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Pinal County needs the Apache Junction space for its own services, so the food bank that served more than 45,000 people in Maricopa and Pinal counties last year is forming a relocation committee and planning a capital campaign.
San Tan Valley's council voted to have its mayor send Queen Creek a letter opposing the $3.07-per-1,000-gallon charge for its 12,000-plus Queen Creek Water customers; the first open house on the fee is Monday.
Queen Creek police issued 12,602 citations and warnings through Oct. 31, up from 10,219 for all of last year, as crashes reached 1,384. The numbers go to the Transportation Advisory Committee on Nov. 12.
The Town Council voted 6-0 to team with the Sons of the American Legion on 30 military tribute banners that will hang over the Fourth of July and Veterans Day for two years.
Former state Sen. Jeff Dial conceded to Matta, an ASU student who will run the office that keeps Superior Court records; county results show Matta ahead by about 104,000 votes.
Rule 205 lets owners who replace or upgrade high-emitting on-road vehicles earn emission reduction credits that new or expanding industries can use to meet Clean Air Act permit rules. The county says it can start issuing them now.
Board Chair Kate Brophy McGee signed the local emergency Thursday after the Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 storm dropped up to 4 inches on the Valley floor and as much as 8 inches in higher terrain.
ADOT is closing westbound Loop 202 between Gilbert Road and Arizona Avenue from Friday night until 5 a.m. Monday for widening, with westbound on-ramps from McQueen Road to San Tan Village Parkway also shut.
The new town's council voted Wednesday to bring 3.3 acres at Gantzel Road and Lone Star Lane into town limits and zone them for a small retail and office center, though its planning commission had urged denial.
The county's new e-bike ordinance, approved unanimously, sets age and helmet rules, keeps the fastest class off sidewalks and caps all e-bikes at 15 mph on multiuse paths outside city and town limits.
The AP projected Gov. Katie Hobbs re-elected; in the uncalled 5th District race, Republican Mark Lamb led Democrat Elizabeth Lee 51.2% to 48.8% Thursday morning, with Queen Creek-area precincts backing Lamb.
Mesa cuts the ribbon at 10 a.m. Nov. 7 on the park expansion at 3355 S. Signal Butte Road, which adds lighted trails, ramadas, a tot track and what its designer calls Arizona's largest asphalt pump track.
Proposition 411 was passing 68.7% to 31.2% in Wednesday's count. It would lift the new town's state-set spending base from about $23.5 million to over $207.5 million, counted in 1979-80 terms.
Samantha Davis had 28.5% in Maricopa County's 4:11 a.m. update, while fewer than 450 votes separated the other three candidates for the second open seat. In Higley Unified, Amanda Wade and Michelle Morris led.
Mesa's council approved an agreement Monday that lets Queen Creek annex the road and rail-crossing land at the stop-sign-controlled intersection. The town will pay for and build the project, estimated at $24 million to $28 million.
Town officials closed the Queen Creek Wash trail and Via Del Jardin at the Sonoqui Wash crossing after weekend storms, and a Monday search near Hawes Road ended when the two men reported in the water were found safe.
Council members will decide on a conditional-use permit and site plan for a fueling station, 24-hour store and car wash on 2.8 vacant acres at the southwest corner, after planners backed it 5-0 in October.
Salt River Project raised releases from Bartlett and Stewart Mountain dams to about 54,000 cubic feet per second. The water should reach the Valley by Monday evening, and riverbed roads will stay closed for days.
The standard residential solid waste charge of $16.22 would rise by $3.78 starting with March 2027 bills, with more steps planned for 2029 and 2031. Extra carts, bulk pickups and missed-pickup fees would also go up.
SRP is releasing about 20,000 cubic feet per second from two dams, closing Salt River crossings. Near Superior, the creek crested its banks Sunday and Pinal County told western Queen Valley to evacuate.
At a Wednesday discussion session, town staff will walk the Town Council through unresolved pieces of the proposed water resource fee, two weeks before a public hearing set for a final decision.
