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Our opinion: Knowing the SNAP adjustments

Our Opinion

Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program recipients are still welcome to benefits throughout the state and region. But those who are receiving must now contribute to the community through volunteering, working or while learning. Last week, state Department of Human Services Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh highlighted the federal changes, which took effect this month and how the Department is helping SNAP recipients meet the requirements and maintain their benefits. “Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians receive life-sustaining food benefits from SNAP every month. It is this extra bit of help ...

Readers Speak

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TV topics Dear Editor, Let’s be very clear about something, Jimmy Kimmel was not suspended and/or fired by President Donald Trump! The president does not have that power therefore let me dummy this up for all the non-common sense, lack of thinking individuals — many Democrats. Kimmel had a contract with Disney and ABC, therefore he was an employee of them. He was not producing or doing his job up to their expectations, he lied, was on a comedy /talk show yet was in no way funny so he was suspended by them! And that’s it in a nutshell. Nothing more and nothing less, bottom ...

Penny pinching in parking lots

Local Commentaries

Penny pinching in parking lots “If you see a penny pick it up – then all day you’ll have good luck.” Every time my mother bent over to pick up a penny, she said exactly that. Without fail. And she picked up every penny she saw. In her later years, her balance was not so hot. If I was walking with her and she spotted a coin, I was the bender and picker-upper. It was never an inconvenience. Mom trained me early. We did not go around staring at the ground for lost coins. But honestly, just having eagle eyes meant we found more than our share over the years. And not just ...

Our opinion: School threat bill needs tweak

Our Opinion

Once again, Warren County School District officials and local police agencies are chasing their tail over threats to district school buildings. It must stop — and we think legislation that has passed the state Senate but is waiting for action in the state House of Representatives could help. Sen. Michele Brooks, R-Greenville and formerly one of Warren County’s two Senate representatives, sponsored Senate Bill 96, a bill that would establish new felony penalties for individuals who make hoax emergency reports involving educational institutions. If signed into law, making a false ...

Our opinion: Beware costs of Warren Worx

Our Opinion

Warren City Council members appear likely to include at least $75,000 in the city’s 2026 budget to support Warren Worx. Reasonable people can have differing opinions on “The Place To Become” branding effort, the first big thing to come from Warren Worx. Some will love it. Others will dislike it. Still others will be so confused that it will mean nothing to them. Warren Worx is undertaking some nice projects that, realistically, didn’t need a new group. We’re talking about things like signs, wifi hotspots throughout the county, events like a rib festival or helping with ...

Our opinion: Revitalizing more than branding

Our Opinion

Readers of this space know we aren’t exactly high on the value of branding. Part of the reason for our dour disposition on the matter is that reversing decades of population loss goes far beyond a brand. Finding new jobs, workers to fill those jobs, creating a housing market that works for everyone and having the available energy to power all of that work are all critical pieces of making Warren County “The Place To Become.” One way to do just that is workforce development. Sen. Scott Hutchinson, R-Oil City, recently took part in a hearing helmed by state Sen. Gene Yaw, ...