Maricopa Monitor

Maricopa Monitor Maricopa's only newspaper published the 3rd Friday of each month! Online edition: PinalCentral.com Johns and Snowflake. Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Inc.

The Kramer family purchased the newspapers in Casa Grande, Eloy, Florence and Coolidge in 1962, 1967, 1970 and 1971, respectively, and over the next few decades purchased and consolidated two newspapers in Arizona City, and started the Maricopa Monitor. They also own the White Mountain Independent and WMICentral.com, covering Show Low, Pinetop-Lakeside, Springerville, St. and White Mountain Publis

hing Co. are operated under Kramer Media. The White Mountain Independent was recognized as non-daily Newspaper of the Year in 2014. In mid-2016, the Kramer family purchased The Payson Roundup. The Payson Roundup and Payson.com cover the surrounding Payson Rim Country communities of Star Valley, Pine, Strawberry at the base of the Mogollon Rim. The Payson Roundup has been recognized as Newspaper of the Year 12 times by the Arizona Newspapers Association as well as being honored as the Nation’s Best Newspaper by the Inland Press Association. The Arizona Newspapers Association named Donovan M. Kramer Sr. a Master Editor-Publisher in 1976 and inducted him into the Arizona Newspapers Hall of Fame in 1998. Ruth Kramer is now company president, and Donovan Kramer Jr. and Kara K. Cooper are co-publishers of the company’s publications. Brian Kramer, son of Donovan Jr., is the publisher of the White Mountain Independent and Payson Roundup. Kara’s daughter, Zoe Cooper, is the Special Projects Director for the company. All of the children and grandchildren have worked at the newspapers growing up. The family remains active in ANA and National Newspaper Association, as well as other press organizations. The Central Saver, delivered on Tuesdays, provides advertisers added value by covering the market with a shopper format. This product reaches over 43,000 households in the Casa Grande Valley each week. Realtors and affiliated businesses “reach out” through the Arizona Real Estate Buyers’ Guide, which is distributed to locations in the East Valley, Tri-Valley, White Mountain and Payson communities and available online at PinalCentral.com, WMICentral.com and Payson.com each month. Pinal Ways, the company’s countywide quarterly magazine, features people, places and events – often with a historical flavor. PinalCentral.com is the market’s leader for local news and advertising. Each month it attracts 2 million page views and growing. Blossom Digital Marketing is the company’s digital marketing division for local, small businesses. These newspapers and other publications cover an area of more than 140 miles east to west and 50 miles from north to south; a sprawling and dynamic area that includes Pinal County – Arizona’s third most populous. This vital area, not as thoroughly covered by any other medium or combination of media, includes more than 430,000 people, engaged in such diverse occupations as farming, cattle ranching and feeding, to manufacturing, tourism and retail sales.

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Maricopa Unified School District’s newest kindergarten-through-8th-grade campus officially has its name: Alma Farrell In...
12/11/2025

Maricopa Unified School District’s newest kindergarten-through-8th-grade campus officially has its name: Alma Farrell Innovation Academy.

MARICOPA — Maricopa Unified School District’s newest kindergarten-through-8th-grade campus officially has its name: Alma Farrell Innovation Academy.

The Boys and Girls Club of the Sun Corridor drew a great crowd this year at its second annual Corks for a Cause fundrais...
12/11/2025

The Boys and Girls Club of the Sun Corridor drew a great crowd this year at its second annual Corks for a Cause fundraiser, raising money to provide critical support for Maricopa’s youth and having a great time while doing it.

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12/11/2025

For a team like the Desert Sunrise Golden Hawks, fundamentals will be the focus going forward. A team still dealing with the growing pains of a program in its infancy, the Golden Hawks look to keep building and improving in the new season.

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The winter 2026 edition of the Maricopa Arts Council’s series of lectures, dubbed Inside the Creative Mind, has been unv...
12/11/2025

The winter 2026 edition of the Maricopa Arts Council’s series of lectures, dubbed Inside the Creative Mind, has been unveiled and is geared for anyone in the city interested in learning more about the arts and the people in the city who practice them

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A man who police say was hiding in his ex-girlfriend's bathroom when she returned home with her current boyfriend was sh...
12/10/2025

A man who police say was hiding in his ex-girlfriend's bathroom when she returned home with her current boyfriend was shot and killed after a physical confrontation.

MARICOPA — A man who police say was hiding in his ex-girlfriend's bathroom when she returned home with her current boyfriend was shot and killed after a physical confrontation.

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12/10/2025

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12/10/2025

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12/10/2025

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BAPCHULE — Casa Blanca Community School third grade teacher Farrah Secody is among 22 Pinal County educators whose classroom wishes were granted this year through the Palo Verde Fiesta Sports

Since the inaugural San Tan Valley Town Council was appointed, it was clear that finding a qualified and dedicated candi...
12/09/2025

Since the inaugural San Tan Valley Town Council was appointed, it was clear that finding a qualified and dedicated candidate to fill the role of town manager was a high priority.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Since the inaugural San Tan Valley Town Council was appointed, it was clear that finding a qualified and dedicated candidate to fill the role of town

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