new high school graduates, and its students completed 361 classes in the first quarter of this school year, according to the school. The campus is the J.O. Combs Unified School District's alternative school, built around smaller classes and flexible schedules, and its website says it serves more than 200...

A large warehouse-style store with a gas station is one step closer to being built on nearly 28 vacant acres along Hunt Highway, on the north edge of the Solera neighborhood at Johnson Ranch. The Town of San Tan Valley Planning and Zoning Commission voted Sept. 28 to recommend that the Town Council rezone the land for regional commercial use, with ...

Pinal County will stop handling building plan review, permits and inspections for properties in the Town of San Tan Valley on Nov. 1, the county's Development Services department announced Oct. 1. New applications will go to the Town instead. The county's change covers the whole building process, from plan review and permitting through inspections ...

Homes and businesses inside Town of San Tan Valley limits can now be covered by flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program, the federal program run by FEMA. FEMA approved the town to take part in the program, effective July 31, 2026. Town Manager Brent Billingsley shared the news at the Sept. 16 Town Council meeting, reading from ...

The Town of San Tan Valley approved a three-year contract Oct. 7 that requires American Medical Response, known as AMR, to reach 90 percent of lights-and-siren ambulance calls inside town limits within 10 minutes, according to the town's recording of the meeting. AMR already provides 911 ambulance service in the San Tan Valley area under a certific...

The Town of San Tan Valley adopted development impact fees Oct. 7, and for single-family homes, apartments, stores, offices and hotels the amount owed works out to zero. An impact fee is a one-time charge on new construction that helps pay for the streets and parks that growth makes necessary. The council adopted the ordinance Oct. 7, following a p...

Voters who live inside Town of San Tan Valley limits will decide Proposition 411 on Nov. 3, a measure that sets how much the town is allowed to spend each year. It does not raise or lower any tax. Arizona's Constitution puts a yearly spending limit on every city, town and county. The limit is worked out from a base figure stated in 1979-80 dollars,...

The single-story rental neighborhood proposed for Schnepf Road in 2021 is open in the San Tan Valley area, with 172 homes and about half of them already occupied. EVR Bella Vista covers 17 acres at 32063 N. Schnepf Road, north of Bella Vista Road. It is a build-to-rent neighborhood, meaning every home was built as a rental and one company manages a...

The Arizona Department of Real Estate runs a free system that sends homeowners an email or text when an escrow officer enters a pending sale on a property they have registered. Pinal County pointed residents to it in its Sept. 19 weekly roundup as a way to protect their property from deed fraud. It is called the Early Real Estate Sales Alert System...

Pinal County's new flood study for the San Tan Valley area points to 12 places where new culverts, channels and retention basins could move stormwater away from roads and homes. None of that work has a price tag or a construction date yet. Engineers presented the San Tan Valley Area Drainage Master Plan on Sept. 9 to the Pinal County Flood Control ...

The 16-year-old boy found with life-threatening injuries in the road on Murray Grey Drive late Thursday night has died, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office said Friday night. Deputies were called to Murray Grey Drive, near Empire Boulevard and Gary Road, at about 11:30 p.m. Oct. 1 for a welfare check and found the boy in the road. He was flown to a V...