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This feature highlights the best deals at the four major grocery chains in Arizona, in addition to deals at other local businesses. 

Elsia Kelly, Grace Gomez and Gwen Traylor point to different areas of the Pacana Park soccer field as they go over the last minute details for Friday night's Relay for Life, an American Cancer Society event that has so far rasied more than $45,000 to fight cancer. It's a first-time event for the city of Maricopa.

In public records obtained by InMaricopa on Monday, recently reinstated city employee David Aviles admits to modifying city records at the request of former city employee Marty McDonald.  

Today we live in a world of $4 gasoline, a crashing real estate market and increased inflation. Most of us here in Maricopa have been hit hard and are just barely hanging on. It's hard to find things that inspire us and keep us going.

The inaugural  "Green Minute" video reveals the surprising connection between cell phone recycling and the fate of endangered lowland gorillas in the Congo.

Six companies pulled permits to operate in the city of Maricopa last week. Permits are necessary for all businesses headquartered locally or outside of Maricopa to do business within city limits, and are valid for one year.

"It's changing the way I do business," Jennifer Ives said of her new IPhone. "When I'm out on the road, I can instantly check my e-mails, documents, text messages, but I don't text until I stop at a red light.

A lower-than-expected home vacancy rate in Maricopa gives the city reason to be optimistic, according to one economist.

With the price of gold skyrocketing, people around the state are looking to strike it rich. Cronkite News reporter Grant Martin tells us about the frenzy that's unfolding in Arizona's hills as people try to find their fortune one nugget at a time.

Bertha Anderson Easley and her husband, Jay Easley came to Maricopa in 1947. Several members of her husband's family were already living in Maricopa and working for E. K. Porter who lived East of Maricopa on Porter Road.

My heart aches right now for the people of Japan.  I read somewhere that the ongoing problem with their nuclear power plants is a "slow moving disaster."  This nuclear problem compounds a difficult situation, where people are without food, shelter or water.

InMaricopa.com has obtained an anonymous memo sent to the city in February regarding Assistant City Manager Roger Kolman.

Southern Dunes Golf Club has been in a more-or-less constant state of flux, with multiple business models and ownership changes, since it was first conceived 11 years ago. But the property may finally have found the stability that will allow it to fulfill its considerable potential.

It may have been pure coincidence, but the owner of Maricopa's newest business is hoping the store's St. Patrick's Day opening will bring good luck. Yogurt Jungle is a self-serve frozen yogurt shop opening in a second location in the Fry's shopping center on John Wayne Parkway. 

The Pinal County Grand Jury has indicted Maricopa resident Kassandra Toruga on counts of reckless burning and aggravated assault.

Tough times demand bold and innovative solutions to problems that face us as a nation, state and county. We in Pinal County have implemented both bold and innovative solutions to our current budgetary crisis.

According to a release from the Arizona Department of Health Services, the radiation leaking from nuclear power plants in Japan does not pose a public health threat in Arizona.

City of Maricopa recreation coordinator David Aviles has returned to work after being placed on administrative leave nearly five months ago.

Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino Resort is extending the call for nominations for its Harrah's Essay Parlay program, in which local 501c3 organizations will have the chance to win $2,500 to continue their efforts in the community, as well as an additional $500 per year for three years.

The city of Maricopa has decided not to pursue further investigation into claims of criminal misconduct made against Assistant City Manager Roger Kolman, according to a release issued by city spokeswoman LaTricia Woods Tuesday.

Walmart has announced a national initiative to make foods healthier and more affordable in all its stores.

The Arizona Attorney General's Office is looking into a claim that Pete Rios, chairman of the Pinal County Board of Supervisors, does not lawfully reside within the boundaries of the district he represents.

Ken Edwards wrote an OP-ED published in the March issue of InMaricopa News stating that Republicans are to blame for taking $1 billion from public safety, healthcare and educational services and giving it to corporations in the form of tax breaks.

Raw meat stored above ready-to-eat food and a can of roach killer on the kitchen floor were among the violations handed out last month by the Maricopa County Health Department to near-by restaurants.

According to a weekly newsletter from state Rep. Steve Farley (D-Tucson), Sarah Palin may be moving to Maricopa.

The city of Maricopa may add up to 12 officers to the police department after comments made to the chief of police by councilmembers at a budget, operations and finance committee meeting held Friday morning.

A report released by the Food Research and Action Center this week shows the congressional district which includes the city of Maricopa is one of the hungriest in the nation.