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Paddleboats coming to Copper Sky lake

By next Valentine’s Day, a date on the lake with your sweetie — without leaving Maricopa — will be a new option. City staff are...

Sprouts of wrath: Rural farmers feel the real effects of drought. The state says...

Even during chilly January afternoons, tumbleweeds roll across the Sonoran Desert, landing just shy of the metal gate marking Oliver Anderson’s farm. Each morning, the...

Study: Green Road loop plan supports Maricopa’s future traffic demands

The City of Maricopa this week released a feasibility study of the first phase of the so-called Green Road loop, proposed to relieve the...

Maricopa city manager transition comes earlier

Maricopa City Council will consider moving up by three months the date when Assistant City Manager Ben Bitter becomes city manager. The council has on...
This heat map shows the population projections for Pinal and Maricopa counties by 2060. [Maricopa Association of Governments]

This is when Maricopa’s population will double

If you thought Maricopa’s traffic was bad now, just wait 36 years. Maricopa’s population could more than double by 2060, according to projections from the...

Longtime Maricopa justice resigns

Pinal County Justice of the Peace Lyle Riggs has resigned.  Riggs presided over Maricopa Municipal Court in a dual capacity for several years.  The resignation times...

Chamber pressure: Breakup over contract violations means end to ‘social club’

If you love something, set it free. That’s how the adage goes, and the city learned it well, abruptly terminating its contract with the Maricopa...

6 things you missed at tonight’s city council meeting

Not even 0.5% of Maricopa’s population tuned in to tonight’s city council meeting on Facebook.   We get it. Trivia night at Cold Beers and...
Sanctuary Conceptual Land Use Plan

300 homes planned for east Maricopa

It’s just the news Mayor Nancy Smith wanted: More homes are slated for Maricopa’s fast-growing east side. Phoenix developer CVL Consultants plans to build a...

Housing need focus of Mayor’s ‘State of the City’

Mayor Nancy Smith pitched Maricopa’s vast cornucopia of future housing subdivisions, which are driving new businesses, road projects, government growth and recreational enhancements. Delivering her...

Mayor honors nurse who saved student’s life

Dan Grass, a nurse at Maricopa’s Exceptional Community Hospital, was honored for acting fast and saving the life of a Sequoia Pathway Middle School...
This image shows the second phase of the Sonoran Desert Parkway, which will continue from Porter to Fuqua roads. [Courtesy of City of Maricopa]

Sonoran Desert Parkway expansion in next year’s budget

City leaders yesterday shared new information about roadway construction and improvement projects budgeted for the next fiscal year. Top among those was the second phase...

Road Warrior: Meet the man behind ‘347Facts.com’

After a year of rolling out the cold, hard facts about State Route 347, James Singleton’s website has created a following running all the...

‘State of the City’ to highlight 20 years of progress

Mayor Nancy Smith will spotlight the city’s progress over the past year during her State of the City address.  The presentation takes place at 6...
A long exposure photo of traffic leaving Rancho El Dorado during sunset November 8, 2023. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]

Maricopans among earliest commutes in nation

A new study of U.S. Census data yesterday found Peoria ranked the city with the fourth-earliest commute in the nation with 41% leaving for...

Governor gives cold shoulder over 347 funding

State Rep. Teresa Martinez didn’t get the “Miracle on 34th Street” presentation she wanted this morning. The legislator’s plans to present Gov. Katie Hobbs with...

PHX Surf plans construction this summer

Maricopa’s long-awaited surf park may break ground this summer, according to city records.  Plans for PHX Surf, first announced by InMaricopa in May 2021, are...

I-10 widening in Pinal County to start this year

The Arizona Department of Transportation disbursed $95 million in grant dollars for the widening of 10 miles of Interstate 10 through Pinal County. Work is...

Lawmaker to confront gov with hundreds of angry letters about 347

State Rep. Teresa Martinez has a message for the governor about State Route 347.    The Republican lawmaker will deliver a growing stack of letters —...
Gov. Katie Hobbs smiles following a State of the State address at the Arizona State Capitol on Jan. 8, 2024. [Monica D. Spencer]

Hobbs bragged about 347 funding before axing it

The governor gives and the governor takes away.  Gov. Katie Hobbs, in a video delivered to the Maricopa Chamber of Commerce-hosted Women in Government Economic...
City Planner Derek Scheerer presents a rezoning case during a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on Nov. 13, 2023. [Monica D. Spencer]

Zoning board to take action on Lowe’s

Feel compelled to sound off on new development around town? Your chance is coming up tonight. Maricopa’s Planning and Zoning Commission will discuss a few...
An electronic highway sign on eastbound Loop 202 reads "new year, new you, use your blinker" on Jan. 1, 2017. [Arizona Department of Transportation]

Maricopans oppose federal ban on witty highway signs

It seems like humor and driving go together like peas and guac. That’s to say there’s a controversy going on as to whether witty highway...

City adds 10 to $100,000 club

At the beginning of both the new fiscal and calendar years, Maricopa city employees saw a nice increase in salaries, some heftier than others. Last...
Arizona State Transportation Board members Ted Maxwell and Richard Searle listen during a meeting on Jan. 12 at Maricopa City Hall. The last meeting held in Maricopa took place in September 2022. [Monica D. Spencer]

ADOT board hears SR 347 woes

Maricopa residents and leaders gathered inside city hall Friday morning for the monthly Arizona State Transportation Board meeting. Overall, nine locals shared during a call...

City officials dedicate new municipal courthouse

Maricopa’s first stand-alone municipal courthouse was dedicated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday night. Maricopa City Council members and other government representatives gathered for the brief...

’23 RECAP: Government

Two big projects moved closer to fruition in 2023 with the completion of the new police station and the municipal court building imminent this...

SHOPE OPERA: State senator talks 2024 plans for city

When Arizona state Sen. T.J. Shope started representing Maricopa earlier this year, he instantly fell in love with its residents and their community spirit. The...
Rep. Teresa Martinez claps as she listens to fellow Arizona House members introduce guests to the legislature's opening session at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 8, 2024. [Monica D. Spencer]

Martinez, Shope talk 2024 legislative goals on opening day

New year, new legislative session.  Arizona lawmakers gathered at the Arizona State Capitol today to hear Gov. Katie Hobbs deliver her second State of the...

Maricopa announces plans for industrial park

The city of Maricopa is now accepting Request for Proposals for the master planning of an industrial park. This is another step in the...
A 3D rendering of the planned pedestrian bridge that will sit west of the John Wayne Parkway overpass. Construction is expected to begin this fall. [City of Maricopa]

Pedestrian bridge construction planned this year

A long-awaited pedestrian bridge in Maricopa should start coming to life soon. Construction on the bridge that will cross the Union Pacific Railroad tracks onto...
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