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Opinion

Our opinion: Don’t waste orphan well funds

Our Opinion

We always knew $400 million in federal funding wasn’t going to be enough to cap all of the orphaned wells in Pennsylvania. But what’s going on right now is, frankly, ridiculous. A process that the state and private companies have used for years averages about $6,350 to $17,000 per ...

Our opinion: Include mergers in state policy

Our Opinion

Here in Warren County, we’re having contentious, difficult discussions nearly every year about how to live within our education budget. Those talks aren’t easy, but they are necessary. That’s why it’s disappointing to hear Gov. Josh Shapiro take the easy way out when asked about ...

Our opinion: Time to pay the EMS piper is coming

Our Opinion

Local taxpayers probably don’t want to hear this - but the time to pay the EMS piper may be coming. Council of Governments members recently continued their discussions of the county EMS crisis with the creation of a local EMS authority, a possible solution being tried in neighboring Forest ...

Readers Speak

Letters To Editor

Backing Harris Dear Editor, Thursday, Aug. 22 marked the conclusion of the Democratic National Committee’s event and the grand opening of the Erin Willman and Warren Democratic Committee Headquarters. Although we predicted a turnout of around 12 individuals, instead the headquarters was ...

Our Opinions: FBI failures need examination

Our Opinion

\People should be gravely concerned about reports that the FBI is falling short in referring allegations of child sexual abuse to local and state law enforcement. More than concerned — people should be furious. In a review prompted by the FBI’s mishandling of allegations against former ...

View from Hickory Heights: Signs of Autumn

Local Commentaries

As I look out my kitchen window, I cannot help but see that Autumn is approaching. At first, I saw a patch of color in the Pin Oak. Now there are several patches of colorful leaves. Each day as I eat lunch I check my tree. It is too dark in the morning as I eat breakfast. It is strange but that ...