Current print subscribers can create a free account by clicking here
Otherwise, follow the link below to join.
To Our Valued Readers –
Visitors to our website will be limited to five stories per month unless they opt to subscribe. The five stories do not include our exclusive content written by our journalists.
For $6.99, less than 20 cents a day, digital subscribers will receive unlimited access to YourValley.net, including exclusive content from our newsroom and access to our Daily Independent e-edition.
Our commitment to balanced, fair reporting and local coverage provides insight and perspective not found anywhere else.
Your financial commitment will help to preserve the kind of honest journalism produced by our reporters and editors. We trust you agree that independent journalism is an essential component of our democracy. Please click here to subscribe.
Need to set up your free e-Newspaper all-access account? click here.
Non-subscribers
Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.
Register to comment
Click here create a free account for posting comments.
Note that free accounts do not include access to premium content on this site.
I am anchor
Subscriber Exclusive
A look back at this week in Surprise history
Posted
By Independent Newsmedia
Here is a look at Surprise history through the years on this week, compiled from archives of Independent Newsmedia, Newspapers.com and the city of Surprise historical records:
1983
Surprise is now 4.5 square miles but has room to grow 29 square miles within land it had strip annexed.
1990
Surprise residents William and Marge Stillings file a complaint accusing notary Irene Allen of illegally notarizing signatures on a recall petition against Councilman Leroy George.
2000
Cox Communication begins offering digital cable services to residents in Surprise.
2011
Surprise primary election results force a run-off in November between Mayor Lyn Truitt and Councilwoman Sharon Wolcott. Ms. Wolcott ultimately wins the race in the general election.
2013
Roland Winters is elected to the Surprise City Council for the first time with 58% of the vote in a battle with Ted Cimino.
2016
Sharon Wolcott wins another term as mayor after running unopposed in the city’s primary election. Jim Hayden, John Williams and Ken Remley also secure spots on the City Council.
2018
Nancy Hayden, Patrick Duffy, Skip Hall and Chris Judd win seats on the Surprise City Council in the primary election. Jim Cunningham gets the most votes in District 1 but not enough to stop a run-off with Roland Winters in November.
