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Editorials

Biden finally will visit East Palestine

President Joe Biden has finally decided to visit East Palestine. He is set to visit the scene of a fiery Norfolk Southern derailment Friday — more than a year after it happened on Feb. 3, 2023. Community and state officials have criticized Biden for not making an appearance earlier, and ...

Return of baseball sure sign of spring

Forget what anyone has told you. Forget that Punxsutawney Phil predicted we would have an early spring. Pay no attention to the caterpillars or the information contained on the pages of any almanac. The surest sign that spring is nearly upon us happens this week when pitchers and catchers ...

Black History Month opportunity to learn

Black History Month 2024 offers a chance to look at the impact Black Americans have made on our lives, especially in the fields of the visual arts, music, literature, fashion and our culture in general. “African Americans and the Arts” is the theme that has been selected this year by ...

Sit back, relax, enjoy the game

We wake up this morning with the comfort of knowing the end of winter is approaching and the arrival of spring is not that far away. This we are sure of, not because the cadre of groundhogs and woodchucks across North America, led by the most famous prognosticator of them all, Punxsutawney ...

Costly mistakes must be fixed

Officials in Brooke, Doddridge, Harrison, Marshall, Monongalia, Pleasants Tyler and Wetzel counties in West Virginia have been left wondering how in the world a third-party vendor made a significant mistake and what the state is going to do about it, after news came out that they received ...

A reminder to avoid burn risks

Most of us learned pretty early that it is a bad idea to play with fire. But even when we are not playing, it is important to be vigilant against burn risks. This week is Burn Awareness Week, and a perfect time to remember the dangers of fuels such as flammable liquids. “We must ...