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55-and-older residents now eligible for COVID vaccine

Good news prevailed in this week’s COVID-19 virus reporting issued by Pinal County Public Health. There were only 52 new cases in the county...
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Brandenburg: Are aging adults getting enough vitamin D?

Some 41% of adults age 65 and older report they are in good or excellent health, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
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Pinal adds 65 and over to early vaccine group

Pinal County Public Health and its community partner vaccination teams have added persons 65 and older to the 1B-1 early vaccination group, increasing the...
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COVID-19 update: Pinal has dose of better news

Pinal County had a dose of better news in the first week in February, reporting just 122 new COVID-19 cases. The total number of...
BIZ Kristina Donnay

RF microneedling improves tone, texture of face, body

During the aging process, our skin slowly starts to lose the healthy supply of collagen, hyaluronic acid and elastins we once had when we...
Health Restaurant Inspections

2 eateries written up by inspectors

Two Maricopa eateries were marked down by Pinal County health inspectors from Dec. 11-Jan. 11. The internal temperatures of scrambled eggs being held in double...
Vice Mayor Nancy Smith

Too much spread, too little vaccine, health director tells city council

Significant community spread of COVID-19 remains a problem and there's not enough vaccine to coming to Pinal County right now to help suppress it,...
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American Heart Month: Taking care of your ticker

The first American Heart Month was marked in February 1964 following President Lyndon B. Johnson’s proclamation on Dec. 30, 1963. At that time, more...
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Ducey acts to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey issued an advisory Tuesday to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine distribution across the state and move doses to where they can be...
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Hundreds get COVID-19 vaccine at all-day clinic

Hundreds of people were inoculated against COVID-19 on Saturday as part of an all-day clinic organized by the City and a medical practice in...
Copper Sky Regional Park

City manager: Expanding Copper Sky jewel will help rest of city shine

The expansion of Copper Sky Regional Park – with more athletic fields, retail shops, restaurants and perhaps a multi-use stadium to join a hotel...

City, partner to offer COVID-19 vaccine in one-day clinic

The City of Maricopa will partner with Southwestern Pediatrics and Family Care to offer 400 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in a one-day clinic...
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Ducey: COVID-19 vaccine distribution needs shot in the arm

Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday took executive action to rapidly expand Arizonans' access to the COVID-19 vaccine. In an effort to streamline distribution across the...
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Study: Pinal is 2nd most at-risk U.S. county for being uninhabitable

A recent study says Pinal County is the second most at-risk county in the United States of being uninhabitable in the near future due...
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Safe place opens for women, teen girls in crisis

Women and teen girls facing crisis have a new safe place available to them. Hope Women’s Center, a faith-based non-profit organization, opened Dec. 1 in...

Therapists, counselors join to provide veteran support groups

Kent and Chrystal O'Jon, founders of Maricopa Veterans Care Center (MVCC), an international 5013c, have announced a partnership for veteran counseling with MVCC board...
Kristina Donnay Maricopa Wellness

Boost your immunity during cold and flu season

By Kristina Donnay, FNP-C Proper immune function is important all year round but becomes even more important in flu and cold season. We are exposed to...
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Presence versus presents

By Dr. Harriet Phelps The Be Awesome Youth Coalition wishes you and your families joy and blessings this holiday season. The Be Awesome team continues...

Middle school sends all students back to online for semester

Maricopa Wells Middle School has now joined Maricopa High School in shutting down campus for the remainder of the semester. It is the second...

Online or in person, MUSD faces storm of uncertainty

Whether to return to all-online learning or continue the status quo became a moot point for Maricopa High School this week. An increase in...

MHS returns to online learning

  Maricopa High School is closing campus for the rest of the semester. Maricopa Unified School District reported additional cases of COVID-19 on Monday and more...
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AZ researchers: 3-week lockdown needed to avoid COVID ‘catastrophe’

A shelter-in-place order in Arizona, from Tuesday through Dec. 22, is necessary to avoid a public health “catastrophe,” a team of coronavirus researchers is...

2 more MUSD schools close campuses

COVID-19 has caused the extended closure of two more schools in the Maricopa Unified School District. The reach of quarantine rather than the spread of...

AIA delays winter sports season until January

  In Arizona, the winter season of the high school sports year typically start the first of December, even earlier if Thanksgiving weekend tournaments are...

County approves more COVID relief for businesses, eases qualifying requirements

Pinal County is opening a third round of funding for businesses impacted by COVID-19. The funds are for first-time applicants operating businesses in unincorporated areas. “Those...
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey

State officials urge ‘common sense’ celebrations on Thanksgiving

Many Arizona residents are asking, "When will the coronavirus restrictions end?" Gov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday he gets the question all the time. “The answer is,...
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MUSD to close middle school as quarantine limits teachers

Numbers of COVID-19 cases had been creeping up recently at Maricopa Wells Middle School. Today, the school district opted to close the school from...

Hospital groundbreaking starts year of construction

It took two sessions to officially break ground for an Exceptional Healthcare facility at the northwest corner of John Wayne Parkway and Honeycutt Avenue. To...

MUSD studies hybrid or closure in wake of COVID

Overwhelmed. It was a term used frequently at a Monday meeting hosted by Arizona Superintendent Kathy Hoffman with school leaders and Health Director Dr....

MHS alumna awaiting transplant in lupus struggle

By Bernadette Russoniello Once a Ram, always a Ram. Leandra Fleming didn't expect what 2020 would bring. While family and friends argue on social media about...
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