Covid-19

Athletes will no longer have to wear masks during competition in the Arizona Interscholastic Association. The group's executive board voted Tuesday to remove the mask...

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...

The Maricopa Unified School District is evaluating a change in determining who is quarantined when a positive COVID-19 case is reported at one of...

All students at Santa Cruz Elementary School are learning from home until Monday due to positive COVID-19 tests and quarantines among faculty and staff....

Whether its questions about COVID-19 vaccine availability or quarantine protocol in schools, answers have sometimes been hard to come by. Depending upon where you...

Fans of Maricopa Rams sports may soon be able to follow their teams in person again. The Arizona Interscholastic Association's executive board voted Tuesday to...

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...

Despite all three secondary schools suspending in-person learning for a period of time since Feb. 3, the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board chose...

The Maricopa Unified School District has shut down both of its middle schools for in-person learning just days after returning to the classroom. District students...

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...

Recently, my family had occasion to experience the world of isolation, one of the biggest challenges for seniors, especially in pandemic times. Our older son...

Maricopa High School will close Thursday and Friday due to staff quarantines. Students will learn from home and return to campus on Monday for classes. A...

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,...

Back in 2015, Jaime Buchholz, then 24, was finishing her star-studded run as Miss City of Maricopa. Aging out of the program and fulfilling...

Global Water Resources continued to be a strong supporter of Maricopa community initiatives during 2020, including contributions of more than $140,000 to area programs. “Due...

Students in the Maricopa Unified School District will be able to return the classroom on Monday. But the situation is “volatile,” cautioned Superintendent Dr. Tracey...

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...

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...

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...

A program at Maricopa High School is trying to help students struggling to learn in the pandemic age and help them catch up if...

The Arizona Interscholastic Association has reversed its earlier decision to cancel the winter sports season due to concerns about community spread of COVID-19. Its Executive...

State Rep. Bret Roberts, LD-11, introduced legislation Monday calling for an end to the State Emergency Declaration issued in March by Gov. Doug Ducey. Some...

All business owners encounter hurdles as they are getting things going; it’s part of the process. Pat Kieny, the owner of Native Grill & Wings,...

The Arizona Interscholastic Association on Friday canceled the winter sports season, noting the state has the highest rate of coronavirus hospitalizations in the nation. After...

Students in the Maricopa Unified School District will return to their school classrooms no sooner than Feb. 1. The district’s Governing Board on Thursday night...

Every great tragedy leaves its mark. WWII. The Great Depression followed the stock market crash in 1929 and lasted 10 years. The attack on...

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...

UPDATE, Dec. 21, 5:17 p.m. Pinal County Public Health announced Monday that a small number of its community partners have received shipment of COVID-19 Moderna...

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...

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...