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- Campaign crunch
![The programmable LED lighting system installed earlier this month on Mercado Street and Edwards Avenue totaled $382,794. [City of Maricopa]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260715-jwp-underpass-lighting-cost-rqg4m69btd60ddmb681wgxrbnp0cvp1ehj79wuox38.jpg "20260715-jwp-underpass-lighting-cost")
![[Ryan Tafoya]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/IMG_3723-rqetukm4l6fz59577z77xae3l99kwk9bchbbxszfyc.jpeg "IMG_3723")
- Traffic alert
![Cars pull over on the shoulder of State Route 347 during a monsoon storm July 13, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260713-spencer-sr-347-storm-2-1-rqesem3asvbdd8m8minn3eetghd5evzgvb32x60vwk.jpg "20260713-spencer-sr-347-storm-1")
- Storm season
![Maricopa police arrested Dillyn Whitfield on July 3, 2026. [AzNate's Roads, Pinal County Sheriff's Office]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260713-Tafoya-Child-Endangerment-01-rqd9eprl8qzge6j2u72mkiqs9i132ixebq12y3n05g.png "20260713-Tafoya-Child-Endangerment-01")
![[Maricopa Unified School District]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20260414-musd-alma-farrell-innovation-academy-768x325.webp)
- Tomorrow's trailblazers
- Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
After months of construction and anticipation, Alma Farrell Innovation Academy is ready to open its doors. Maricopa Unified School District will celebrate the grand opening of the nearly 100,000-square-foot campus […]
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![A screenshot of Melody Morris in a cast introduction video. [YouTube]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260708-cbs-melody-morris-screenshot-rq4kr5dc7ocvkby4ndel9v2oc7e2soprrqki5dma60.jpg "20260708-cbs-melody-morris-screenshot")
![[Courtesy Desert Sun Performing Arts]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260708-dspa-1-scaled-rq4nt96qs131jy0gpgsbukthe2oxgatukpn2x8d3aw.jpg "20260708-dspa-1")
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![Rocky Myers stands in his home office on June 11, 2026. [Ryan Tafoya]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260704-tafoya-rocky-myers-rpx8s9r84hmthteps78hqdq9s7v8x7y4wuw235mpyw.jpg "20260704-tafoya-rocky-myers")
Business
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![[City of Maricopa]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260707-Tafoya-MPD-Business-Watch-Seminar-01-rq2q8b6hog05e8l1toui1oxapt8uigdeudy3gygx6g.png "20260707-Tafoya-MPD-Business-Watch-Seminar-01")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
![Moonshot President and CEO Scott Hancock is a judge at the Moonshot Pitch Competition at Butterfield Elementary School in Maricopa. June 21, 2025. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PJ_1698-scaled-1-rdtat8jq2sgc1kscvocm8dqzrfbrh1gumh5aghlud4.jpg "PJ_1698-scaled")
![[Brian Chan/Wikimedia Commons]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260706-wikimedia-commons-fried-chicken-rq11yo5mj9xisw3uzunmp6yknr4fdn1xvo2l03ezg8.jpg "Processed with VSCOcam with e5 preset")
Government
![Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller is asking Maricopa residents and SR 347 commuters to submit questions about the state highway. [Monica D. Spencer, InMaricopa file]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260710-miller-wants-347-questions-rq7zhswfmd5t5llutcy6itxeboer26gpy1jm0a1c6w.jpg "20260710-miller-wants-347-questions")
![A woman speaks with an officer during Maricopa Police Department's Coffee with a Cop event at Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers on April 29, 2023. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/mdspencer-042923-coffee-with-a-cop-web-01-rb3txdna6k39fhfh4q0ka9amg7tvqzdwx861qjbim0.jpg "mdspencer-042923-coffee-with-a-cop-01")
![Councilmember AnnaMarie Knorr speaks during InMaricopa's city council candidate forum at Maricopa Library and Cultural Center on June 25, 2026. [Kaydence Shipman]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260615-shipman-inmaricopa-candidate-forum-2-rpp1xhw1lit3ozyklwmu6zdi6mqkr8146lrc4k9g54.jpg "20260615-shipman-inmaricopa-candidate-forum-2")
Public Safety
![Scenes from MFMD's Water Safety Day at Copper Sky Aquatic Center on July 26, 2025. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PJ_5598-rb5kluzcqp1knvriv3kkzucg9tx413gmhruidpm1h4.jpg "PJ_5598")
