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Editorials

Cheers & Jeers

CHEERS to news that WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital will partner with Bridgeport Exempted Village School District to bring a health clinic to it to the schools’ new facility, the “Bridge.” JEERS to East Ohio Regional Hospital’s failure to pay employees for several days after their usual ...

Family caregivers deserve credit

Plenty of Ohio families are struggling with caring not only for children, but older family members who need full-time attention. Legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio 15th Dist., aims to lighten that load. The Credit for Caring Act would offer up to a $5,000 nonrefundable ...

Pothole season has arrived

They appear before the flowers bloom. They are fed by road salt in the winter and begin to appear after the short warm spells that tease the arrival of spring. They are potholes, that annual curse on motorists and municipalities. The onset of potholes is something that is not to be taken ...

Act on broadband

While Bill Johnson was serving Ohio’s 6th district in Congress, he tried twice — in 2021 and 2023 — to introduce legislation that would help Americans (particularly those living in rural areas) have easier access to broadband internet. His successor, Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, ...

Watching for wildlife

Though a recent SmileHub study placed Ohio as seventh-worst in the nation for protecting wildlife — using 17 metrics that included data on things like the number of animal and environmental protection agencies per capita — the Buckeye State must be doing something right. Flora and fauna ...

Ensure tax deal is fair

East Ohio Regional Hospital appears to be working to maintain its operation in Martins Ferry despite facing a number of challenges. Among those is a $1.2 million property tax bill that remained unpaid as of Feb. 27. The bill covers the past two tax years. Belmont County Treasurer Katherine ...