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Parents Taking The Lead In Teen Suicide Prevention

By Jim Walsh Staff Writer Denise and Ben Denslow, LeAnn Hull and Tim Warnock know the endless pain parents suffer when their child dies by suicide. That’s why the three parents attended a Chandler Unified School District...

Let’s Keep Breaking Voter Turnout Records In Arizona

By Diane E. Brown and Michele Reagan Guest Writers Maricopa County recently broke its record for voter turnout in a primary election. The uptick in voters, coupled with records broken by other counties across the state,...

Latest FBI Crime Report Offers Good News For Region

By Jim Walsh Staff Property crime dropped in East Valley cities during 2017, consistent with a nationwide trend that has been noted in the FBI’s annual Uniform Crime report for the past 15 years. The biggest declines were in...

Hamilton High’s Mindfulness Center Aims At Stress

By Colleen Sparks Managing Editor In a time with rampant social media use, mass shootings and political turmoil, teenagers can easily get overwhelmed with stress, and they might not have the tools to tame their tension. Hamilton...

Fire Department, Schools Work Together For Safe Classrooms

By City of Chandler In an unpredictable world, protecting children from danger is a responsibility shared by parents, teachers, public safety professionals and many others in the community. Fires and burns are some of the leading...

FDA warning comes late amid EV vaping epidemic

By Jim Walsh Staff Smoking in the boy’s room has morphed into vaping in the boys and girls’ room as the national e-cigarette vaping epidemic engulfs East Valley schools — possibly making teenagers a new generation hooked on...

EV Teens Celebrate Greek Heritage In Festive Way

David M. Brown Tribune Contributing Writer East Valley teenagers Makayla Kantarze and Christopher Bafaloukos are staying in step with ancient Greek traditions. The two will dance during the annual Taste of Greece Festival Oct....

Gilbert OKs massive complex despite Chandler complaints

By Cecilia Chan, Staff Ginger Rowley recalled buying a house in 1995 that backed up to land zoned commercial. The lot was later rezoned for multifamily units — and that is when the nightmare began, according to Rowley. “I had...

Lawyers seek to make medical pot-related products legal again

By Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services Attorneys are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision which makes criminals out of medical marijuana patients who choose to use edibles and liquids rather than...

Meet the candidates for Chandler Unified’s governing board

JOSHUA ASKEY Age: 47 Immediate family: My wife and I have three boys — Cade (18), Quinn (17) and Kye (12). Cade is serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Philippines Cebu East mission....