![Police say Lari Krznarich, 31, was last seen near her home on July 6, 2026. [Maricopa Police Department]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260707-mpd-lari-krznarich-missing-rq2vwdx1hjda2g5i5wije701pfdpoqjg8gx6fnvu9k.jpg "20260707-mpd-lari-krznarich-missing")
![The entrance to the Pinal County Medical Examiners building. Photo taken August 4th, 2023. [Bryan Mordt]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BCM_1597-rb3zt1wv8futy7ym3px1acciayik56pucwzfcrgveg.jpg "Pima County Medical Examiner")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
![[Ryan Tafoya, Pinal County Sheriff's Office]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260630-Tafoya-Arrested-for-Terrorism-3-rps1dyk0nafxj4svi2jvysf6mrkripk6ppuvcsgc8o.png "20260630-Tafoya-Arrested-for-Terrorism-3")
Education
![Hana Iwashita holds a decorated graduation cap in front of Maricopa High School on May 22, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260522-spencer-exchange-student-2-scaled-rpcebfloi5mbewvf50vhuzi6e6f6lez4fxdsgvrk6w.jpg "20260522-spencer-exchange-student-2")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
![Central Arizona College students snack and study for midterm exams inside the Learning Center on March 5, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260305-spencer-cac-study-group-4-scaled-rl03exkxh0m3i6x6wobelfwjkkrzb22iixsbd63md4.jpg "20260305-spencer-cac-study-group-4")
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![Members of Maricopa Little League girls 12U All-Star softball team celebrate their District 4 win on June 16, 2026. [Maricopa Little League]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260617-maricopa-little-league-1-rp3wh9wh6zjjyzqpqbmbzv0bas39mueropbc96mxo8.jpg "20260617-maricopa-little-league-1")
Real Estate
![A trio of plants that bloom in Maricopa's summer: vinca, Angelonia and Ipomoea batatas 'Marguerite.' [puddytat30141, felixnine999, wallygrom via Flickr]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260706-flickr-summer-stars-rq0k7njkbz5xwcbcemsalg3e7kr8hc780tt5q2w5iw.jpg "20260706-flickr-summer-stars")
Staff Reports
By Wende Gehrt
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![Maricopa residents Euphemia and Sherman Weekes founded Crest Premier Properties in 2006 and manage about 150 homes, a quarter of which are in Maricopa. [submitted]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Weekes-portrait-scaled-rb3tz9bnumnwnep65j9p9s7t7ykb56ul6j50agj660.jpg "Weekes-portrait")
![A sign reading "Road work starting 6/26" sits on the side of southbound State Route 347 on June 24, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260624-spencer-347-road-work-sign-rpfslwcu7k9h1y1nu0ie61f42r8aakghq3vus86pdk.jpg "20260624-spencer-347-road-work-sign")
![Placeholder photo for injury crash at State Route 347 and Casa Blanca Road. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260709-petersheim-injury-crash-placeholder-rq5jl3y9l0xo0yi0eej8mfi1jas1gcuou9lo8acxdk.jpg "20260709-petersheim-injury-crash-347-casa-blanca-placeholder")
![Overnight lane restrictions return to State Route 347 this week. [InMaricopa file, Arizona Department of Transportation]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260705-spencer-sr-347-restrictions-rpyws9xn7sin31vpvdi10t7wn3h85q0njw1egwyxh4.jpg "20260705-spencer-sr-347-restrictions")
![A SpaceX rock travels through Maricopa on Aug. 29, 2024. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/spencer-082924-spacex-rocket-drives-through-maricopa-web-rb48qvvj8cf53shctu0i04o4ec8tmedb9u6cpea8zc.jpg "spencer-082924-spacex-rocket-drives-through-maricopa-web")
![Global Water. Sept. 5, 2024. [Bryan Mordt]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BCM_2280-rb59wx4rw8380swtn7fudhbqe58org9x8hv03ad7nc.jpg "BCM_2280")
![Chrystal-O'Jon attends a Republican candidate panel on Jan. 27, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260504-Ojon-Letter-rmz0npm7f7r5vso7h7ikvk9f3mo9x3b5wr4ons6cqg.jpg "20260128-spencer-azra-panel-3")
![Councilmember Vincent Manfredi speaks to a small crowd during a live town hall he hosted at Maricopa City Hall on Aug. 28, 2025. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/spencer-082825-manfredi-town-hall-web-rb5oknmozmiqfacg1bn8ab4d243idrcn4jozzzvy7s.jpg "spencer-082825-manfredi-town-hall-web")
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