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![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-rpfslwctlmv98xysmk2t3zzxk34gyoums7l9piy3d0.jpg "20260624-spencer-347-road-work-sign")
- Road work rolls on
- The foreclosure factor
![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-rb5kluzc4rncuvonnn4zxsx9r5tap7urjvjxb0dfgk.jpg "PJ_5598")
![Global Water. Sept. 5, 2024. [Bryan Mordt]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BCM_2280-rb59wx4raap07styfr09bfwjvh4vfko2alkf0l4lms.jpg "BCM_2280")
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
![[Pinal County Sheriff's Office]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260709-Tafoya-Frys-Marketplace-Burglary-Arrest-02-rq6a30hwodd2hstl29zoyod1jp01mi6f1r8a4mr8uc.png "20260709-Tafoya-Frys-Marketplace-Burglary-Arrest-02")
- Red, white and booked
- Not in Yokohama anymore
- Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
When Hana Iwashita arrived in Maricopa last August, she thought she was prepared. The high school junior from Yokohama, Japan, had studied English, researched Arizona and dreamed about life in […]
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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")
![The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron flies during a Luke Days Airshow in 2007. [Jon Russell/Flickr]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/465278674_6de389fb6d_b-rpx4tbguqjxxsr1ziwq30ydlfmgnadfq9b4nl7l69k.jpg "20260704-flickr-luke-afb-planes")
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![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")
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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")
![State Rep. Chris Lopez speaks during a Greater Maricopa Business Alliance legislative update panel on March 27, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260327-spencer-gmba-legislative-update-3-rlapmmugbqlwau6qwvrf3q8q9uyi804rb50etagbug.jpg "20260327-spencer-gmba-legislative-update-3")
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![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")
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Education
![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")
![A flier for the Fourth Annual Trey Liermann Memorial Tournament and a photo of Trey Liermann. [Maricopa High School Football Booster Club, Victor Moreno]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260527-trey-liermann-memorial-tournament-ro3mdm7tvv6cdsf2ibesnlwabrzzmemlf05d915hq0.jpg "20260527-trey-liermann-memorial-tournament")
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
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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")
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![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")
![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")
![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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![Maricopa City Hall administrative offices. Jan. 29, 2025. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/spencer-012925-city-hall-tree-sculpture-web-01-ri3p4eo2yd4ropku9n6061x66bzjgpawdew2pckmbc.jpg "spencer-012925-city-hall-tree-sculpture-web-01")
