With whom will you celebrate this Fourth of July weekend? We all need people. Find a community, and embrace it.

Community is people, that's why I enjoy our annual AZ-19 Region Most Influential People event so much. It celebrates the people who make it happen, from Sahuarita to Nogales.

Dallas Jenkins, creator and director of "The Chosen," speaks at a news conference at the Vatican June 23, 2025. To the left of Jenkins is Dominican Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor ...