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Saturday, May 4, 2024

MUSD leaders look at student behavior by the numbers

A top Maricopa Unified School District administrator laid out the extent of student disciplinary cases, which have their share of ups and downs, depending...

Lake View Park opens this weekend

Get ready to play ball. The city today announced that Lake View Park, located at 22240 North Powers Parkway West, will open to the public...

Jehovah’s Witnesses break ground for Kingdom Hall

Construction is under way on Maricopa’s latest house of worship, a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall. A project narrative that Jehovah’s Witnesses representatives filed with City...

Have some burgers, fries with that benefit for Saddleback Elementary

Sonic drive-in restaurant and Saddleback Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization kick off a fundraising event to benefit the school from 5 p.m. to 8...

OPINION: Let’s get ‘R.I.D.’ of partisanship in public safety

Whether Republican, Independent or Democrat (R.I.D.), there should be no partisanship in public safety! Our law enforcement professionals need our support by ensuring they receive...

Fire shuts down MCG Highway

Commuters back to Maricopa from Casa Grande this afternoon had to take a longer route home. A roadside fire shut down the highway at Bianco...

Meet: Noah Logsdon

Noah Larson, 51, who has been a resident of Maricopa for approximately two years, residing in Glennwilde Groves. He works as a Class A...

MUSD might sue company for $200,000

Maricopa Unified School District administrators are calling on the school board to legally challenge a pharmacy benefits firm they say owes the district more...

OPINION: Social media is a double-edged sword

In today's digital age, social media has become ubiquitous, intertwining into the fabric of our daily interactions. As a city council member and small...

Copa Cultural Night Market makes return

The Third Annual Copa Cultural Night Market is returning in April.  The event will be at Copper Sky Recreation Complex from 5 to 7 p.m....

Miracle child: Death — and near death — unite mama bears in time of...

In the Sandell living room, 5-year-old Addi is a whirling dervish of activity, running around and playfully moving her arms up and down while...
Maricopa High School

Police arrest person with knife, altered ID at high school

A person armed with a knife and carrying an altered identification card was arrested at Maricopa High School today. Maricopa High School Principal Deanna McNamee...
An oversized load carrying a SpaceX rocket travels down Honeycutt Road towards John Wayne Parkway on Feb. 21, 2024. Engine outlines can be seen on the back of the truck carrying the load. [Jeff Chew]

SpaceX rocket spotted in town

It’s not every day a truck the length of nine school buses rolls through town. But it did yesterday. The endlessly long, black cylindrical truck...

Hidden Valley residents sound off on new development

Dozens of Hidden Valley residents attended an open house at Ak-Chin Circle’s Elements Event Center last night to sound off about a new development...
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Students unhurt in hit-and-run school bus crash

A Maricopa Unified School District bus traveling with Desert Wind Middle School students on board was involved in a “minor” hit-and-run collision Tuesday afternoon...

Carnival in the works at Copper Sky

Maricopa city officials are negotiating a contract with the promoters behind Wild West Music Fest for a “carnival event” at Copper Sky Regional Park...

COW BELLA: Dozens of Italian dairymen learn from Maricopa

Fifty Italian nationals toured dairies in Hidden Valley today, learning better American practices to feed livestock — but they were the most well-fed by...

Meet: Daniel E. Monroy

Meet Daniel E. Monroy, a 41-year-old Maricopa resident and kitchen manager at The Roost Sports Bar & Cafe. Daniel has been in Maricopa for...

Maricopa Lions provide vision screenings to thousands of schoolchildren

Maricopa Lions Club helps thousands of children see and hear. It’s all part of the nonprofit organization’s mission. “We did over 12,000 vision and hearing screens...

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...
Genie Hoeh, Denny Hoeh, and Chad Chadderton at Maricopa Historical Society Tales and Treasures event [May Donohue]

Historical society presents Tales and Treasures

Maricopa Historical Society gave locals the chance to take a step back into the city’s early history last weekend.   More than 150 people attended the Tales...

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...
Cherie Mossing and her therapy dog Lexi join Cheyanne Leeds and her beagle, Tiana, for a photo in an emergency shelter at San Diego's Balboa Park on Feb. 4, 2024. The shelter temporarily housed 270 people displaced by intense flooding in San Diego. [Cherie Mossing]

Local Lion, dog assist in San Diego flooding

Province resident and Maricopa Lions Club member Cherie Mossing, 71, and her therapy dog Lexi are some of Maricopa’s top-notch fur-st responders. The therapy dog...

Leading Edge experiences Underground Railroad

Leading Edge Academy students gave local families a deep learning experience Thursday night, presenting a detailed history of the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was...

Wild West Music Fest lost $250K

Steve Levine Entertainment released its financial report to the city of Maricopa this week for the inaugural Wild West Music Festival, which happened four...
Pima Butte Elementary School Maricopa

Pima Butte Elementary earns A+ for excellence

The Arizona Educational Foundation has honored Pima Butte Elementary School as an A+ School of Excellence. The recognition distinguishes Pima Butte Elementary among 37 outstanding...

Starting teachers to see more money at MUSD

Starting teachers at Maricopa Unified School District will make more money in the coming school year: $54,000. MUSD governing board members voted 4-0 to approve...
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...

Meet: Cole McCarthy

Meet Cole McCarthy, a 32-year-old Maricopa resident who recently returned after a four-year hiatus. Living in Glennwilde, near Honeycutt. Cole is engaged in construction,...

Local Ross kicks off B&G Club fundraiser

The Ross Dress for Less store in Maricopa and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America have launched the 10th Annual In-store fundraiser to...
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