Scottsdale asks Hobbs to veto Rio Verde Foothills water deal | State
(Center Square) – Scottsdale City Council letter On May 17, he called on Gov. Katie Hobbs to veto a recent bill that would require the city to sell water to the adjacent unincorporated community, the Rio Verde Foothills. House Bill 2441 was passed by the state legislature on May 15, requiring 500 households to receive […]
Maricopa County rejects Rio Verde Foothills request for its own water district
Phil Lutzman/KJZZ John Hornewer’s 6,000-gallon tanker truck brings potable water to the Rio Verde foothills. On Wednesday, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors rejected a request by some residents of a small, unincorporated community to form its own body of water. In the face of next year’s supply outage, about 550 people in the Rio […]
Former Tucson golfer Angelica Martinez and former Catalina Foothills pitcher Nicole Conway earned collegiate honors
Former Tucson High School Outstanding Golfer Angelica Martinez Named Second Team All-ACCAC and All-Region for Pima’s second season in a row Martinez tied for first place at the Pimain Invitational and started the season with a season-high total of 153 (77-76). She finished four of her five remaining tournaments in the top ten, with an […]
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors reject City of Scottsdale proposal to resume water delivery to Rio Verde Foothills
Residents of Rio Verde Foothills have spent three months without a reliable source of water. The City of Scottsdale discontinued supplies earlier this year after decades of deliveries. An unincorporated community, Rio Verde is governed by Maricopa County. And on Friday, county supervisors rejected the city’s offer to restart services at triple the cost. The […]
Rio Verde Foothills face water crisis
PHOENIX, Arizona (KKCO) – Lawmakers are working to address the water crisis outside Phoenix, Arizona. Residents of Rio Verde are not guaranteed a supply of water. Resident Cody Reim drives a truck to bring his own water. Because he can’t afford to have it delivered. “Now I have to drive to a friend’s house in […]
Arizona lawmakers reject bid to bring water to parched Rio Verde Foothills
The Rio Verde Foothills have just lost the possibility of a water solution, but officials are looking for alternatives they say are the obvious choice. The unincorporated community north of Scottsdale, home to about 1,000 Arizonas, is now over two months old. without a reliable source of waterScottsdale previously sold water to a private water […]
Yuma County Supervisors vote against approving Foothills rezoning
Future housing development in the foothills of eastern Yuma County will have to wait. In another 3-2 vote on Monday, county supervisors voted against approving a request to rezoning hundreds of acres in the Foothills area to allow for future housing. Officials representing Granite Yuma LLC said their request was in the planning stages and […]
Rio Verde Foothills water: Maricopa County nixes Scottsdale plan
PHOENIX — Just when the solution was on the horizon, the residents of Rio Verde Foothills seem to have to keep waiting for water. Scottsdale recently submitted a proposal to refill water in unincorporated communities after cutting off residents earlier in the year. Maricopa County rejected the proposal on Friday, calling it “unrealistic, inefficient and […]
Long road ahead for Rio Verde Foothills water solution
Just a week after Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays confirmed its legality, Maricopa County has won a government-to-government agreement that could provide much-needed water to the Rio Verde Foothills. For decades before that, the city of Scottsdale sold the water it brought to unincorporated communities in the north. close the faucet The agreement was unanimously […]
YRMC opens a clinic in the Fortuna Foothills
Yuma, AZ (KYMA, KECY) – The Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) held the grand opening of its new clinic at Fortuna Foothills on Saturday. Construction on the clinic began less than two years ago. After construction was completed and a grand opening ceremony was held, YRMC invited the public to visit the new clinic to […]
