No Black Friday lines at city’s major retailers as shoppers tightening belts
Shoppers evidently are taking a more-austere approach to holiday shopping this year.
No lines were visible outside major retailers across the city shortly after 7...
Edison Pointe to bring 130,000 square feet of retail to Maricopa
If all goes as planned, Edison Pointe will start construction in summer 2016 and be open for business in spring 2017.
The lot next to...
Commercial project proposed near Honeycutt and Porter roads
Alpine Development Partners LLC is proposing a commercial development to be known as Maricopa Commercial Center on a site east of Porter Road and...
How Mike Ingram brought together building blocks of Maricopa (VIDEO)
Mike Ingram is not crazy or stupid.
That may be obvious to observers now, but 25 years ago, many of Arizona’s most knowledgeable movers and...
Hospital recognized for exceptional laboratory services for patients
Exceptional Community Hospital in Maricopa has earned COLA Inc. laboratory accreditation, reflective of providing superior service to patients.
Exceptional Community met all the criteria of...
Surf park plan features hotel, tiny-house village
Maricopans looking to have a bit of aquatic fun may soon be able to avoid a drive to a Valley waterpark or lake and...
Discount Tire plan gets P&Z OK
A Discount Tire store is currently slated to open in Maricopa in February 2022, according to the company. The City’s Planning & Zoning Commission...
Maricopa Station, more apartment complexes on P&Z radar
With a planned esthetic of Sonoran Southwest, Western Americana and Agrarian, a focused area of old town Maricopa is taking another step closer to...
Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino promotes two long-time employees
Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino, part of Caesars Entertainment and the state’s only tribal casino to have an international management partner, recently announced the promotion of...
Affordable-housing apartments north of City Hall moving forward
The Planning & Zoning Commission this week unanimously approved site, landscape, elevation and photometric plans for a 252-unit, affordable-housing community just north of City...
Future residential development gets 2nd look from P&Z
For the second time, two proposed residential developments went before Maricopa Planning & Zoning Commission this week on the way to consideration by the...
Brunch Snob deal for Sunrise Diner space falls through
Negotiations that would have brought a popular Ahwatukee brunch restaurant to Maricopa in the space of the now-closed Sunrise Diner have fallen through.
Celine Hillsbery,...
Hidden Valley Auto Parts a haven for pickers, pullers
For more than 55 years a tucked away piece of land to the west of Maricopa has been a treasure trove of used auto...
Development around town
Walmart is converting the former McDonald’s restaurant space inside its store at 41840 W. Maricopa-Casa Grande Hwy. into a Dickey’s BBQ. The tenant improvement...
Ace Hardware presents $1,600 to MHS Rams Football
Ace Hardware owner David Karsten presented a fundraising check for $1,600 to the MHS Rams Football Booster Club Saturday morning.
Last month, three shifts of...
Real HEROES: Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino employees donated $95K in 2022
Last year proved to be a year of giving for some employees of Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino in Maricopa.
Members of the HERO committee, a...
What a character: City creates vision of Maricopa Station
Mundane zoning issues mainly deal with how a property is used. On the other hand, "character" is just as important as use for what...
APEX Motor Club founder spells out plans in Maricopa (VIDEO)
Private Motorsports Group President Jason Plotke sat down with InMaricopa to explain his organization's plan to create APEX Motor Club in Maricopa. It is...
Maricopa buys parcel near Heritage District
The city is purchasing 4.1 acres north of Honeycutt Avenue and east of John Wayne Parkway south of the overpass near the Heritage District.
The...
Cold Beer & Cheeseburgers looking at summer opening
Sonoran Creek Marketplace will get a new tenant and the city a new sit-down restaurant next summer when Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers opens on...
New general manager named at Harrah’s Ak-Chin
Caesars Entertainment Inc. announced Michael Kintner has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager of Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino.
The appointment follows former GM...
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City sells land to advance plans for Copper Sky medical campus
The City will sell three parcels of land adjacent to Copper Sky Regional Park for use in the development of a medical campus.
City Council...
Bahama Buck’s prepares for fall opening
Bahama Buck’s, a shaved-ice franchise, is set to open this fall after steady construction progress.
The location, 17470 N. Porter Road, is on the east...
A day in the life of APEX staff (VIDEO)
When people think of a country-club racetrack like APEX Motor Club, they might think of rich folks lead-footing their upmarket sports cars for kicks....
Cost of Thanksgiving dinner rises in Arizona
The average cost of a Thanksgiving dinner in Arizona has gone up about 10% since 2019.
That contrasts with a nationwide drop of about 6%,...
CubeSmart brings ‘Class A’ storage to town
Most of us have dealt with a storage unit at some point — during a move, as a place to store excess stuff or...
The Duke Golf Course on market for $5 million
A virtual “for sale” sign has been posted on the Duke Golf Course at Rancho El Dorado for four months.
The Duke is listed at...
Maricopa Chili’s to be much larger than expected
The Chili’s Bar & Grill slated for the northeast corner of Stonegate Road and Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway will be significantly larger than expected.
According to...
Orbitel sues HOA for breach of contract
It’s not the first Maricopa subdivision to try to get out of an agreement with Orbitel Communications, but now Desert Passage Community Association is...
Firestone replacing Fletcher’s after acquisition
Fletcher’s Tire & Auto Service is in the process of becoming Firestone Complete Auto Care.
Based out of Nashville, Tennessee, Firestone is part of Bridgestone...