Covid-19

A number of Maricopa businesses still closed due to COVID-19 restrictions may be able to open Thursday. The Arizona Department of Health Services expects that,...

The COVID-19 pandemic changed everyday life, mainly for the worse. Small businesses were hit especially hard, with many industries such as restaurants, bars, hair...

After approval from the tribal council, Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino is rolling out its reopening starting Friday at 9 a.m. The casino had gradually closed down...

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...

Mayor Christian Price said Thursday it probably would not be long before Arizona moved closer to a federal guideline of essential businesses that did...

Families are on their own to decide if trick-or-treating this Halloween is a good idea. While the City of Maricopa has set no parameters or...

Mask mandates are a hot topic. Public opinion and public policy differ greatly. In some cities, masks are mandated by government, business, and schools;...

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...

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

Maricopa Unified School District will begin distributing Lenovo laptops and technology to students next week. The district has just over 7,600 devices, and enrollment has...

School is officially still in session, but Maricopa Unified School District is deciding how it will start next school year in the wake of...

Arizona schools now have state benchmarks for deciding when to come back to in-person instruction, with the Health Services Department and Governor’s Office releasing...

Central Arizona College plans to host a traditional graduation ceremony for all Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Summer 2020 and Fall 2020 eligible graduates in...

School is in session and, hopefully, a routine has been established and the children are adjusting well. But there may be concerns that loom...

Arizona had the third most unemployment claims in the country as the unemployment rate grew from 4.5% in February to 5.5% in March. National numbers...

When school resumes after Winter Break, students in the Maricopa Unified School District will be distance-learning – for the first week at least. That was the...

I have been teaching math since 1974, and I have been teaching as a volunteer at Butterfield ES since 2016. I have a strong...

  Maricopa Pantry was caught in No Man’s Land in the effort to land funds to mitigate the costs of COVID-19 on its operation. The food...

The Medicaid agency in Arizona will help sustain health care providers during the coronavirus pandemic by advancing more than $41 million in scheduled payments. The...

Pinal County will come knocking on Gov. Doug Ducey’s door again. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to bring its COVID-19 data back to the...

The city of Maricopa will begin this weekend to reopen parks and recreational facilities closed or restricted as part of the public health response...

On Wednesday night, the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board went against the administration's recommendation to extend Winter Break by four days out of...

The Maricopa Public Library will reopen Monday with restrictions in place as some member services return at Copper Sky. Access to the library will be...

A popular Maricopa restaurant immediately closed Friday after learning an employee tested positive for coronavirus. A staffer at Native Grill & Wings, who last worked...

Ahead of Thursday morning's news that Pinal County had earned the three benchmarks necessary for businesses to reopen, the staff at Copper Sky Recreation...

  By Fran Lyons Wendy Webb, executive director of F.O.R. Maricopa food bank, hoped to get a portion of the financial aid for food banks that...

Arizona Interscholastic Association’s Executive Board will push the start of the winter sports season to Jan. 18 due to concerns about the spread of...

With the holidays upon us, the biggest threat to our health is another wave of COVID-19 cases. We already know our generation is the...

Dine-in restaurants in Mariocopa and elsewhere in Arizona will be able to reopen beginning next week. In his weekly news conference Monday on the state’s...

  As the need in Maricopa continues to rise in the COVID-19 pandemic, community partners continue to support one another. With many recent contributions coming...