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Bernard Ndungu, a recent addition to Maricopa, has quickly become a force for positive change in the community. Volunteering with a local drug rehab...

Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board will elect a president and vice president when it meets tomorrow night.  The board meets at 6:30 p.m. in...

InMaricopa readers spoke loudly of their favorite stories in 2023. InMaricopa.com published more than 1,400 stories last year, but readers flocked to two of them...

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide will prepare 2023 taxes at the Maricopa Library Tuesdays and Saturdays this tax season.  Free tax assistance will be conducted from 10 a.m. to...

Exceptional Healthcare appointed Dr. Paul Gilbert as the new medical director at Exceptional Community Hospital in Maricopa.   “Driven by a commitment to exceptional patient care,...

Post-pandemic graduation rates improve, but still trail pre-pandemic era From 2019 to 2020, the graduation rate at Maricopa High School tanked from 80% to 69%....

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visits a Japanese internment camp in Maricopa's backyard April 23, 1943. The controversial camp housed Japanese-Americans forced by politics, prejudice and...

GOOD SPORTS: Maricopa High School's baseball team earned the AIA 6A Sportsmanship Award for a consistent display of integrity and good character. Every year,...

An Alterra home was the far-and-away winner of this year’s Holiday Homes on Parade contest after 32,000 people voted for their favorite yuletide light...

A long-awaited pedestrian bridge in Maricopa should start coming to life soon. Construction on the bridge that will cross the Union Pacific Railroad tracks onto...

What are your New Year's resolutions in 2024? We talked to a few Maricopa residents Wednesday and asked what they've promised to accomplish this year....

With a slight bite of chill in the early-morning air, students and parents flocked toward Butterfield Elementary school today, marking the first school day...

Here’s one less headache for Maricopans traveling to and from Phoenix this week. This week’s dreaded lane restrictions on State Route 347 — dubbed “Maricopageddon”...

For those of us who live a routine lifestyle, time flies by. Days blend together and fall off the calendar like peaches from a...

Zachary Owen, a Maricopa local for the past eight years, adds a sense of peace to the town. At the age of 20, he's...

In 2023, Pinal County saw fewer accidental deaths year-over-year, according to new numbers from the Pinal County Medical Examiner's Office.  Deaths from car crashes dropped...

If you order off the back page of a Denny’s menu, this event next month might just be for you. The Maricopa Senior Advisory Committee...

A 25-year-old man who killed a Maricopa woman in a rollover crash last year was sentenced in Pinal County Superior Court to 18 years...

An Alterra home was the far-and-away winner of this year’s Holiday Homes on Parade contest after 32,000 people voted for their favorite yuletide light...

Professional deployment of law enforcement resources is absolutely essential for a safe community and one of the basic tenets of a professional, proactive thinking...

Carsten Randall, 24, has been part of the Maricopa community for the past three years. As a Sales Rep at Minuteman Supply Co, he...

If you actually have a real Christmas tree to dispose of, here are your options: Waste Connections of Arizona – Contact RAD at 480-983-9100...

On the surface, these five men have little in common. They range in age from 59 to 72. They hail from the Midwest beacons of Chicago...

Senior living in Maricopa has gotten a little easier.   Living-in-place advocate Ron Smith jumpstarted a comprehensive online resource guide for Maricopa seniors earlier this...

Shirleen Warui left her native Kenya in pursuit of the American Dream, choosing Maricopa for its affordable housing and warm temperatures. But she stayed for...

Prayers, politics and pride filled the halls of Pinal County Cowboy Church Wednesday night. Well-known state and national conservative politicians and think tanks took part...

Michael Higashi will never forget the first time he shot an arrow. “It was terrible,” the Maricopa resident said. A competitive shooter since 1979, Higashi took...

VanDrey Herron Sr. brings a rich history of experience and a warm spirit to Maricopa. A retiree at 60, he spent an impressive 18...

Municipal politics, especially in smaller communities like Maricopa, are, for the most part, individual, intimate and above the quagmire of party politics.   We have always...

In his twilight years, William Shakespeare noted “from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, and then from hour to hour we rot and...