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Opinion

Our opinion: Some resolutions for state

Our Opinion

The year 2026 is upon us, and our state lawmakers and state officials should offer Pennsylvanians two resolutions — to reform our state’s government in ways that encourage rather than punish development and job creation, and to reduce state spending. Our region’s own lawmakers have ...

Our opinion: Broadband news is encouraging

Our Opinion

Recent discussion of broadband expansion by the Warren County Commissioners is encouraging - but also a reminder of how far we still have to go. Michael Lyon, Warren County planning director, told Warren County Commissioners during a recent meeting that the Northwest Pennsylvania Regional ...

Readers Speak

Letters To Editor

Two sides to poor taste Dear Editor, President Trump’s comment on Rob Reiner, following the murder of the Hollywood star and his wife, was in poor taste. Such comments can alienate voters who otherwise approve of his policies. He should have said nothing. If asked for a comment, he ...

Editor’s corner: Region’s maternity care losses mirror U.S. trend

Opinion

Warren General Hospital administrators were fully aware they had been bucking a national trend. As the number of rural hospitals across the United States began closing maternity units over the last decade, this facility was thinking primarily about care for its residents. “It’s important ...

Nation needs to work to find common ground

Local Commentaries

As we mark the fifth anniversary of the insurrection that took place on January 6, 2021, let us pause and reflect, not just on the unnecessary events which unfolded and included the worst kind of political violence, but also ask ourselves how we’ve grown from it. Our civil discourse has ...

Other views: Post-Maduro plan is lacking

Our Opinion

How do you do regime change without changing the regime? That is the conundrum facing President Trump following his announcement that the United States would run the government of Venezuela “until such time as a proper transition can take place” — date TBD. Coming from a president who ...