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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...

UPDATE, Oct. 2, 2026: The boy has died, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office said Friday night. Read the latest. A 16-year-old boy was flown to a Valley hospital with life-threatening injuries after Pinal County Sheriff's Office deputies found him in the road on Murray Grey Drive late Thursday night, and detectives are asking anyone who knows what hap...

Starting Jan. 1, 2027, Arizona will not renew a motorcycle registration unless at least one of the registered owners has a motorcycle license or a motorcycle endorsement on their driver license. The change comes from Arizona Revised Statute 28-2014, which was updated this year. The Arizona Department of Transportation said it is announcing the chan...

PetSmart opened its new store at Skyline Ranch Marketplace on Saturday, Sept. 12, bringing a grooming salon, pet training and a veterinary hospital to the northeast corner of Hunt Highway and Gary Road, according to the company. The Sept. 12 opening included a grand opening celebration for local pet owners and their pets. The store at 1412 W. Hunt ...

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...

The Queen Creek Town Council voted unanimously on Sept. 16 to begin creating a new water resource fee, along with five other utility rate changes. No rate was set that night. The Council approved six notices of intention, each one setting a public hearing for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Community Chambers, 20727 E. Civic Parkway in Queen C...

Starting Oct. 1, a citation for breaking a Town of San Tan Valley rule, such as the town's noise limits, fireworks windows, yard sale limits or business license requirement, is set to go before the Florence Municipal Court. The Town Council approved the agreement with the Town of Florence on Sept. 16 as part of its consent agenda, the group of rout...

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 has sand and empty sandbags ready for residents at its road maintenance yard on Hunt Highway, as the National Weather Service forecasts heavy rain for the San Tan Valley area Monday night into Tuesday. The yard is open Monday through Thursday from 5 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and is closed Friday through Sunday. The county supplies the sand and...

The Town of San Tan Valley's sales tax takes effect Thursday, Oct. 1, and businesses operating inside the town limits will need a town business license. The general rate is 2.25%. It applies to retail sales, restaurants and bars, rentals, utilities and use tax. It is added to the 6.7% already charged across the San Tan Valley area, so the general r...

Central Arizona College is looking for pregnant women to volunteer for free ultrasound scans, done by students in its sonography program at the Superstition Mountain Campus in Apache Junction. Volunteers can be at any stage of pregnancy, from the first weeks through full term, and they get to see their baby on screen. Students training to become so...

The Town of San Tan Valley's sales tax takes effect Oct. 1, 2026. Businesses operating inside the town limits charge it on their sales and report it to the Arizona Department of Revenue, which passes the town's share to the town. Those businesses also need a town business license. This page holds the rates, the fees, the dates and the steps in one ...

A small school in the San Tan Valley area wants to grow from about 20 students to 35. Pinal County has put that decision off until November while a more basic question is answered: whether county zoning rules already allow the school to be there. State 48 Arts and Academics, a nonprofit run by Karli Kemper, teaches on an acre and a half west of Wes...

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 ...

The Town of San Tan Valley's new Planning and Zoning Commission picked its first chair and vice chair on Aug. 24, then spent the rest of the meeting on two cases it has no power to vote on. The short version: Commissioner Karen Mooney was chosen as the commission's first chair, unanimously.Commissioner Adrien Litton was chosen as vice chair, unanim...