Covid-19

The Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board will hear and possibly vote on a recommendation from the district staff at its meeting Wednesday for...

Gov. Doug Ducey’s rollback on Friday of occupancy limits on restaurants and other businesses will have limited impact at one popular Maricopa eatery. The order...

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...

  While other public schools in Maricopa started the new academic year online weeks ago, Leading Edge Academy opened its doors Monday. About half of its...

As the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic begins to loosen, signs of a return to normalcy are emerging around town. One of those signs is...

Three days after students returned to campus at Maricopa High School, some teachers were pushing back hard against the school board. The staff members wrote...

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...

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,...

When Kristina Donnay took it upon herself in April to provide coronavirus testing in Maricopa, she didn’t anticipate working weeks on end in the...

Dear Editor, On the September 1, 2021, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors acting as the board of directors for the Public Health District meeting...

The COVID-19 vaccine will be available to all state residents 16 and older beginning this week. Registration at state-operated sites in Maricopa County will begin...

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

  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...

All remaining COVID-19 mitigation requirements in Arizona – local mask mandates included –were rolled back Thursday. A new executive order from Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey...

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

Maricopa Unified School District announced the following: On Oct. 13, Maricopa High School received notification that one of its students tested positive for COVID-19. Pursuant to...

  Parents will no longer have to fill out a weekly attendance log. That was one update to the Maricopa Unified School District’s distance learning plan...

Snowbirds Jeff Zerr and Dave DeVos are back. Tony Zarrillo is not. “The risk is too great,” he said. The pandemic’s impact on Maricopa’s winter visitors is...

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...

Arizona Congressman Tom O’Halleran supports President Joe Biden’s order for mandatory COVID-19 vaccine rules for large companies but told InMaricopa in an exclusive interview...

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 Unified School District informed parents Monday a high school student tested positive for COVID-19. Though classes are being conducted online, some student-athletes are preparing...

In what was called a tradeoff, Maricopa Unified School District will open elementary campuses Sept. 14 and middle schools and the high school Sept....

With the end of the school year in sight, the Maricopa Unified School District Wednesday lifted its mandatory quarantine edict for students and staff...

A little blood, some broken glass, strands of hair and, of course, a “dead body” are all important parts of crime scenes at Desert...

Another staffer at Copper Sky has tested positive for coronavirus. The employee worked the front desk at the Aquatic Center, the city announced late Friday...

Free COVID-19 testing will be available in Maricopa on Saturday. The Maricopa Wellness Center and the Arizona Department of Health Services have scheduled a drive-thru...

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...

On a night when the Maricopa City Council meeting was short on both action and drama, it stood out from other council meetings since...