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Dear Editor, In this month of September 2026

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Arizona bill aims to reclaim social equity licenses from investors, corporate marijuana dispensaries

Arizona lawmakers are pushing to return social equity licenses for marijuana dispensaries to their original owners, alleging private investors and cannabis corporations used predatory tactics to seize control of nearly all the lucrative licenses.  Senate Bill 1262, introduced by Republican Sen. Sonny Borrelli, seeks to restore power to those the state’s social equity program was actually meant to benefit: people from marginalized communities disproportionately affected by past marijuana convictions. It would also allow the state Attorney General’s Office to investigate and punish entities that exploited those individuals. “What we have here is an injustice that needs to be fixed,” Borrelli,…

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Tapia gets 15 years for manslaughter

KINGMAN – A 15-year prison term has been imposed for a Bullhead City woman who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for a deadly traffic accident in Golden Valley. The punishment that Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen ordered for Lidia Tapia, 51, was stipulated in the plea deal that dismissed a number of other charges. Michael Bunes, 51, Golden Valley, was fatally injured when ejected after the Expedition he was operating was rear-ended by Tapia’s eastbound Toyota Camry on highway 68 at about 1 a.m. on Oct. 24, 2022. His partner mourned the loss of Bunes during the sentencing hearing….

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Tapia gets 15 years for manslaughter

KINGMAN – A 15-year prison term has been imposed for a Bullhead City woman who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for a deadly traffic accident in Golden Valley. The punishment that Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen ordered for Lidia Tapia, 51, was stipulated in the plea deal that dismissed a number of other charges. Michael Bunes, 51, Golden Valley, was fatally injured when ejected after the Expedition he was operating was rear-ended by Tapia’s eastbound Toyota Camry on highway 68 at about 1 a.m. on Oct. 24, 2022. His partner mourned the loss of Bunes during the sentencing hearing….

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AZ Humanities celebrated Black Wall Street

LAKE HAVASU CITY – In honor of Black History Month, Lake Havasu got the opportunity to learn more about a lost but not forgotten historic era.The Black Wall Street discussion took place on Tuesday, February 20 at Mohave Community College.   The free event was brought to the community by the public programs non-profit Arizona Humanities. Keynote speaker was Dr. Tamika Sanders. Dr. Sanders is the current proprietor of Savvy Pen, the company that gives a collective curriculum which includes multicultural training and the arts to join socioeconomic and cultural divides between students and educators.  Dr. Sanders has a Bachelors of Arts…

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Havasu Writers Group hosts workshops

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Aspiring authors need to unite, and the Lake Havasu City Writers Group has created a unique space to make this happen. In the early 1990s, the Lake Havasu City Writers Group came to be when a mystery Havasu resident posted an ad in the local newspaper wanting to form a writing group. Initially, the group of seven writers met with intentions of poetry inspired workshops where members could submit poems and share their work amongst the group.   However, through their introductions and discussions, the members discovered that they were more interested in producing novels, memoirs, and autobiographies. The club…

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Havasu Writers Group hosts workshops

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Aspiring authors need to unite, and the Lake Havasu City Writers Group has created a unique space to make this happen. In the early 1990s, the Lake Havasu City Writers Group came to be when a mystery Havasu resident posted an ad in the local newspaper wanting to form a writing group. Initially, the group of seven writers met with intentions of poetry inspired workshops where members could submit poems and share their work amongst the group.   However, through their introductions and discussions, the members discovered that they were more interested in producing novels, memoirs, and autobiographies. The club…

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