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Editorials

Congrats to Career Center for designation

Washington County Career Center excels in a number of student-support efforts. One garnering special recognition recently is the support of students with experience in foster or kinship care. The Ohio Department of Higher Education gave WCCC — Adult Technical Training the Ohio Reach ...

Do your part to keep loved ones safe

Across the country, suicide rates have risen steadily since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Ohio, the tragedy is even larger. While the national rate is 14.3 per 100,000 people, here the rate is 15.4 per 100,000. To address the problem, state officials have developed the Suicide ...

Yost should reconsider how he evaluates ballot measures

Voting rights groups have their hands full with state Attorney General Dave Yost. Last month, Yost issued his second rejection of petition language a voting rights coalition has submitted for a proposed constitutional amendment. Yost claimed the amendment’s title — “Ohio Voters Bill ...

Norfolk Southern profit loss a concern for reform

Tempting as it may have been for some to chuckle at Norfolk Southern’s unpleasant fourth quarter earnings report, the news included a couple of eyebrow raisers for those still hoping for nationwide rail safety reform and for the company to fulfill the promises it made nearly a year ago in ...

ODOT, county officials improving road safety

Last week, Washington County residents got some good news from the office of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and the Ohio Department of Transportation that $8.7 million is headed our way from Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects funding. “Logistics Lane” will ...

Buckeye Hills anniversary worth celebrating

Those in the Mid-Ohio Valley know residents of our Ohio counties have more use for resources that support seniors than perhaps other regions of the state. Based on a 2022 report, Noble County has the highest percentage of residents 65 or older, at 27.4%; Monroe County is third highest, at ...