Community News

Friends of the Masterson family, who lost four children in a fire this week, have started a fund-drive at GoFundMe.com to help pay for...

About 200 Maricopans celebrated with the high-energy dancing Watoto Children’s Choir Tuesday night at Leading Edge Academy’s auditorium. The event was presented through the Community...

Marla Lewis has submitted her resignation as president and CEO of the Maricopa Chamber of Commerce effective immediately. Board of Directors met this morning and...

Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board President Patti Coutre sat down with InMaricopa's Mason Callejas to talk about the challenges ahead for the district...

Aside from all the candidates to elect, Maricopa voters have three issues to decide in the General Election. Two of the issues are statewide questions...

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...

The Maricopa Unified School District’s governing board discussed at a Wednesday meeting an implementation strategy for the district’s newly founded Alternative Secondary Program. Per the...

  By Michelle Chance The Maricopa Unified School District will go after a new math program. Wednesday, the Governing Board approved a committee’s authoritative power to recommend...

A hit-and-run driver caused a three-car accident on Thursday afternoon that blocked a lane of traffic on North John Wayne Parkway at West Smith...

Ed Steidler built a wildflower sanctuary in his yard to provide a feeding ground for bees, hummingbirds and butterflies. Steidler has seen the local honey...

Sherman Bell’s love of music began when he was a child in San Francisco during the 1950s, and it continues to grow to this...

In a year that saw a mix of tragedy and triumph, Maricopa survived record heat and withstood dozens of drug smuggling arrests. These are...

InMaricopa sat down with Pinal County NAACP President Constance Jackson to talk about race relations in Maricopa and across the country. She has her...

Art for the Heart, a festival to benefit the American Heart Association, raised more than $800 for the cause. The event hosted at Maricopa High...

The latest series of "Inside the Creative Mind" began Saturday with presentations by Navajo weaver Tiffany Yazzie and art instructor Kristal Melody Hoeh. The...

Ron Smith, a resident of Maricopa since 2007, writes an aging-in-place column for InMaricopa. Hometown: Amsterdam, N.Y. Maricopan since: April 2007 Occupation: Retired Family: My wife of 51...

Crews from the Maricopa Fire/Medical Department responded to a train fire this afternoon. Firefighters from Station 575 on West Edison Road doused a fire under...

The 13th annual Salsa Festival drew thousands of attendees and 15 salsa chefs. People were able to vote for their favorite salsas electronically, and...

For the second year, members of the Arizona Rattlers arena football team came to Maricopa Public Library to read to children there through the...

What was your favorite salsa at Salsa Festival 2018? These salsa chefs competed and explain what makes their salsas work or at least stand...

Maricopa has accumulated more than 1.5 inches of rain since Monday, according to numbers from the National Weather Service. Some roads were closed and...

The community development organization Families First CDC is putting on its sixth annual prom fashion show to benefit students unable to afford prom attire....

The City of Maricopa has started construction of a crossing over the Santa Cruz Wash  on Bowlin Road next to Rancho Mirage Estates. Using money...

Rita Bricker, a resident of Maricopa since 1987, writes a gardening column for InMaricopa. Hometown: Mesa, Arizona Reside: Rancho El Dorado Maricopan since: 1987 Occupation: Retired database administrator Family:...

Some of Maricopa's faith leaders ponder the significance of Easter in a religious setting and its impact on a modern congregation in the midst of...

Arizona Department of Transportation's work widening the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway will begin impacting traffic on Jan. 6. For approximately 60 days, MCGH will be closed...

Maricopa residents will pay more for recreation facilities, programs and services in 2023 at Copper Sky, the Maricopa Library & Cultural Center and Maricopa...

The overpass is a bridge to the city’s future. City Manager Rick Horst makes his point by underlining the considerable commercial development underway or on...

Karsten’s Ace Hardware is again sponsoring the Best Dad in Maricopa Contest, giving everyone the chance to tell the town about their father. Nominate...

A long-anticipated traffic light at a busy intersection in the eastern end of the city will keep motorists waiting just a little bit longer. The...