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A taste of the reality of poverty was on the menu at the inaugural Hunger Banquet at Central Arizona College on Friday. Those who attended...

The franchise owner of a planned La Quinta Inn, accompanied by family, partners and city officials, broke ground at Copper Sky Regional Park on...

The Arizona Department of Transportation has added to the ways drivers see the posted speed limit on a stretch of State Route 347.   The speed...

Following a California traffic accident that took the life of one of his crew members and injured others, Josh Turner has canceled the rest...

We are in the home stretch of the State Route 347 Overpass Project, with completion anticipated at the end of October. Sept 26: Paving at...

A weekend of temperatures in the high 90s is ahead for Maricopa, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight will be clear with a low...

By Joycelyn Cabrera The City of Maricopa Arts Committee has adopted a new name and was presented with a new initiative that could take effect...

Members of the Maricopa High School football teams visited Maricopa Police Department and City Hall on Saturday. Head coach Brandon Harris planned the visit...

A Mexican restaurant is the stepping-off property for a new commercial development in Maricopa. Riliberto’s Fresh Mexican Food is scheduled to open in March or...

IF YOU GO What: ArtsFest Maricopa “Music & Movement” When: Oct. 19, 7 p.m. (doors open 6 p.m.) Where: MHS Performing Arts Center, 45012 W. Honeycutt Ave. How...

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a Dust Storm Warning for Pinal County until 3:15 p.m. A wall of dust was along a...

To understand Arizona history, you have to learn about Italian explorer Eusebio Kino.IF YOU GO What: Maricopa Historical Society Speaker Series When: First Mondays, October-April, 5:30...

By Harriet Phelps The of the gentle giants of the Sonoran Desert stand in our backyards, along the highways and areas all around us. They...

The idea of a new library has floated under the radar for years, sometimes spoken of wistfully and often completely unknown by newcomers. “When I...

The National Weather Service has issued a dust-storm warning for Pinal County. At 4:10 p.m., a wall of dust was reported along a line extending...

A school policy updated in April has had unintended consequences at Maricopa High School this fall, and a room full of students and their...

Another weekend of above-normal temperatures is a reminder it's still summer and leads into a week that could start with rain, according to the...

Union Pacific’s historic Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014 is touring the Union Pacific system throughout 2019 to commemorate the transcontinental railroad's 150th anniversary.Tips from...

By Joycelyn Cabrera The Maricopa Police Department hosted the City’s Sept. 11 Remembrance Ceremony at its substation at Copper Sky. The ceremony is the city’s third...

Every Sept. 11, we remember those we lost in one of history’s greatest tragedies in 2001. Mountain Pointe High School graduate Raul Ontiveros is...

Maricopans remember Sept. 11, 2001, on the 18th anniversary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnST0OZcmNM

Two people were injured when a small plane crashed into a building at Ak-Chin Regional Airport on Tuesday morning. A news release from Ak-Chin Indian...

ADOT -- Drivers who use the new Plainview Street at Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway should plan for a temporary traffic switch while the Arizona Department...

The most expensive home sold in Maricopa from July 16 through August 15 was a rare basement home with spacious master suite on main...

Cher Cendejas and Tammy Arteaga, both of whom won free concert tickets through InMaricopa to see Great White and Slaughter at Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino...

The South Mountain Freeway’s first new interchange at 40th Street has opened on schedule, an important step forward for the state’s largest-ever freeway construction...

Maricopa is gearing up for next year’s decennial U.S. Census. Data from Census Bureau has become so important some cities, including Maricopa, funded special counts...

A series of fights on and near campus have marred campus life at Maricopa High School this month. A fight broke out Wednesday after school,...

Q&A with Dr. C. Jon Beecroft Maricopa Foot and Ankle Maricopa Foot and Ankle Center was opened in 2007 and since then, we have taken care...