Yes, Christmas is over in Marietta and the harsh, cold reality of another winter in the Ohio Valley is upon us. The lucky ones among us are off to warmer places to escape the cold or at least retreat to warm homes with cable tv and hot beverages at the ready. What do the homeless do? ...

We’re writing in response to last week’s letter regarding proposed gaming machines on property we own and plan to develop in Williamstown. First, we feel like we all agree on one goal: we all want the best for Williamstown. We hope, over our years with the restaurant, residents have seen ...

Four years ago there was an election. The Democratic candidate lost the electoral college vote, even though she had won more of the popular vote. Many of us were devastated. Some of us cried, some prayed, many feared for the future under a President who came to power by creating the birther ...

The recent rejection by the Supreme Court of the Republican lawsuit that attempted to overturn a free and fair US election because it didn’t go their way, was a welcome breath of fresh air in this fetid Trump environment. Incredibly, this treasonous effort was backed by 19 Republican state ...

I was disappointed to learn in Friday’s Marietta Times that the Washington County Commissioners resolved to request that Ohio Attorney General David Yost reverse his opposition to the Texas lawsuit. Texas Attorney General Paxton’s strategy was a coordinated attempt to use legal means to ...

Our congressman, our three county commissioners, both of our state representatives and our state senator have all publicly stated — on the record — that they no longer believe in the Constitution of the United States. “It’s just a piece of parchment with words on it.” Each one of them ...