Queen Creek Tribune

15/08/2025

15/08/2025

Nine public school districts in Maricopa and Pinal counties – including Queen Creek Unified – have issued an unusual joint communique celebrating satellite Career Technical Education satellite programs on their campuses.

Nine public school districts in Maricopa and Pinal counties – including Queen Creek Unified – have issued an unusual joint communique celebrating satellite Career Technical Education satellite programs on their

14/08/2025

The Town of Queen Creek has launched its Student Art & Poetry Contest for Constitution Week in mid-September. Details at https://www.queencreektribune.com/community/queen-creek-launches-student-art-poetry-contest/article_61a23347-9d8d-4729-a026-4278fb27b592.html.

13/08/2025

A Mesa-based water polo team is looking for members as it works to expand a Valley-wide league, including a Queen Creek team that’s now being formed. More on this at queencreektribune.com/news/queen-creek-area-water-polo-club-looks-for-more-members/article_27c0e630-8528-47c0-83ba-a96a2cc6ea57.html.

📸: Annalee Hull

13/08/2025

Day after day, week after week, Midwest Food Bank of Arizona is doing the deeply human work of feeding hope and restoring dignity – one box, one truckload, one life at a time.

Tucked into a humble warehouse in Gilbert, something extraordinary is happening. It doesn’t make the evening news. It doesn’t ask for applause.

12/08/2025

Although the Trump administration in May lifted a 70-year-old ban on political activity by tax-exempt religious groups, some Valley clergy remain cautious and will continue to avoid endorsements and other overt politicking. Details at queencreektribune.com/news/clergy-divided-over-irs-ban-s-removal/article_6bceb655-6a9f-4a3e-a447-cb70823efa74.html.

📸: Official White House photo by Molly Riley

12/08/2025

Arizona has launched a five-year strategic plan to raise 72% of all third graders reading proficiency by 2030, aiming to reverse a troubling post-pandemic decline in literacy.

11/08/2025

HonorHealth isn’t just doling out medical care – it’s also handing out food to those facing hunger crises.

09/08/2025

Arizona is one of 32 states where Medicaid doesn’t cover drugs such as Trulicity and Ozempic without a diagnosis of diabetes, heart failure, high blood pressure or other related ailments.

For 14 years, Jesse’s mind spiraled. So did his weight. The medications he took for schizophrenia drove his weight up until he nearly hit the 300-pound mark.

08/08/2025

Chronic absenteeism was one of the few areas that district officials missed their goal in the metrics they use to judge how they are doing.

Chandler Unified School District Superintendent Frank Narducci admits that when he was a student growing up in the 1970s, he needed motivation to go to school.

08/08/2025

Karin Taylor Robson edged out Andy Biggs in money raised in the last quarter as they compete to be the Republican nominee for governor in 2026.

07/08/2025

When it comes to safeguarding patients against infections and surgical mishaps, the East Valley has several hospitals that received the highest grade and three that got adequate marks from a nonprofit watchdog.

When it comes to safeguarding patients against infections and surgical mishaps, the East Valley has several hospitals that received the highest grade and three that got adequate marks from a