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Maybe it was the beautiful Saturday morning, the excellent media coverage or perhaps the post-tax deadline date, but whatever it was, it was a...

A local veteran was welcomed with open arms to a home gifted by U.S. Bank and Ashton Woods today.  U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Hayden received...

Updated 9:25 a.m., April 23, 2024.  More than 33,000 Maricopans and western Pinal County residents went without power at the height of rush hour this...

Burning sage filled the air inside Maricopa Community Center this morning as local seniors got into a rhythm with Mother Nature to celebrate Earth...

If you’ve ever gotten into video games, you might have experienced “gamer rage.”  It could be caused by something as simple as flying off Rainbow...

Matt Huffman held the world in the pocket of his baseball glove. He was a baseball star for the Maricopa High School Rams and a...

Did your office overflow with paper documents Tax Day? You’re in luck, because the Maricopa Senior Advisory Committee and Pinal County Attorney’s Office will host...

Ka’zia Delco was just 6 when she collapsed on the playground at Maricopa Elementary School in December.  She was airlifted out of Maricopa to Phoenix...

The city’s newest fresco is nearly complete.  Casa Grande artist Mauriel “Mory” Morejon was spotted today finishing his newest mural he titled “By the River.”...

If the sky looked like it had a few extra clouds today, don’t worry, your eyes didn’t deceive you.   This morning Casa Grande artist...

“My heel is killing me. What are my options?” We’ve all said that at some point. You wake up in the morning, ready to embark...

Five years ago, Maricopa Wellness Center embarked upon a mission to enhance our community’s health and wellbeing. We went from offering the first laser...

With exponential population growth in Pinal County — especially in Maricopa and San Tan Valley — bringing an influx of new businesses and expanding...

Maricopa Unified School District proposes expansion of the Career and Technical Education AgriScience Program at Desert Sunrise High School, where a new greenhouse will...

Maricopa Unified School District has appointed Tim Wilson as the new Head Boys Basketball Coach at Maricopa High School. Wilson brings over three decades of...

In the late 1950s, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office built a substation and jail in Maricopa just east of West Garvey Avenue. Even after Maricopa was...

A decades-old eucalyptus tree that long towered over the Villages at Rancho El Dorado was chopped down last week.  The iconic tree stood in the...

Maricopa High School Theatre Company presents “Freaky Friday, A New Musical,” from April 25 to 27 at the Performing Arts Center. The musical is based...

Today’s workplace is dramatically different than it was just a few years ago. It goes without saying it would be difficult for most to...

Glennwilde resident Cassie Harvey proudly represented the Zuni tribe at the opening ceremony of the Final Four in Glendale last weekend.   Harvey worked with her...

Maricopa Sandlot girls' softball hosts a second “Hit It for Hydie” tournament this Saturday and Sunday at Copper Sky softball fields to benefit the...

Senita resident Stephanie Fulton is just fine with her daughter taking a school bus 45 minutes up to Tempe Union High School District to...

Introducing Madeleine Van Sickle, affectionately known as Maddie, a 25-year-old resident of Maricopa for the past 20 years. Originally from Ak-Chin Village, Maddie is...

One of just 3,000 viral vehicles was spotted in Maricopa Saturday afternoon.  Readers submitted photos of a Tesla Cybertruck parked just outside Walmart. The bulletproof,...

Butterfield Elementary School was awarded Cognia accreditation and the Cognia STEM certification, the first school in the state to earn both honors simultaneously. Tempe-based Cognia,...

Just before 11:30 a.m. today, the moon obscured most of the sun in a solar eclipse that won’t return to North America for another...

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sun Corridor joyfully announces the triumphant return of "Dancing for Our Stars 3," an evening that left...

Call it a novel approach to getting high. There’s only one way to succinctly define this friendly, literate social gathering of Maricopa women — they...

The artistic director and founder of Maricopa Community Theatre fears the company is one last performance away from the final curtains. “We’re two weeks away...

Two graduating Maricopa High School athletes, who have played softball together since they were 7, signed Friday with Scottsdale Community College’s softball team. Alexandria Armstrong,...