Jim Sharpe has worked in and around the media since he was an Arizona high school student. He’s been a talk show host; a program director; a media liaison and consultant for political campaigns; and an award-winning journalist (including being awarded Reporter of the Year). He’s worked in major markets like Los Angeles and tiny towns like Page, Arizona — and in far-flung places like Iraq: where, as an embedded reporter during Operation Iraqi Freedom, he survived a roadside bombing while on a U.S. Army patrol north of Baghdad. You can hear Arizona’s Morning News weekdays from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m.
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JIM SHARPE | Sep 6, 2023The anti-cop kooks on the Phoenix Union High School District board don’t want to learn
As another Phoenix Union High School District student was caught on campus with a gun, KTAR News host Jim Sharpe questions if its board will ever learn from removing student resource officers.
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JIM SHARPE | Aug 31, 2023Arizona’s US Senate race is so interesting, I’m making up words to describe it
Arizona's ever-growing 2024 race for the U.S. Senate has KTAR News host Jim Sharpe inventing words to describe it.
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JIM SHARPE | Aug 21, 2023‘New York Joe,’ the drunk cop who became an inspiration for a Valley community
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe pays tribute this week to "New York Joe," a former drunk cop who became an inspiration for a Valley community.
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JIM SHARPE | Aug 11, 2023The city of Phoenix — where loyalty runs in one direction
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe believes a former Phoenix police officer shot in the line of duty deserves a whole lot more from the city.
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JIM SHARPE | Jul 31, 2023Impaired drivers in Phoenix, elsewhere are not just your ‘daddy’s drunk driver’ anymore
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe says we can't just rely on science to save us from the new wave of impaired drivers.
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JIM SHARPE | Jul 26, 2023Can Gen Z’s bad tipping habits be the tipping point on too many tip asks?
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe is hoping Gen Z's poor tipping habits will help balance out some unnecessary asks for gratuity.
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JIM SHARPE | Jul 18, 2023Here’s why this Phoenix police officer’s story makes ‘her’ a hero
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe can't wait to introduce his daughters to Morgan Bullis, the Phoenix police officer shot earlier this year who is just now returning to the line of duty.
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JIM SHARPE | Jun 5, 2023Phoenix Union SRO plan keeps cops at bay to turn kids into ‘Che’
The Phoenix Union High School District campus officer plan seems to put other things ahead of student safety, writes KTAR host Jim Sharpe.
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JIM SHARPE | Mar 16, 2023Ridicule is appropriate, but Kari Lake also should pay a price
KTAR host Jim Sharpe worries about the Republicans who believe Kari Lake’s claims that fellow Republicans helped cheat her out of the governorship.
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JIM SHARPE | Mar 7, 20233 years on, can we ever recover from COVID’s crazy?
Three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, KTAR host Jim Sharpe wonders if the craziness that followed will ever end.
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JIM SHARPE | Feb 21, 2023Arizona is being dragged down with anti-drag threats and laws
Arizona isn't benefiting from anti-drag threats, like the one in Tempe, and proposed anti-drag laws, writes KTAR News host Jim Sharpe.
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JIM SHARPE | Aug 5, 2022Why Kari Lake should tell Katie Hobbs to get a face tattoo
To ensure a fair election, KTAR News host Jim Sharpe has an outlandish idea: Kari Lake should insist Katie Hobbs get a face tattoo so the electorate can tell Hobbs apart from her twin sister.
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JIM SHARPE | Jun 24, 2022Andy Biggs, Italian satellites and other GOP lunacy came out of Thursday’s Jan. 6 hearing
What came out of Thursday's Jan. 6 hearing -- including the claim U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona asked for a presidential pardon -- has KTAR News host Jim Sharpe believing some Republicans should be happy Donald Trump lost.
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JIM SHARPE | Apr 5, 2022How did fewer Arizona drivers equal more road rage?
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe is peeved since road rage incidents in Arizona seem to be climbing despite fewer drivers on the road.
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JIM SHARPE | Mar 24, 2022Too many ‘mental’ members in Arizona Legislature
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe wonders why Republican Arizona Legislature members continue to push bills that propagate the idea there was widespread election fraud in 2020.
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JIM SHARPE | Mar 16, 2022Failing future — and current — victims means Maricopa County Attorney Adel should resign
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe believes Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel should resign after her office failed current -- and likely future -- victims by missing a charging deadline for about 200 cases.
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JIM SHARPE | Nov 30, 2021How about actual ‘safe spaces’ for Phoenix Union students?
Following a Monday shooting at Cesar Chavez High School, KTAR News host Jim Sharpe asks if school resource officers should have a renewed presence at Phoenix Union High School District.
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JIM SHARPE | Nov 10, 2021Untamed Turkey Day inflation may mean menu adjustments
Thanksgiving travel is expected to get close to pre-pandemic levels this year. But with 90% of Turkey Day travelers taking a car with gas prices spiking, some menu adjustments may be necessary, writes KTAR News host Jim Sharpe.
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JIM SHARPE | Aug 23, 2021Arizona AG Brnovich hedges bet on vaccine mandates for businesses
Some Republicans' lack of trust in COVID-19 vaccines is reason for Arizona Attorney General and U.S. Senate hopeful Mark Brnovich's burying of a decision that says private businesses can require the shots, writes KTAR News host Jim Sharpe.
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JIM SHARPE | Feb 9, 2021President Biden, don’t just TELL us you heart us on Valentine’s Week
President Joe Biden's kind words about Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey were sweet, but more vaccine doses would show true commitment, says KTAR News host Jim Sharpe.
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JIM SHARPE | Jan 13, 2021GOP needs ‘restraining order’ on bad boyfriend Donald Trump
For the sake of the GOP's future, KTAR News host Jim Sharpe says that Senate Republicans need to do their part and vote to impeach Donald Trump.
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JIM SHARPE | Jan 7, 2021After 4 years, Trump’s legacy boils down to last two months
After his latest attempt to make America his own image failed Wednesday, KTAR News host Jim Sharpe says Donald Trump's lasting legacy will be his conduct since he lost the November election.
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JIM SHARPE | Dec 18, 2020
Politicians: Put me in the Christmas spirit by following your own advice
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe is heeding officials' advice about avoiding holiday gatherings and travel, so why can't they?
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JIM SHARPE | Dec 17, 2020The ‘Fauci Effect’ vs. the ‘Cardinals Effect’
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe says that Dr. Anthony Fauci has done the impossible during the pandemic -- prioritized public health while keeping President Trump mostly happy.