East Valley Tribune

1 week ago | eastvalleytribune.com | Ken Sain

A year after voters soundly rejected its request, Chandler Unified School District will ask its residents to authorize borrowing $271.5 million in a bond election this November. That number is about 56% of the $487.5 million that voters rejected by more than seven points in the November 2024 election. The CUSD Governing Board on June 11 also authorized asking voters to extend for another seven years a 15% override of its maintenance and operation budget in the same Nov. 4 election.

2 weeks ago | eastvalleytribune.com | Tom Scanlon

A Scottsdale parking lot drama nicknamed after the Watergate scandal took another twist this week. Mayor Lisa Borowsky, after an anonymous complaint over her private meetings about a parking garage, demanded records from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.

2 weeks ago | eastvalleytribune.com | Paul Maryniak

The overall crime rate in Queen Creek rose 7% last year over 2023, driven mainly by increases in simple assaults and petty theft, according to police reports to the state Department of Public Safety. The town’s year-over-year crime rate increase was the second highest in the East Valley – surpassed only by Gilbert’s 9.05 increase – and comprised 1,329 crimes ranging from aggravated assaults to shoplifting.

3 weeks ago | eastvalleytribune.com | Tom Scanlon

Some cities have major debates on how to fight skyrocketing crime. Others see screaming battles over faltering economies. As the midway point in 2025 approaches, perhaps the most emotional outcry in Scottsdale is over a parking garage. One group – backed by two versions of Scottsdale City Council approvals – defends the planned expansion of “The Corral” parking lot expansion in Old Town to a three-story garage.

3 weeks ago | eastvalleytribune.com | Tom Scanlon

After hours police spent hours searching for a missing Scottsdale hiker, Hannah Moody’s body was located around noon May 22 near the Gateway Trailhead of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. “It is a heartbreaking development in the extensive search for the missing hiker that started in the evening hours on May 21,” said Officer Aaron Bolin, a police spokesman.