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Latisha Joseph, a San Tan Valley resident, has been named Employee of the Month at Research for Life, where she works as Community Outreach Manager. Joseph spends her days meeting people. She sits down with families, speaks to healthcare professionals, works community events, and keeps up the relationships the program depends on. "I love that my jo...

The Local Jeweler is buying gold, silver and collectables this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18 and 19, and appraising what you bring in at no charge. It is the first buying event the shop has held. Both days run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at their store on North Gary Road. What They Are Buying The shop is taking scrap gold and silver, bars, coins and col...

A baby girl who was born in cardiac arrest at a San Tan Valley home in July is expected to make a full recovery, and on Sept. 2 the Town Council honored the firefighters and paramedics who brought her back. Her father brought her to the meeting. "She's truly a miracle," he told the room. What happened on July 30 The call came in at 8:40 a.m. A newb...

A sticky note on a bathroom mirror is the whole idea behind a Pinal County campaign running through September. Pinal County Public Health is inviting schools, businesses, organizations and community coalitions across the county, San Tan Valley included, to take part in Notes of Hope, a monthlong effort to leave short, encouraging messages where peo...

The Town of San Tan Valley will proclaim September as Military Families Month at its Sept. 16 Town Council meeting. The same night, the council will recognize Military Moms in QC / STV, an all-volunteer local group, for 20 years of service to the community. The ceremony takes place during the council meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 6 p.m. in the...

Melanie Eckman, a 73-year-old San Tan Valley great-grandmother, has until Friday evening to finish first in her voting group and move on to the semifinals of a national modeling competition that ends on a runway at New York Fashion Week. Eckman is a quarterfinalist in Next Runway Star, which advances contestants by public vote. Quarterfinalists mus...

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 ...

San Tan Valley arm wrestler Tim Tallmadge traveled halfway around the world this week and came home with the biggest win of his career. Tallmadge, 37, competed at East vs. West 25 in Batumi, Georgia, the pay-per-view event widely considered the premier stage in professional arm wrestling. It was his first appearance at the event, and he entered as ...

Kids will run every booth at the first San Tan Valley Indoor Kids Market on Saturday, Aug. 8 — and a few vendor spots are still open for young entrepreneurs who want in. The free event runs from 1 to 3 p.m. at The Homestead Cottage AZ, 28311 N. Homestead Lane, San Tan Valley. Shoppers can expect handmade jewelry, baked goods, lemonade and 3D-printe...

Rebecca Hendry, a 20-year veteran of Florence Unified School District, will begin the 2026-27 school year as the district's new assistant superintendent for administrative services. Florence Unified is one of the school districts serving San Tan Valley area students, so the appointment puts a familiar name in a district-level role for thousands of ...

San Tan Valley area families can shop for free clothing, shoes, backpacks and school uniforms at an annual community clothing drive Saturday, July 18 — and the nonprofit behind it needs donations and volunteers this week to pull it off. The drive is run by My Mother's Pantry, a nonprofit serving the San Tan Valley and Queen Creek areas that keeps c...

A San Tan Valley resident is publicly thanking the Pinal County Sheriff's Office and San Tan Mountain View Funeral Home for the care they showed her family after the death of her father. Savannah shared her gratitude in a local community post, crediting both organizations with helping her family through one of the hardest experiences a family can f...

A Pinal County road project that widened Combs Road and built a new stretch of Kenworthy Road to keep up with growth in the San Tan Valley area has been named a national Public Works Project of the Year. The American Public Works Association (APWA), a national group for the people who build and maintain roads and other public infrastructure, gave t...

San Tan Valley chef Scott Abad is near the top of a national cooking contest and is asking his neighbors to help push him over the finish line before voting closes July 2. Abad is competing in Favorite Chef, a national contest presented by celebrity chef and TV host Carla Hall. As of late June, the contest's website listed him as first in his votin...