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The Maricopa High School football team wound up its season with a loss in the first round of the 5A state playoffs Friday. The Rams...

One of the first curiosities Alexandra Stahl noticed on becoming the theater teacher at Maricopa High School this year is the affinity the MHS...

Science, technology, engineering, arts and math take the spotlight on National STEAM Day Nov. 8. The Maricopa Ak-Chin STEAM Foundation will feature STEAM-related, hands-on demonstrations...

By Ivan Pour MHS Band and Orchestra Director Oct. 20 and Oct. 27, the Maricopa High School Marching Rams performed in Arizona Band and Orchestra Director’s...

Maricopa High School’s football team has been pushed up to a 15th-place ranking in today’s state playoff bracket announcements. The Rams will play No....

A final game, Senior Night victory cemented Maricopa High School football’s place in the playoffs Friday. The Rams find out Saturday their bracket placement,...

Camino Montessori — which closed earlier this month — is hardly unique in the challenges it faced as a charter school in Arizona. Of the...

Twenty-eight homes are participating in this year's Mysterious Mansion Mayhem, ranging from Cobblestone Farms to Tortosa and from Rancho El Dorado to Alterra. The...

  Last night the Sequoia Pathway volleyball team experienced its first loss of the season against the Basis Peoria Scorpions in a hard-fought four-setter.  The...

Though his Democratic opponent, Kathy Huffman, did not attend, Republican candidate for state superintendent of public instruction Frank Riggs answered questions about education issues...

By Leon Potter I am writing to you  based on my concern regarding the Maricopaville Festival to be held Nov. 24.  I am a small-business...

When Turner Stanek arrived at the 2018 USA Powerlifting Raw Nationals in Spokane, Washington, earlier this month, he wasn't nervous until he noticed all...

  Ask kids to delve into the “weird and absurd,” and you never know what you’re going to get. In his second year of teaching at...

The Maricopa High School football team dropped a region game to Casteel Friday after the Colt ran wild in the fourth quarter for a...

It’s been an imploded season for Maricopa High School’s varsity volleyball team. Though staying upbeat, the girls had not won a match since Aug....

An open letter to the Maricopa community By Judy Webster As many of you are aware, Camino Montessori closed its doors at the end of the...

  By Bernadette Russoniello Career and Technical Education, known as CTE, is education’s best-kept secret. CTE programs across the state and country focus on preparing students with...

By Michelle Chance Deborah Kohls teaches second-grade English Language Learners (ELL) four hours every day at Maricopa Elementary School. MES has four Structured English Immersion (SEI)...

By Michelle Chance Destinee Cruz is a sophomore at Maricopa High School with a life like most teenagers. She has a large circle of friends...

  Next, InMaricopa looks into how the school's remaining assets, including a three-acre parcel of land currently listed for sale at $700,000, will be disposed...

The other shoe finally dropped. The football programs of Maricopa and Central high schools were given an official warning by the Arizona Interscholastic Association at...

By Ralph Atchue I’m Ralph Atchue, your candidate for the Arizona State Senate and I need your vote.  There is a clear and distinct difference...

  A Maricopa Wells Middle School student film was a winner at the Show Low Film Festival this weekend. “Kindness Equals Calm” was the Best Student...

By Ivan Pour Music Director/Fine Arts Department Chair Oct. 8-11, the Maricopa High School Marching Rams held its first-ever Fall Band Camp. Using feedback from the...

Despite having several swimmers gone on fall break, the Maricopa High School swim team hosted Poston Butte for its final dual meet Thursday and...

Leading Edge Academy Maricopa Assistant Principal Rachele Reese was honored on Sept. 18 by the City of Maricopa. Reese was chosen as the Maricopa Latin...

By Nancy Smith Please join me in supporting my friend Bret Roberts for Arizona House of Representatives in District 11. As a member of the...

For parents of Camino Montessori students, this fall break has been anything but a vacation. The local charter school closed on Friday.This is the...

By Murray Siegel There is no question understanding and utilizing technology are vital tools for a successful career. Those considering the social sciences, the financial...

Bernadette Russoniello, the Career & College coordinator at Maricopa High School, is one of finalists for the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)...