Covid-19

For the last few years, the reason behind labor and material shortages could be easily summed up: COVID-19. It was the reason for empty...

COVID-19, fire and police unions and refinancing of municipal bonds are coming before Maricopa City Council this week. The council is set to have...

Maricopa Wells Middle School has now joined Maricopa High School in shutting down campus for the remainder of the semester. It is the second...

  Maricopa small businesses and others may start applying for AZCares money from City Hall starting Thursday. The city council worked out the timing and some...

As the first customer through the doors Friday morning at UltraStar Multi-tainment Center, four-year-old Jacob Klinzing was headed to play games in the arcade. With...

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...

Overcoming its share of first-game oddities, the Maricopa High School football team defeated Willow Canyon Thursday night, 27-19. VIDEO With COVID-19 protocols in place at Ram...

COVID-19 has caused the extended closure of two more schools in the Maricopa Unified School District. The reach of quarantine rather than the spread of...

The Maricopa Unified School District will receive nearly $2 million in state grants to repair and upgrade several district facilities. The grants are provided as...

The Pinal County Public Health Department announced the death of two residents as a result of COVID-19. They were the first deaths related to...

  In recent weeks, national news reports have documented a rise in domestic violence and suicide cases as people quarantined at home during the pandemic. “Now,...

Vaccine mandates are becoming more prevalent every day, with tens of thousands of people across the country facing the loss of their jobs for...

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...

After a 13-year wait, the new Walgreens opened its doors Monday. The store at 41840 W. Maricopa-Casa Grande Hwy. was built before the Great Recession...

  Nearly 40 businesses benefited from the City of Maricopa’s distribution of AZCares funds, with over $560,000 disbursed. The funds are to cover the costs...

It's just a couple weeks until Thanksgiving, so we thought we’d ask what kind of celebration folks are planning amid a nationwide surge in...

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...

Due to increasing health and safety concerns related to COVID-19, winter in the southwest will come and go without the time-traveling celebration of the...

Railing against Gov. Doug Ducey, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors is preparing a lawsuit against the federal government.Right now our governor is systematically...

Tips from CDC Centers from Disease Control and Prevention offered the following tips for those caring for someone in their home who has a diagnosis...

The first week we created it, the support of this community was infectious.With more than 600 graduating high school seniors living in Maricopa, the...

  Wild Horse Pass Casino and other Gila River gaming facilities are re-engaging their COVID-19 safety plan as they reopen after a two-week closure. The casinos...

Maricopa Fire/Medical Department canceled a ribbon cutting scheduled for late Monday afternoon, citing an increase in exposure of its members to coronavirus. The grand opening...

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...

Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb posted the following on the department's social media today: Unfortunately, as a law enforcement official and elected leader, we do...

  Maricopa Unified School District announced today another case of COVID-19, the third since the beginning of the school year. A staff member at Saddleback Elementary...

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...

  Arizona Interscholastic Association is letting its fall sports season move forward as planned. The executive board met Wednesday to endorse the latest guidelines from 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...

  Getting children back on school campuses is less fun than it sounds.Self-regulation and stress-management are going to be really, really important this year. The opening...