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Opinion

Letter to the Editor: What’s the score?

Letters to the editor

With baseball season under way, I thought it time to check the box score of Trump’s war against Iran with its trillion petrodollar prize! Not certain the inning, but, as of today … The home team managed by Putin with players from the USSR, Iran, Kazakhstan and the entire Arab/Muslim world ...

Kiki’s Corner: Don’t waste time

Local columns

Spring is finally here and with bright and sunny warm days, all we need is to take the time to be grateful. Being grateful daily brings peace, happiness, and positivity into life and we need to appreciate what we have. Our minds become calm and satisfied. Every morning we need to take the ...

Cracking the Code: Dream, don’t just talk – act

Local columns

Last week on our family cruise from Miami to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, on Wednesday night Keith Brown, 100% Wizard, a magician, performed in the main theater on the ship. He put on a great show. Keith got the audience involved in his act and brought a number of people up on stage to ...

Voting: Register and make your voice heard

Editorials

Student leaders give us hope that a new generation is ready to take up the torch, even if some of them may need to wait a few more years to do so. Two in Ritchie County did such a remarkable job organizing student-led efforts to register members of their senior class to vote that they were ...

Backyard Gardener: Cabbage, a great addition to a spring garden

Free Time

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners. Summer is here, if only for a few days. This second week of April feels more like June. It's been a beautiful week as we look forward to the growing season for 2026. I see many gardeners preparing the soil as we get closer to Mother's Day and the ...