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Tourism plays big role across Ohio

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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 ...

Some things to chew on

Local Columns

Just some things: • Summer is winding down and the football season is ramping up, but there are several other constants that seem to hold everything together — among those is food. Whether it’s a Fourth of July or Labor Day picnic or a late-October tailgate or a Super Bowl bash, you can be sure that there will be a lot to eat and drink. One of the favorites at any get-together — or a snack that can be enjoyed at any time — is the humble potato chip. We like to eat them — a lot. In fact, according to the Smithsonian Magazine, Americans will eat about 1.85 billion ...

Careless whispers, rolling heads

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: In March, I authored a letter about the Signal App debacle when a reporter was inadvertently included in what should’ve been a top-secret high-level “eyes-only” group-chat about military operations (“Don’t blame the messenger app,” March 30.) I opened that letter by writing, “Things are moving fast on this one. By the time this is published, heads may have rolled. If not, the system’s more broken than we’d feared.” Well as we all now know, no heads rolled, and it is worse than I feared. Initially, Karoline Leavitt called it a hoax, which (spoiler ...

Guest column/Another view about a potential Dollar General

Local Columns

Some Steubenville residents are irate about the prospect of the construction of a Dollar General on the old Grant School lot on South Fourth Street. They claim that downtown doesn’t need a Dollar Store there, because there are other discount stores just blocks away. They argue that the town’s citizens would be better served by a town square. This vision of an idyllic, walkable downtown is appealing, but rests on ignorance both of the expenses and logistics of urban infrastructure, and the serious challenges community residents face. As someone who has worked and interacted with ...