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Other voices: Power demands require nuclear

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As America’s energy demands grow exponentially, the country won’t be able to keep up without more nuclear power. For decades, the climate-friendly industry has been held back by overly burdensome regulations, but that’s beginning to change. In the 1960s, plants took about four years to build, and they cost, in today’s dollars, about $1,500 per kilowatt of electricity generated. Now the idea of building a reactor in less than a decade is unheard of, and the cost of construction is six times greater. The Energy Department took steps this month to exempt certain advanced ...

Our opinion: Some wounds still need to heal

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It’s obvious, simply from reading the Seneca Nation of Indians’ comments in a recent news release signaling productive talks between the nation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that the Kinzua Dam is still an open wound for the Seneca Nation. The agreement comes as the Army Corps of Engineers is preparing for an upcoming dam safety modification study to plan for the future of the Kinzua Dam, which was built in the 1960s to help alleviate flooding in Pittsburgh and provide hydropower for downstream users. The Seneca Nation lost 10,000 acres of land and hundreds of Seneca ...

Just one well-aimed snowball did the trick

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Frankly, I don’t throw a snowball very often these days. Occasionally I might toss a mischievous handful at Richard in the driveway. I do remember though, back when I was first aware that a good snowball is a weapon. I’ll never forget what happened: I was in the fourth grade. In the winter we couldn’t wait to blast out of school and race home for snow play. My classmate, Nancy, and I built a tall snow fort behind the front yard low hedge. It was a fun place to snuggle out of the wind and we kept fortifying and smoothing its sides with each new snowfall. We dug out peep holes so ...

Our opinion: There is no EMS white knight

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There's been a lot of talk about emergency services over the past several years - and rightly so. It was interesting to see conversation at last week's Warren City Council meeting about a recent Council of Governments discussion of EMS that very clearly stated what many have known for a while but don't want to say out loud - there is no white knight coming to save the day. "There is no cavalry coming to save us," Danielle Flasher, Warren City Council vice president and the council's representative to the COG, said of the presentation. "The solution to the crisis that we face is ...

Our opinion: Another cut in regional care

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The news that the Bradford Regional Medical Center is going to downsize its operations from patient, emergency and long-term care services to an ambulatory and outpatient model is the latest in a long line of warnings about the state of rural health care in Pennsylvania. The closure notice primarily affects the 20-bed inpatient unit, where the average daily census is fewer than one patient per day in 2026 and inpatient utilization has declined by 73% since 2019. Don Boyd, president and CEO of Kaleida Health, said federal funding cuts and longstanding financial issues across the health ...

Our opinion: Make Youngsville process public

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If there is one firm takeaway from last week’s opening of bids for Youngsville High School’s future use, it is that the building isn’t likely to be empty for long. That’s good news given the difficulty in creating new uses for buildings that used to house schools. No one wanted to see an empty building in Youngsville for years. Now that we’ve seen there is interest in the building, we hope the Warren County Commissioners are as open as possible before making its decision on the best project. Not much was said about the proposals during Wednesday’s commissioners meeting. ...