Pinal County News

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday, Nov. 4, approved a Terrible's gas station, a car wash and medical office buildings for the northwest corner of Schnepf Road and Ocotillo Road, in the unincorporated San Tan Valley area. The county's Planning and Zoning Commission had recommended the project 9-0 on Sept. 17, and the board had the f...

A traffic signal is planned at Thompson Road and Mountain Vista Boulevard in San Tan Valley. On Wednesday, Nov. 4, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement with the Arizona Department of Transportation, known as ADOT. ADOT will design the signal and oversee the building of it. The agreement puts the estimated cost at $1,479,240, ...

Pinal County has an online map of child care programs, and for the San Tan Valley area it lists 16 state-licensed facilities and 17 providers that contract with the state to serve families getting child care assistance. The county highlighted the map in its Oct. 10 weekly update and said it built the map with First Things First and the Pinal Early ...

Two cell towers and a winery in the San Tan Valley area cleared the Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 1 and now go to the Board of Supervisors for a final decision. The Board will hear the two towers on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 9:30 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 135 N. Pinal St., Florence. The county has not yet lis...

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...

Pinal County's Planning and Zoning Commission voted 9-0 on Sept. 17 to recommend a Terrible's gas station, a car wash and an office building for the northwest corner of Schnepf Road and Ocotillo Road, in the unincorporated San Tan Valley area. The commission only recommends. The Pinal County Board of Supervisors makes the final decision, and that h...

Florence Copper has 13 jobs posted as of Sept. 23, and the company says entry level starts above $28 an hour with full health coverage from the first day. The operation is at 1575 W. Hunt Highway in Florence. The 13 jobs open now Drilling Service OperatorDrilling Shift SupervisorPump Rig HelperPump Rig OperatorElectricianEnvironmental EngineerEnvir...

Pinal County Sheriff Ross Teeple told a U.S. Senate subcommittee on Sept. 23 that the newest AI-powered camera networks can violate people's Fourth Amendment rights, and he asked Congress to write clear limits on automated surveillance into law. Teeple was one of five witnesses at the hearing, held by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and ...

Pinal County Animal Care and Control is microchipping pets for free through Oct. 18. There is no fee. The shelter asks for one of two things instead: a donation of candy, which it will hand out at its Pup or Treat event in October, or come in costume with your dog. What a Microchip Does A microchip is a small implant placed under the skin between t...

Pinal County is mailing jury questionnaires, and anyone who receives one has 10 days to return it. It Is Not a Summons A questionnaire is not a jury summons. It does not mean you have been called to serve or that you need to appear anywhere. The court uses it to decide who qualifies for the jury pool. Names are drawn at random. If you are selected ...

Pinal County property tax notices are landing in mailboxes, and the first payment deadline is 5 p.m. on Oct. 1. Treasurer Mike McCord released a walkthrough of the bill this month answering the questions his office fields every fall. Property taxes are the oldest tax levy in the country and the only major tax common to all 50 states. They pay for l...

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors adopted the property tax rates and levies for every taxing entity in the county on Aug. 17, setting the county's own primary rate at $3.2607 per $100 of assessed valuation, down about 3% from last year. The vote was unanimous. Supervisors Rich Vitiello, Mike Goodman, Stephen Q. Miller, Vice Chairman Jeff Serdy ...

Pinal County planning commissioners told the Board of Supervisors on Aug. 12 that they cannot responsibly recommend approving data centers until the county knows whether it has the water and power to support them, and until rules governing the buildings are written. No vote was taken. The two-hour session was scheduled as education only, one instal...

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on Aug. 12 to issue a 180-day termination notice to Flock Group Inc., ending the company's permission to keep its license plate reader cameras on county roads. The decision reaches the San Tan Valley area, where the Pinal County Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement for both the Town of San Tan Va...

The governing board for Central Arizona College, which runs a campus in San Tan Valley, has named Lisa Rhine as the college's 10th president. The Pinal County Community College District Governing Board appointed Rhine after a national search. The board met in special session on Thursday, July 16, reviewed survey feedback the public submitted after ...