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Our Opinion

Our opinion: Thumbs up to Ukraine backers

How many of us are thinking regularly about the roughly three-year-old conflict in the Ukraine. It may not be that high on the list given the state of things inside the United States. DOGE, the Big Beautiful Bill, federal spending cuts, the mess in Iran and Israel, increasing levels of ...

Editor’s corner: Neighboring counties in dark on pump prices

Right as the summer travel season kicked into full gear, Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel indicated he is heated over prices at the pump. Last week in a letter, he called on state and federal authorities to investigate the gasoline costs being paid by motorists here at home. “Families, ...

Our opinion: E-bikes require state, local action

It’s expensive to operate a motor vehicle these days. That’s one reason we are seeing an increasing number of e-bikes and e-scooters on our streets. Personal mobility devices aren’t a bad thing. It’s good that there are lower-cost options for people to get themselves from place to ...

Our opinion: County transparent on Kibbey case

Shortly after Kibbey’s resignation was made public, we asked those involved to be transparent as the investigation continued and as the fallout from the incident became evident. It would have been easy for Warren County officials to simply paper over the Kibbey affair and proceed as if the ...

Our opinion: Try tiered minimum wage hike

We’ve probably all grown tired of the legislative back and forth over the state’s minimum wage. A proposal that passed the state House of Representatives recently is better than some that have been proposed by state Democrats, with a tiered minimum wage that rises to $15 an hour in ...

Our opinion: Make phone ban tougher

The expression “time flies” is familiar to most people. However, time cannot “fly” fast enough regarding Pennsylvania’s new handheld-cellphone ban for individuals operating motor vehicles on commonwealth roadways. Until the full teeth of the law replaces the wishy-washy provisions ...