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SURPRISE NEWS & COMMERCE

Surprise News

Mesa resident leaves hospital after battling COVID-19 for nearly 50 days

The doctors and medical staff at Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa on June 3 celebrated the release of a COVID-19 patient who spent close to 50 days in the hospital. Edward Cipres …

Surprise City Council passes $415.5 million budget

Keeping an eye on an uncertain financial situation because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Surprise City Council approved a “flat” budget June 2 — while adding some flexibility in case things get better faster than expected.

Short agenda for June 4 Surprise P&Z meeting

The Surprise Planning and Zoning Commission is meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 4 with a short agenda on tap.

Arizona tops 22,000 cases of coronavirus, nears 1,000 deaths

The state of Arizona has surpassed 22,000 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday morning. The Arizona Department of Health Services reports 22,223 cases and 981 deaths in the state, up 973 and 40 from …

Robotics team advances Surprise into future

For a small group of Surprise student engineers, losing the regional robotics competitions to COVID-19 was the biggest bummer of them all.

Business

Abrazo Surprise hospital slates June 4 job fair

A job fair for experienced nurses and emergency department techs will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, June 4 at the new Abrazo Surprise Hospital near Bell Road and Loop 303. The hospital, …

Affordable housing still among big needs in Surprise

Surprise, just like the Valley and state as a whole, has a shortage of affordable housing.

Surprise lists latest construction permits

Here are permits the city of Surprise issued forconstruction in April: COMMERCIAL UNCLASSIFIEDFIRE STATION 30315440 N. Cotton LaneHARDY WORLD13700 N. Dysart Road (3 …

Peoria 7th, Surprise 15th in country for open spaces

For people looking to social distance during the time of COVID-19, there could be worst cities to do it than Surprise, according to a new survey. Rent.com recently compiled a list of the top 50 …

SURPRISE SCHOOLS

West Valley Preps

Volleyball players earn Sports360AZ academic honors

On April 29, the website Sports360AZ named the beach volleyball and boys volleyball. Players from local schools are included below BEACH VOLLEYBALLAll state academic team (first team)Estrella …

An improved point of view

A 9-year-old or even 12-year-old Marisa Davis would never have imagined what an 18-year-old Marisa Davis could accomplish.For most of her first 12 years Davis simply was surviving, living in East …

AIA, Gov Ducey start to lay out conditions for high school, youth sports to return

During an Arizona Interscholastic Association executive board meeting via Zoom May 28, the board endorsed a set of guidelines produced by the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee for what a safe return …

DVUSD, Dysart football teams release schedules, hope for some signs of normalcy

While little is certain and all starting dates — including those for high school football — should be considered written in pencil instead of pen, some recent developments provided hope …

Josh Scott will throw at Kent State

It was a matter mostly of dotting Is and crossing Ts, but on May 19 recent Shadow Ridge graduate Joshua Scott made it official. He signed a letter of intent to throw for the Kent State …

THE LOST SEASON

They’re No. 1 — not just in the region or in 3A, but the entire state. Even Paradise Honors softball coach Paul Hatcher chuckled a little about his team’s top MaxPreps ranking in …

Education

Ducey lays out plans to resume school this fall

Gov. Doug Ducey on June 1 new plans for kids and teachers to safely resume school in the classroom this fall. “It will look different. It will feel different,” Gov. Ducey said in a …