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Letters to the editor

Letter to the Editor: Safe airport infrastructure is essential

Whatever airline serves the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport (PKB), codesharing with a major carrier such as American Airlines in Charlotte is essential. Unfortunately, Contour Airline, our current carrier, lacks this convenience. They also cannot use the shorter crosswind runway 10/28 at ...

Letter to the Editor: Let the grass grow

All over the Mid-Ohio Valley, you’ll hear the hum of lawn mowers by mid-morning. Perfectly sane adults wake up, pour their coffee, and head outside to mow grass they don’t even use. Some do it twice a week. Most will admit they don’t enjoy it. And yet they do it. Religiously. Why? We ...

Letter to the Editor: Turnabout is fair play

TV news is reporting how Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Republicans in the Texas legislature are seeking to subvert our democracy by redrawing congressional lines in Texas’ 38 congressional districts, giving Republicans five more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives — a practice ...

Letter to the Editor: Preserve our roadless forests

In 2001, I attended a public hearing at Seneca Rocks, W.Va., for the new Roadless Rule for National Forests. It has been in effect since then, keeping roads and logging out of sensitive areas and valuable recreational places. Don’t lose access to the beautiful forests where you love to ...

Letter to the Editor: Trump working to ensure secure elections

This letter is in answer to the opinion piece in the Sunday, July 27, newspaper titled “Push back on efforts to change voting,” and the misleading disinformation it contains. It is entirely legal for Trump’s Department of Justice to establish a centralized database of personal ...

Letter to the Editor: Tariffs are taxes on America’s citizens

On today’s (last Sunday) front page there is an article from AP titled “Trump injects a new dose of uncertainty in tariffs…,” which is a good summary of the very latest developments, especially that Federal Circuit Court case discussed on Thursday. It is well worth a read, but does ...