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Our opinion: New phase for reassessments

More than 2,700 Warren County residents who appealed their new property assessments to the county Board of Assessment Appeal now have a limited window to appeal to the Court of Common Pleas if they disagree with the board’s decision. It’s a milestone in the reassessment process. The board’s decisions essentially end Warren County’s involvement in the process after three years of heated discussion, debate and protest. Now that the new assessments have been largely finalized with the exception of those that will be appealed in the Court of Common Pleas, the spotlight shifts to ...

Our opinion: Nobody won with this budget

There are some good things in the budget agreed to late last week by state lawmakers and Gov. Josh Shapiro. Pulling out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is a win for everyone who pays an electric bill in Pennsylvania. Additional school aid should help keep school taxes down a bit, something we’re sure Warren County taxpayers will appreciate. Creating a tax credit for low-income families will put a little more money in some people’s pockets at tax time. Cyber charter school reform is billed as saving public schools roughly $175 million statewide. And the state is spending ...

Editor’s corner: Fetterman standing tall in shutdown aftermath

Bad blood between political parties has created disruptions in the nation’s capital for the last 12 years. The most recent turmoil came in the form of the third government shutdown during that time period. Looking in from the outside, there is plenty of culpability on both sides to get a ...

Other voices: Plan is bad medicine for prices

In a landmark deal announced last week, President Donald Trump negotiated dramatically lower costs for weight-loss drugs produced by pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, which could benefit Medicare and Medicaid patients, as well as Americans paying out of pocket. But here’s the skinny: What the president negotiated should not be reserved for big companies that play his game. GLP-1 medications, including Wegovy and Zepbound, currently have a list price of more than $1,000 for a month-long supply. Trump’s deal would bring that down to $350 on average, and as low as $50 ...

Our opinion: Youngsville sale is preferable

One of the constant complaints we hear from most Warren County government officials is the lack of property on the tax rolls. County officials have been among the most vociferous complainers regarding the lack of taxable property in the county, with county officials still howling - rightly so, in our opinion - regarding state game lands expansion that took more property off the tax rolls back in 2023. That’s one reason why it was always preferable for the Warren County School District to sell the Youngsville High School building - quickly - to a for-profit entity that would put ...

Our opinion: Byway designation is what we make of it

Tourism is already big business in Warren County. The county’s share of tourism dollars has already been increasing at a faster rate than its neighboring counties, as we reported earlier this year. Overall tourism spending in the Pennsylvania Wilds increased 5.32% from 2023 to 2024. Warren County’s total tourism spending grew by 13.36% from $190.8 million in 2023 to $216.3 million in 2024. Local officials hope the recent addition of Pennsylvania Route 6 in Warren, McKean, Potter and Tioga counties as an official Pennsylvania Scenic Byway will unlock even more potential help for ...