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- Testing the waters
![Councilmember Bob Marsh wears a large voting button during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 10, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261010-spencer-bob-marsh-rut9uwqoc1cz611dip3h2uz87r60gi1ikl0ejkw0p0.jpg "20261010-spencer-bob-marsh")
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![After criticism over its 2025 response, Global Water issued a precautionary boil water advisory while repeat testing for E. coli was underway in Maricopa. [InMaricopa file]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261009-global-water-e-coli-rum4nl333g1le4q0gsxblx2itz711o62j6p72fs490.jpg "20261009-global-water-e-coli")
![Maricopa residents Euphemia and Sherman Weekes founded Crest Premier Properties in 2006 and manage about 150 homes, a quarter of which are in Maricopa. [submitted]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Weekes-portrait-scaled-rb3tz9bn8p9ouemay2u47qsmpaghtb8q8muf7rak5g.jpg "Weekes-portrait")
- Why is my house not renting?
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- Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
A 17-year-old is recovering at a hospital and an 18-year-old suspect has been booked into jail following a shooting outside Planet Fitness earlier this week, police told InMaricopa today. The […]
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![Locals walk into the new Fieldhouse at Copper Sky during an opening event on Oct. 10, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/IMG_6318-scaled-rurw8bw0z729su823e7sf8j7sb3ej01xjqg0vx3v94.jpeg "20261010-spencer-fieldhouse-ribbon-cutting-4")
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![Broadway Maricopa Director Marcus Ellsworth gives direction to the cast members of upcoming production "A Murder at the Haunted Manor," including Shiloh Klimke, on Sept. 22, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260922-spencer-broadway-maricopa-rehearsal-2-2-rumojgy0sxfjjoxtepdwob1wn6smqrsf8duo9rkjco.jpg "20260922-spencer-broadway-maricopa-rehearsal-2")
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Business
![Tim Vasquez, owner of Someburros, hopes to open its Maricopa location in mid-December. [InMaricopa file]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261010-someburros-tim-vasquez-runu64uddkzmhs1o9ie354h95g2l9rdpy2yg1xhipk.jpg "20261010-someburros-tim-vasquez")
![Austin Lynn talks to attendees at Copa Farmers Market Jan. 5, 2025. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PJ_5928-scaled-2-rdt8i0w31sji8bnps7glzvoykfgz1o4aum0tzmzj7c.jpg "PJ_5928-scaled")
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Government
![[Karen Bartunek]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261008-bartunek-debate-9-scaled-rumjazd4bxeleoq91qa56ddcaltw7si4zgcgt91l2w.jpg "20261008-bartunek-debate-9")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
Public Safety
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Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
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![Amir Badgett and Davontae Lewis were arrested on suspicion of shoplifting at Walmart on Oct. 1, 2026. [Pinal County Sheriff's Office]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261007-pcso-badgett-lewis-arrest-ruinktxutbiatvaxlf3ztpn9z2swez5k2ipphzaqyg.jpg "20261007-pcso-badgett-lewis-arrest")
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Education
![Five candidates are vying for two seats on Maricopa Unified School District's Governing Board. From left, Loraine Conley, Patti Coutre, Lisa Garcia, Latrinda Williams and Nicolas Yendrzeski. [InMaricopa file]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261007-musd-board-candidates-ruixlwny57skpctk5zvq53gowl3u99lldoff5hxerc.jpg "20261007-musd-board-candidates")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
Real Estate
![43967 W. Scenic Drive [ARMLS]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/43967-W-SCENIC-Drive-2-rureyey94dpi4vl8n2h36oayfifmog3edjhmy58648.jpg "43967 W SCENIC Drive 2")
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![HomeSmart realtor Dayv Morgan greets a client on Jan. 12, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/spencer-011226-dayv-morgan-1-scaled-ridz4gv58pai77g3gt9vga5yhp3o640s1lefgcsa2g.jpg "spencer-011226-dayv-morgan-01")
Traffic
![A view of construction on the new traffic lights at Desert Greens Drive and Smith-Enke Road on Oct. 12, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261012-spencer-desert-greens-drive-light-ruutqrkuvau2oss7wafffpqn1135u9kwg8vb014mwo.jpg "20261012-spencer-desert-greens-drive-light")
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![Police and fire respond to a crash on Smith Enke Road and Desert Greens Drive on Aug. 8, 2024. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PJ_9717-rb5fmn35nvpf0g39dmpdl2git19oenz1upxoafcbug.jpg "PJ_9717")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
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