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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,...

It took nearly four months for the city to learn it lost its entire taxpayer investment on the inaugural Wild West Music Fest, held...

Former Maricopa High School basketball coach Jason Royal paid himself $4,283 in booster club funds, leading to his termination and a school district investigation,...

The city’s newest ball fields were named at a ceremony yesterday.  City and Global Water Resources staff gathered at the newly opened Lake View Park,...

As you’re leafing through this edition of InMaricopa, you might notice we rolled this paper full of stories that bear a consistent theme. It was...

Maricopa High School Career and Technical Education students walked away with three gold medals at the SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference March 28...

It’s three consecutive state championships for Heritage Academy’s boys wrestling team. The team recently took a third title at the high school wrestling championships, with...

Maricopa Unified School District’s governing board hired an architectural firm known for its master plan of the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai and designing Sedona...

If you saw an alpaca roaming around the Homestead North neighborhood this morning, it was no happy hallucination. Facebook was abuzz with Homestead North residents...

After two grueling weeks of learning basic physics and assembling model rockets, students at Maricopa Wells Middle School watched their creations soar this afternoon. Today...

Central Arizona College has recently been awarded two water conservation grants from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona. The first grant of $183,286...

CAC's Maricopa Campus is hosting an Easter party today and everyone is invited! This all-ages event is open to the public and features free pictures...

Maricopa company 911 Air Repair has joined with Maricopa Community Foundation to offer qualified student graduates a new scholarship. 911 Air Repair offers a $2,500...

Introducing Dawn Flores-Densmore, a member of the Maricopa community for over sixteen years. Residing in Homestead, Dawn, at 46, is deeply involved in her...

A former Maricopa High School basketball coach resigned late last year after complaints and an external investigation turned up allegations of “mishandling and missing...

Alterra resident Peter Trast was one of many people tasked with cleaning up after weekend mischief in Maricopa.  Just after noon today, Trast, a painter...