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Our Opinion

Our opinion: School plan is band-aid on a gunshot wound

We hope the Warren County School District Board of Education knows something we don’t about the county’s population trends. Because if they don’t, the recent decision to keep the county’s four school buildings open and only send some Sheffield students to Warren Area High School each ...

Our opinion: Immigration reform is needed

A detailed analysis of U.S. immigration laws by the Cato Institute is alarming: Less than 1 percent of potential immigrants — of men and women who attempt to begin the process to legally immigrate to the United States — are able to complete the process and relocate to the U.S. “The myth ...

Our opinion: Nuance needed on minimum wage

It’s been a bit since Democrats controlled one of the state Legislature’s two chambers, so it’s understandable they are pushing hard on big issues this year. But some discussions require some nuance — and the minimum wage is one. Democrats bulled a $15 an hour minimum wage through ...

Our opinion: Take notice of roundabout detour changes

An email from a reader over the weekend indicates not everyone was paying attention when traffic detours related to roundabout construction changed on Friday. Drivers have been seen going the wrong way down Market Street and the wrong way up Water Street as well. Frankly, that’s a ...

Our opinion: Trooper made ultimate sacrifice

Footage posted on social media captures the chilling audio of the intense gunfight in Mifflintown between law enforcement and Brandon Stine, the man who Pennsylvania State Police say killed Tpr. Jacques Rougeau Jr. and critically wounded Lt. James Wagner in separate encounters on ...

Editor’s corner: Warren General bucks trend of maternity closures

Quietly, and with little notice to the community, Brooks-TLC Hospital System Inc. in Dunkirk, N.Y., made a significant change in the way it did business 20 months ago. As of Oct. 4, 2021, labor and delivery services were put on hold as expectant parents and mothers were told to make plans at a ...