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Opinion

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day celebration

Editorial

There is some debate over exactly when the first Thanksgiving was celebrated on our soil. Many trace it to a 1621 celebration in Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts. That feast and thanksgiving was prompted by a good harvest. It was, according to historians, actually celebrated between the ...

Questionable intentions come with Ohio HB 486

Editorial

It’s tempting to ask what members of the Ohio House of Representatives were thinking last week, but there is evidence they simply were not. They passed House Bill 486, which comes with the heavily coded moniker the “Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act.” It would “permit teachers in ...

Close local races prove every single vote counts

Local Columns

The adage that every vote counts was quite evident in this recent election. A Sebring charter amendment and a Farmington fire and emergency medical service levy that were winning by a single vote each, according to unofficial totals from the Nov. 4 election, ended up losing by just one vote ...

My Chernobyl radiology doc

Editorial

A week ago today I completed the last of 33 radiation treatments to my face for basal cell carcinoma. Early in this course of this therapy at the Teramana Cancer Center in Steubenville, a staff tech told me my doctor was at Chernobyl. “Doc, they told me you were at Chernobyl,” I said at ...

We must keep our coal miners safe

Editorial

As West Virginians watched for news of the trapped foreman of a mining crew in an Alpha Metallurgical Resources mine in Nicholas County, just days after learning of the death of another miner in an accident at a Mettiki Coal mine in Tucker County, the health and safety of our coal miners was ...

Natural gas helping Ohioans stay warm

Letters To The Editor

To the editor: With the cold front coming in and temperatures dropping quickly across the state, Ohioans need reliable and affordable energy to stay warm. Our state’s essential natural gas provides the dependable power for furnaces and heat pumps. With over 63% of Ohio residents relying on ...