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Weirton’s water questions remain

Editorials

Not long ago, Weirton’s water system — and the people it serves — went through one of the worst winters in the city’s history, with hundreds of line breaks and numerous water outages happening during a period of several weeks. People weren’t happy, and, eventually, the complaints found their way to the West Virginia Public Service Commission, which held a public hearing in Weirton and launched its own studies of the system. Among its findings, the PSC ruled Weirton’s storage tank capacity is not sufficient enough to meet requirements of the city, that approximately 40 ...

Gee’s OSU return offers perspective

Editorials

Ohio State University isn’t letting its former President E. Gordon Gee rest for long, after his departure as president of West Virginia University. They’ve asked him to return to Columbus for a one-year consulting role. According to a report by The Columbus Dispatch, that role will include working with OSU’s new Salmon P. Chase Center to recruit faculty and increase the center’s presence on campus and nationally. Chase was Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of the treasury and later the sixth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, serving in that role until his death in 1873. ...

Guest column/Carbon capture can be an economic accelerator

Local Columns

I recently became aware of a series of community workshops held in Cadiz and Wintersville by Tenaska. The topic was carbon capture and storage and the truths about the technology and impacts to communities. These sessions were well attended by inquiring local citizens, as well as some folks not from Jefferson or Harrison counties. And so why would some fella from Houston care? I graduated from Wintersville High School in 1973 and was raised on Meadowbrook Drive, went to Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh and have spent the last 45-plus years in the energy markets, both ...

Tourism plays big role across Ohio

Editorials

Buckeye State officials had good reason to celebrate when they took a look at the economic impact of tourism in Ohio in 2024. Those numbers are looking up. According to a news release from the state Department of Development, Ohio saw 3.5 million more visitors in 2024 than in 2023, for a total of approximately 242 million visitors. Approximately 20 percent of those travelers were interested in being here long enough that they booked an overnight stay. State officials say that meant $57 billion in economic impact and $4.7 billion in state and local tax revenue. For the state’s ...

Actions of an authoritarian

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: It now appears quite undeniable that President Trump’s global trade war is beginning to have an alarming negative impact on U.S. businesses, as well as citizens, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently revealed that only 73,000 jobs were added in the month of July in the United States, and that the second quarter has been recorded as the worst for job growth in our nation, with the exception of the pandemic period, since 2010. As a result, Trump terminated the employment of Erika McEntarfer from her position as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor ...

Guest column/Ohio’s community college offering opportunities

Local Columns

The back-to-school season is here, along with all the anticipation and the memories it brings. For the 200,000-plus Ohioans served by our state’s community colleges, back to school means new opportunities, and many options to support the journey. Students might be taking classes at the community college campus, online or at work. They could be earning an industry-recognized credential, an associate degree or even a bachelor’s degree in an applied field. Back-to-school for the youngest college students happens in high school, where earning college credit and even an associate ...