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Coal Country: Funding supports work long overdue

Years ago, a few politicians and elected officials began to understand it was irresponsible to ignore the downturn in the coal industry. Though acknowledging it at the time drew significant pushback from those clinging to bygone days, today we welcome the support of those in state and federal ...

Cracking the Code: Changing thinking changes the future

One of the things I like about athletics is lessons can be learned and changes made quickly. Learning from a mistake in business and fixing it may take weeks or months. In sports, we can see results in days, hours or minutes. On Tuesday evening, our high school soccer team played our longtime ...

Letter to the Editor: Being alone

My husband, Charlie, just got released from the hospital after 3 days of being miserable. Monday we went to the emergency room instead of going to our primary care physician and the cardiologist. That way they could do any tests at the same time. Fluid had built up in his legs. Then it started ...

Kiki's Corner: Value of good friends can't be overstated

As we get older, it’s very important to have good friends – in good times, difficult times, sad times and in any situation. Since I was in business for so many years, I talked with so many people and so many shared with me their experience with friendship. For sure, some people come into ...

Getting on Track: Bipartisan rail safety bill must not be ignored

Rail safety reform is not a matter of partisan politics – or it shouldn’t be, anyway. But since February 2023, when a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, ignited renewed calls for reform, politicians in Washington, D.C., have sat on their hands while their friends in the railroad industry ...