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Opinion

Use common sense when dealing with the heat dome

Editorials

Now what forecasters and weather geeks alike call a heat dome is firmly in place above us, let’s go over some dealing-with-extreme-heat pointers courtesy of ready.gov. — Recognize signs of heat-related illness. Heat stroke symptoms include: extremely high body temperature (above 103 ...

Beware Columbiana County

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Governor Dewine made the rounds recently in his presumptive Santa Claus suit finally handing out the funds from the Appalachian Capital Fund … funds that have been sitting in Columbus for an inordinate amount of time. The Mahoning Valley Region which consisted of Ashtabula, ...

Ohio lagging in overall racial economic equality

Editorials

As Juneteenth approaches, it is important to take a look in the mirror and look at how far we have come (or not) since the end of slavery in 1865. There are plenty of measures to examine. WalletHub’s “State Economies with the Most Racial Equality (2024)” takes a look at the matter from an ...

The American flag waves for all citizens

Editorials

Today is Flag Day. Flag Day deserves the respect of each and every one of us. Especially during the always ongoing turbulent social times. After all, we are all Americans first and foremost. Some seem to forget that. Flag Day doesn’t carry the same clout as many holidays. It isn’t part of ...

Roll up your sleeve and donate to the Red Cross

Editorials

Friday is World Blood Donor Day, a reminder that the American Red Cross is just one part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent network — “the largest humanitarian network in the world with a presence and activities in almost every country,” it says. Throughout that network, ...

Drone wars expose nation’s Achilles heel

Columns

As the U.S. struggles to counter China’s dominance of mineral supply chains, Americans must recognize far more is at stake in this industrial arms race than just economic competitiveness. Our national security hangs in the balance—and quite literally so do the lives of our sailors, ...