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Opinion

With February comes Black History Month

Editorials

With February comes Black History Month. Its celebration of our nation’s Blacks became a national observance in 1976 under President Gerald Ford. As always, the month calls to mind great community leaders, from the civil rights movement, from academia, from city leadership, law enforcement ...

Are there any benefits to Biden’s planned visit?

Columns

President Joe Biden certainly took his time to finally announce a visit to East Palestine, the site of a massive train derailment a year ago that garnered international attention. Biden, a Democrat, said a month after the derailment that he eventually would visit the Columbiana County ...

A year later and East Palestine strong, indeed

Editorials

The harshest of tragedies usually come unexpectedly. Call it the randomness of fate. Call it the worst of plain old lousy luck. But the whole of East Palestine was carrying a bull’s eye on its back a year ago. The recovery and healing will continue for weeks, months and years. As devastating ...

Call from NYC hit like a ton of bricks

Columns

The calls to the Lisbon office of the three Columbiana County daily newspapers came from all of the country once the East Palestine train derailment took center stage on the national news. In one moment, you’d pick up the receiver and hear the concerned voice from a railman out in Nebraska ...

Rulli asks governor to prevent BMV closure

Letters to the Editor

Dear Governor: I am writing to respectfully request your personal oversight and intervention in the proposed closure of the Salem, Ohio Office of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Salem is the largest city in Columbiana County, serving a population of over 20,000 if you include the contiguous ...

East Liverpool resident upset over water hikes

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Recently received my water/sewer/refuse/storm water bill from the ELO water department. For any of your readers that don’t care to do the math, the city has recently passed along a 45.9% increase on our water rates. I guess they can raise our rates whenever they feel the need ...