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There’s an extraordinary sunflower field in Maricopa, Arizona. Spanning an impressive 70 acres, about the area of a large shopping mall. With over 300 days...

Developer’s confirmed Maricopa’s second Taco Bell is on track for a 2024 opening.  Earlier this year, InMaricopa announced the drive-thru would open its second restaurant...

Commuters beware: traffic headed into the city is backed up past Riggs Road. A two-vehicle rollover collision on State Route 347, just north of Cobblestone...

Maricopa police nabbed not only a fugitive lesbian duo wanted on a $60,000 bond in connection to a southern California robbery, but also one...

Construction is under way on Maricopa’s latest house of worship, a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall. A project narrative that Jehovah’s Witnesses representatives filed with City...

Maricopa Police Department has made its first arrests in a string of car burglaries that plagued the Maricopa Meadows and Desert Passage neighborhoods all...

The City of Maricopa’s plans for a second hospital and medical complex have fallen through a second time. Ricky Horst, the City of Maricopa’s chief...

A report of a stolen shopping cart yesterday ended in police executing a federal warrant on a convicted drug trafficker.  Maricopa police found 46-year-old Windy...

  Lucid Motors unveiled production details for its new Lucid Air in a broadcast Wednesday from its Newark, California, headquarters. The luxury electric car is set...

The first stage of the extensive Interstate 10 expansion project is starting up this week. At 7 a.m. Wednesday, crews will begin median work along...

The silence in the streets of Senita was abruptly disturbed with gunfire last July.   Neighbors on West Cowpath Road were left in knots July 25...

You don’t need a map or address to find the home of John and Mary Lou Smith. From Butterfield Parkway, the oldest home in The...

Vero’s Chicago Pizza wasn’t the only business to install signage this week. The long-awaited Cold Stone Creamery unfurled its own “coming soon” banner this week...

To steal valor is to adorn oneself in borrowed laurels of courage.  It’s the product of either malice, cowardice or vanity, and generally misses its...

The city is accepting candidate applications to fill the Maricopa City Council seat vacated by Rich Vitiello. All applications are due to the city clerk’s...

When it’s time to sell or invest in a home, Maricopans have a unique opportunity to benefit from using a local agent who is...

Another car wash is hoping your ride needs a quick spa day. Scottsdale-based Clean Freak Car Wash submitted pre-application paperwork last week to open next...

Fire rescue workers extricated three people from an overturned GMC SUV on Wednesday morning on State Route 347, just north of Farrell Road. The vehicle...

Home Depot is coming to Maricopa. The Atlanta-based, big-box, home-improvement chain has confirmed with the city its intention to open a store on Stonegate Road...

Maricopa company 911 Air Repair has joined with Maricopa Community Foundation to offer qualified student graduates a new scholarship. 911 Air Repair offers a $2,500...

Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a dog killing in Hidden Valley this morning.  PCSO deputies responded to a home on West Fleetwood Road where...

Two graduating Maricopa High School athletes, who have played softball together since they were 7, signed Friday with Scottsdale Community College’s softball team. Alexandria Armstrong,...

It’s said life can turn on a dime. For Mike Otis, it changed on a $69 DNA test. Otis, a retired technical writer, did what...

Growing naturally along the Sea of Cortez in Baja California, the San Marcos Hibiscus is a beautiful choice for our yards in Maricopa. Because...

If you live in Maricopa or are moving to town, your home is likely in a homeowners association, or HOA. All of the city’s...

Call it a novel approach to getting high. There’s only one way to succinctly define this friendly, literate social gathering of Maricopa women — they...

Senita resident Stephanie Fulton is just fine with her daughter taking a school bus 45 minutes up to Tempe Union High School District to...

  A 12-year-old Maricopa girl is heading for Cleveland next week to compete during MLB All-Star Week. In the MLB Pitch, Hit & Run competition, Danica...

Deputy Frank Sloup’s knuckles are as white as his unmarked Dodge Charger as he speeds west along Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway. He didn’t plan to write...

Former Maricopa Police Chief James Hughes was fired from his new gig as a Colorado deputy chief after he was banished to the Brady...