Most of the weekend will experience clear skies. Photo by Raquel Hendrickson

After this week’s blistering heat, Maricopa’s high temperatures are expected to drop more than 10 degrees during the weekend, according to the National Weather Service, ending an excessive heat warning as well as a pollution advisory.

Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.