Cecilia Chan

Mesa Public Schools Governing Board anticipates hiring a new superintendent by early December – ahead of a potential changing of the guard on the dais come January.

Students in nearly a third of Mesa Public Schools District’s campuses are performing adequately in the classroom but need improvement, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The conceptual plan also showed a parking garage, a public gathering space, an amphitheater and pickleball courts.

Councilman Mark Freeman was leading former Mayor Scott Smith in the race to be Mesa’s next mayor.

Councilman Mark Freeman held his lead early today over former Mayor Scott Smith in Mesa's mayoral race, according to preliminary unofficial election results Tuesday.

A Chandler elementary school student, his dad and two other men died last week at Falcon Field Airport in northeast Mesa after their small jet crashed into a vehicle, killing the driver.

A Chandler elementary school student, his dad and two other men died last week at Falcon Field Airport in northeast Mesa after their small jet crashed into a vehicle, killing

I t appeared last week that Sharon Benson, incumbent Courtney Davis and Lacy Chaffee will claim the three open seats on the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board.

A former East Mesa hotel is expected to open its doors to homeless individuals beginning in early 2026.

Mesa is eyeing three adjoining vacant parcels downtown for affordable senior housing as that population in the city is outpacing the rest of the country.