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OPINION — While deaths from drug overdoses across the United States declined during each of the last three years, they have surged in Arizona. From September 2024 to September 2025, our state recorded a 17% increase in overdose deaths — twice the national average — according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
OPINION — Rick Dime’s letter titled, “Before you vote, consider the recent past,” states something with which I totally agree, but not for the reasons he implies.
And I now see why his …
OPINION — On Oct. 20, the Fountain Hills Town Council considered Councilmember Allen Skillicorn’s request that town staff draft an ordinance targeting Sharia law.
Fountain Hills responded.
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OPINION — In my letter to the Fountain Hills Times Independent of Oct. 17, I inadvertently omitted thanking one of the most important people involved in this event –Kim …
