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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...

An 82-year-old San Tan Valley woman is home after a summer-long fight for her life that began when she fell asleep at her neighborhood community pool in 105 degree heat. Betty-Lou Summer was hospitalized June 11 after she was found unresponsive and covered in blisters, according to ABC15, which first reported her story. The heat left her with third...

Drivers on Arizona Farms Road will see lane shifts around the clock starting Wednesday, Aug. 26. Pinal County Development Services announced the work zone runs between the Union Pacific railroad tracks and just west of Quail Run Lane. The lane shifts stay in effect 24 hours a day through Sept. 30. The affected area includes the intersection of Ariz...

The Arizona Supreme Court cleared Proposition 144 twice in two days, and San Tan Valley area voters will decide it on Nov. 3. The court ruled Aug. 18 that the measure does not violate the state constitution's rule against bundling separate amendments into one ballot question. It ruled again Aug. 19 that the description voters will read on the ballo...

Anyone with a Pinal County library card can read thousands of comics, manga and graphic novels at no cost through Comics Plus, a digital service the library district offers in a web browser and through free apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. There are no waitlists and no holds. The Pinal County Library District's digital collections page promises u...

Being 90 years old does not rule out donating your body to medical science. Neither does a history of cancer, diabetes or dementia. Research for Life, the whole body donation program that serves Arizona and Southern California, says those are two of the misconceptions it hears most. The program serves families across Arizona, including the San Tan ...

The San Tan Valley Library's Teen Advisory Board is back, and teens who show up Saturday earn an hour of volunteer time for attending. The group meets Saturday, Aug. 22, from noon to 1 p.m. at the San Tan Valley Library, 31505 N. Schnepf Road. It is open to teens ages 14 to 18. What the Group Does Saturday Saturday's meeting has three items on it. ...

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...

If SRP provides your electricity, you can get two free desert-adapted shade trees this fall. The only requirement is a free online workshop, and the next two sessions are Saturday, Aug. 29 and Saturday, Sept. 26, both at 10 a.m. SRP runs the Shade Tree Program with Trees Matter. Complete the workshop, which covers where and how to plant your trees ...

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 ...

The San Tan Valley Library had two extra sets of helping hands this summer. Liliana and Chris, two of Pinal County's summer interns, spent the season at the branch running Summer Reading Program activities, handing out reading prizes and helping with the library's day-to-day operations. The pair came to the branch through the county's internship pr...

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 ...

Arizona drivers who may communicate differently during a traffic stop can now add more detail to the voluntary alert first responders see, under enhancements the state Motor Vehicle Division announced July 30. The communication accommodation program places a voluntary flag on a driver or vehicle record. When an officer or first responder pulls up t...

A Pinal County judge has ruled that 17 Circle Cross Ranch homeowners can move forward with their lawsuit against Salt River Project over the high-voltage power lines built through their neighborhood's common areas. Judge Joseph Georgini of Pinal County Superior Court denied SRP's request to dismiss the case in an order entered Aug. 3. The ruling me...