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Opinion

Altered U.S flag in background during video call troublesome

Editorial

One can understand why U.S. Rep. Dave Taylor, R-2nd Dist. (southwestern Ohio, near Cincinnati), would want to distance himself from the appearance of an altered U.S. flag that appeared in the background — tacked onto a bulletin board behind a staffer — during a video call last week. But he ...

A successful tag day in Wellsville

Letters To The Editor

To the editor: The Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office volunteered for the 14th year to conduct a tag day in Wellsville on Oct. 4 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Proceeds amounted to $2,100. A big “thank you” goes out to all the supporters who donated. The staff included Sheriff Brian ...

Coal is a key solution to soaring electricity prices

Local Columns

Electricity bills are climbing almost everywhere, and the reasons have little to do with ideology. Three forces are driving prices higher: massive new utility spending on infrastructure, rising natural gas costs, and growing capacity shortages in electricity markets as power demand soars from ...

Ban on intoxicating hemp by Gov. DeWine goes up in smoke

Local Columns

Gov. Mike DeWine’s ban on the sale of intoxicating hemp items ended before it could even take effect. DeWine, a Republican who has long opposed the sale of the products, announced Oct. 8 that he was declaring an “adulterated consumer product emergency,” effective Tuesday because the ...

Kitten, animal shelter surprises

Editorial

Things often don’t turn out as one expects. Which kitten in a litter is best, for example. Who’s going to run the Hancock County Animal Shelter, for another. Of the three kittens my wife Honey fostered, the one we least expected to keep was the one we nicknamed “Leo the Load” because ...

The effects of Sundown Syndrome on older adults

Editorial

Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published Jan. 24, 2020. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, injuries and ...