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Celebrating The Best Moms in Maricopa for 2024! PRESENTED BY: CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE THE BEST MOM IN MARICOPA! Nomination period ends May 2nd. Voting then takes place...

The standoff between police and an unidentified gunman holed up in a Rancho El Dorado home remains unresolved as of 3:25 p.m. With school...

A football game between Desert Wind and Maricopa Wells middle schools Feb. 13 raised some hackles, and not for anything that happened in the...

The proposed PHX Surf Park will be a tourist attraction, economic development engine and attention-getter for Maricopa. With two 5-acre surf lagoons, a lazy river,...

A lot can change in a decade.Ten years ago, Maricopa began to see changes that brought in significantly more families to the community, changing...

Maricopa resident Jim Whisman, 68, won the Arizona Senior Stroke Play Championship Tuesday at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club.Whisman shot 71-83 in the two-day...

Several residents told the Maricopa Unified School District governing board at its meeting Wednesday they support putting an override measure on the November ballot.Superintendent...

Maricopa Unified School District’s implementation of the College and Career Readiness Standards, commonly known as Common Core, is going well, educators say.The Arizona State...

The Maricopa Unified School District governing board will discuss and could vote Wednesday to hire additional elementary school teachers to reduce class sizes.Hiring five...

A low turnout at Maricopa High School’s fundraiser track meet on April 12 didn’t disappoint the 40 kids who came to run with the...

The Sequoia Pathway Academy Pumas held their first football game under the lights at the school’s practice field Friday night.The Purple & Gold game...

The Maricopa Unified School District’s request for a 15 percent budget override tax failed at the polls today 68 percent to 32 percent. According...

The "One Chip Challenge" at Saturday’s Salsa Festival and Night Market had a little bit of everything prior to competitors eating a ridiculously hot...

There is a respectful man in Maricopa and he is coaching the varsity softball team.Chris Ansley, the head softball coach, is a soft-spoken man...

Correction: The VIP Pool Party requires separate registration and fee. An earlier version of this story mistakenly said the pool party was included with...

The city’s first hospital opened Wednesday, bringing 24-hour emergency care and in-patient services to Maricopa for the first time. With that opening have come...

Don’t shove your Nikes under the bed just because it’s the off season.

Alice Kulbeth Johnson-McKinney first traveled from Arkansas to Arizona in 1955 at age 15. “My dad had a heart condition, and the doctor said, ‘If...

Almost 400 students were promoted to high school from Maricopa Wells and Desert Wind middle schools Tuesday evening at a ceremony held at the...

Wayne Block caught the sports information bug nearly half a century ago.Today, as the Maricopa resident nears 70, he prepares to join a unique...

Zachary Ronald Thomas Davis, age 31, of Phoenix, a former Maricopa resident, passed away unexpectedly Nov. 26 at his residence. Zach “Bucky” Davis is survived...

Vice Mayor Edward Farrell apologized before community members during a city council meeting Tuesday for a Facebook post in which he praised Fred Phelps,...

Starting Nov. 3, Maricopa High School will suspend in-person learning through Nov. 13. According to communications sent to parents by Maricopa Unified School District, the...

Rosalie Brown Thunder let fear of racism slow her steps to getting a good education. Indians were called “dumb,” “dirty” and other things she...

Jeff Kleck, superintendent of the Maricopa Unified School District, announced tonight he is resigning effective June 30, 2012.Kleck made the announcement during the regular...

Two-and-a-half weeks ago, Tellie Avila and her children spent the better part of a weekend building a little library outside of their Alterra home. They...

Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club, named among the “Top 100 Courses You Can Play” by Golf Magazine, has announced plans for a significant renovation...

Valley Girl Fitness holding Maricopa boot camp Trisha Goldscharek moved here from Kona, Hawaii, two years ago and has been on a personal mission to bring a healthy lifestyle and fitness program to the residents of Maricopa.

Maricopa High School crowned a new class of graduates on Wednesday night in Ram Stadium, as the Class of 2021, teachers and administrators, and...

MUSD employee wins award for fighting pests in environmentally-friendly wayDan Vezie wants every student in the Maricopa Unified School District to be safe.The district...