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O'Hara Shipe

O’Hara was the news editor of the Phoenix New Times from January 2023 to January 2024. Hailing from Anchorage, Alaska, she was born with a hockey stick in her hands and skates on her feet. Before joining the New Times, O’Hara was the managing editor of the Anchorage Press, the content director for Alaska Leaf Magazine, and the national web editor for Leaf Magazines.

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Arizona’s RR Brothers debuts functional fungi cannabis gummies

By O'Hara ShipeOctober 30, 2023

RR Brothers is using 100 years of candy-making knowledge and functional fungi to transform cannabis edibles in Arizona.

Teen arrested rescuing dog from woman in Chandler animal abuse case

By Serena O'Sullivan and OthersOctober 27, 2023

“It was a good plan until the cops showed up.”

6 arrested as labor unrest at Sky Harbor reaches crescendo

By O'Hara ShipeSeptember 22, 2023

Workers are calling attention to low wages, poor working conditions, rats and cockroaches at the Phoenix airport.

Father of teen killed by Phoenix police continues fight for justice

By O'Hara ShipeSeptember 19, 2023

“The thing that the City of Phoenix doesn’t realize is that even if the civil case doesn’t go through, I’m not going to stop.”

Sky Harbor workers complain of hellish conditions, low wages

Sky Harbor workers complain of hellish conditions, low wages

By O'Hara ShipeSeptember 14, 2023

‘I often feel like I’m going to faint’: Airport workers detail dangerous working conditions in complaint to Arizona workplace safety watchdog.

Phoenix’s weather forcast shows heat wave to return this weekend

Phoenix’s weather forcast shows heat wave to return this weekend

By O'Hara ShipeSeptember 5, 2023

By Saturday, the high in Phoenix is expected to reach 113 and trigger another excessive heat warning.

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From burden to blessing: How Alicia Deals became first Black woman to own an Arizona dispensary

By O'Hara ShipeAugust 18, 2023

The entrepreneur partnered with rapper Berner to bring his Cookies brand to Tempe. But cannabis has torn her family apart.

Mustang Pauly: Sheriff stocks traffic unit with muscle cars, BMW bikes

By O'Hara ShipeAugust 14, 2023

Sheriff Paul Penzone wants a new traffic unit of Ford Mustangs and BMW bikes to tamp down a ‘Fast & Furious mentality’ on Valley roadways.

Hellish heat: August in Phoenix could be even hotter than July

By O'Hara ShipeAugust 6, 2023

Despite a few days of reprieve when temperatures fell below 110 degrees, the summer heat is returning for an encore.

Photos: ClipDart provides free hair care as health care to Phoenicians in need

By O'Hara ShipeJuly 27, 2023

The organization gives haircuts in a Mesa laundromat and 13 senior centers across Maricopa County.

Photos: How Phoenicians are handling the record-breaking heat wave

By O'Hara ShipeJuly 25, 2023

Despite excessive heat warnings, some Phoenicians are still braving the blistering summer sun.

Photos: Trulieve opens its 21st Arizona dispensary in Apache Junction

By O'Hara ShipeJuly 12, 2023

Weed, wings and whopping eighths greeted customers during the grand opening.

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Soil to oil: A look inside Drip, a prominent cannabis concentrate lab in the Valley

By O'Hara ShipeJuly 10, 2023

These guys dipped their hands into growing pot and built two successful brands.

Photos: Berner opens the first Cookies dispensary in the Valley

By O'Hara ShipeJune 30, 2023

“Arizona has always been a big part of who I am.”

Are gas station gummies in Arizona stacked with intoxicating levels of delta-8?

By O'Hara ShipeJune 23, 2023

Unregulated – and sometimes harmful – delta-8 products are easy to find. A powerful state lawmaker wants to keep it that way.

Phoenix Fan Fusion’s ‘Dragstravaganza’ doubled as artistic activism

By O'Hara ShipeJune 9, 2023

There was no denying that the 2023 Dragstravaganza show at Fan Fusion was a giant “eff you” to the establishment.

After a 3-year delay, Matchbox Twenty finally made it to Phoenix

By O'Hara ShipeJune 5, 2023

After two hours, two decades’ worth of music had been played, and the night came to an end.

Cannabis ‘green cards’ could become cheaper, easier to get in Arizona

Cannabis ‘green cards’ could become cheaper, easier to get in Arizona

By O'Hara ShipeJune 1, 2023

A bill in the state legislature lowers the barriers to getting a medical marijuana card.

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Veterans, first responders in Phoenix workout to combat mental illness

By O'Hara ShipeMay 28, 2023

“We’re addressing the body from below and above the shoulders.”

‘Ladylike’ cannabis products aimed at women hit the Valley

By O'Hara ShipeMay 25, 2023

New product line focuses on “mom guilt” over cannabis consumption.

Photos: Phoenix demolishes homeless encampment block by block

By O'Hara ShipeMay 12, 2023

Confusion. Heated tempers. Hazmat suits. Our photo essay documents the city dismantling the first block of the Zone.

‘The ketchup’ of cannabis consumption promises longer, fuller highs

‘The ketchup’ of cannabis consumption promises longer, fuller highs

By O'Hara ShipeMay 3, 2023

CannaBlendz purports to be “the first cannabis supplement in the world.”

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