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OPINION – The opinion on “The mirage of ‘assured’ water in Arizona” by Rusty Childress was excellent. It cut the chase to make an honest observation on the decades-long mass mirage.

OPINION – I’ve watched for a year our town council, fraught with controversy, discourse and argument under Mayor Friedel. When the Friedel administration began (Dec. 2024), it was based upon his …

OPINION — “So this is Christmas, and what have we done?” When John Lennon and Yoko Ono released “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” in 1971, it wasn’t just another holiday song. It was a haunting reminder that while some celebrated, others lived with war, fear and scarcity.

OPINION – Seven states share one river, and nowhere is the risk of that arrangement clearer than in central Arizona.

The Colorado River was never meant to support unlimited growth, yet the …

OPINION — Holiday fireworks season is in full swing, and Valley pet shelters may receive a surge of calls from distressed pet parents. Some are looking for lost pets who bolted during fireworks; others are asking for advice on how to soothe a shaking, panicked animal. And sadly, we often take in new strays — terrified dogs and cats who broke free in fear and couldn’t find their way home.