Covid-19

Last Monday, InMaricopa published an unofficial poll to assess – informally – where we are with wearing masks due to the pandemic. We asked, “Will...

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

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...

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 scheduled beginning of the new school year is looming large in July, and schools are trying to plan their return approach. Maricopa Unified School...

  How long will children be learning from a distance? Tough questions and enlightening feedback came at Maricopa Unified School District administrators in a virtual meeting...

Monday, Maricopa Unified School District began distributing laptops to all students, starting with the incoming freshmen at Maricopa High School. The drive-through line started...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced aid has been made available for Arizona as requested by Gov. Doug Ducey. The funds are to supplement state,...

The Ak-Chin Indian Community and multiple other tribes have filed suit against the U.S. Treasury Department and seek a federal court order to release...

  Maricopa Unified School District will come back to in-person classes Sept. 8. That is the day after Labor Day and two weeks after Gov. Doug...

  Maricopa Unified School District is reminding families that, though schools are closed for spring break through March 27, the actual closure could extend beyond...

By Vice Mayor Nancy Smith Ever since the city announced we are reducing the City's primary and secondary property tax rate for 2020-21, we get...

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...

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...

Bars, gyms and movie theaters will be shutting down again, and school kids will have more weeks of vacation. Gov. Doug Ducey announced today all...

  Six days from Election Day, Pinal County is thousands of voters ahead of its 2016 number of early ballots. The Recorder’s Office is gearing up...

The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) and Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) have confirmed the first death due to COVID-19 in...

  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...

The shutdown caused by COVID-19 has “forced” municipal governments and residents to get more tech savvy. It has also sparked innovations. In a virtual meeting...

  This year was supposed to be the big debut of the new branch of the Boys & Girls Club at Maricopa Unified School District,...

  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...

Whether to return to all-online learning or continue the status quo became a moot point for Maricopa High School this week. An increase in...

  Gov. Doug Ducey’s announcement Tuesday that the start of school will be delayed caused some chaos among education administrators at the local and state...

A second COVID-19 testing blitz will be held in Maricopa. That event is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 1, according to Kristina Donnay, the medical director...

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...

The superintendent of Maricopa Unified School District will recommend an extension of Winter Break due to the rising number of coronavirus cases in Pinal...

“It’s very important our local restaurants and businesses gain back the business as soon as possible. Hopefully by the end of April, the worst...

This morning, the City of Maricopa opened its application process for small business and nonprofits affected by COVID-19 to receive AZCares funds. The new webpage...

Some businesses in Maricopa will be able to enter phase one of reopening after Pinal County moved Thursday to a moderate level of community...

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...