Earlier this fall, Belmont County officials had hoped to reopen their network of 10 senior citizens’ centers after months of closure due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Last week, they concluded that would not be the responsible course of action. The centers are important to older people for ...
Ohio lawmakers are halfway there in terms of finally fixing the state’s unconstitutional school funding system. A proposal for doing so received broad bipartisan support in passing the House of Representatives on Thursday. Now, however, the ball is in the state Senate’s court. ...
If you ever are tempted to hop on what sometimes seems to be a bandwagon full of people who despise all law enforcement personnel, we ask that you think about some things that happened last week. First, as we reported, Belmont County sheriff’s detectives helped rescue a woman kidnapped by ...
The failure by some property owners to pay their fair share of taxes is not a new problem, nor is it a problem unique to Eastern Ohio. Regular Times Leadaer readers already know this because for decades this newspaper has annually published pages and pages of delinquent property taxes owed on ...
Many Ohioans struggle to pay the bills during normal times. This year COVID-19 has made the task tougher, perhaps for millions. Far from getting a break from state government, every electric consumer in Ohio may see higher utility bills, beginning in January. They are being ordered to ...
Just a few days ago, we wrote that COVID-19 seemed to have surged once again into nursing homes. At the time, public health officials reported active outbreaks of the disease at 65 long-term care facilities in West Virginia. An update just a few days later put the number at 78. Just 45 ...
Black Friday has come and gone with slim crowds and retailers looking for creative ways to attract customers while keeping shoppers and staffers safe. The coronavirus is changing many aspects of our daily lives, and the holiday shopping season is no exception. It simply isn’t safe for ...
It may not seem like it, but today we have much for which to be thankful. Sure, it’s easy to get bogged down with all that seems to be wrong with 2020. We have spent months limiting our activities and travels, hoping to somehow avoid contracting or spreading the coronavirus that arrived in ...
Give Harrison County Prosecuting Attorney Owen Beetham credit for thinking of those he serves rather than only of himself. Beetham, defeated by Lauren Knight in the April primary election, was scheduled to leave office in early January. Knight, who went on to win the general election, will ...
We know by now that testing is a key component in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. It has become quite clear that the ability to test many people for the coronavirus and to obtain prompt results helps slow the spread of the disease. By identifying positive cases of the illness, ...
Announcements of two vaccines that are highly effective against COVID-19 provide some much-desired light at the end of a deadly tunnel. But it is far too early for us to declare “mission accomplished” and ease up on efforts to contain the virus. “In the next several weeks, we’ve got ...
Joe Biden is not yet president-elect officially, but it seems clear he will be the nation’s next chief executive. The sooner he clarifies his agenda — especially regarding energy — the better. It is probably no coincidence that within days of the election, some energy companies began ...
We all need a little something to make us feel good these days. As autumn winds down and we head into the dreary days of winter, there is no sign that the coronavirus will slow its spread through our communities. Schools and colleges are switching to remote learning. Gov. Mike DeWine is ...
It’s time for a different approach to the crisis we are facing. It’s not that the official guidance provided at the local, state or federal levels is flawed. Instead, too many of us are simply ignoring that advice. There is no question that a dangerous virus is circulating among the ...
The time is now, people of the Ohio Valley. Tuesday is Election Day in America. We will be voting to select the most powerful person in the land and choosing the voices that will speak for us in Washington, D.C., and in Columbus. We also have plenty of important choices to make at the ...
Leaders of both major political parties agree on one thing: The presidential election scheduled for Tuesday is among the most important in American history. Its outcome will shape our government, economy, even our society for many years to come. Your life and that of your children and ...
More than 600 residents of our Eastern Ohio and the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia are battling COVID-19 right now, according to public health agencies in both states. In truth, the numbers are higher than those reported, because state counts lag behind actual local totals. More ...
It is time for all of us to do our duty for our nation, for our communities and for our families and friends. It is time to vote. The democratic process is the bedrock of America. By giving the people of the United States the opportunity to decide how they would be governed, our founders ...
Belmont County commissioners recognized this as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. That came after commissioners heard statistics on the problem in East ern Ohio. Last year, the Tri-County Help Center in St. Clairsville helped hundreds of people involved in domestic violence. To cite just ...
When an institution has a decades-long pattern of covering up or failing to acknowledge abuse by one of its own, it is necessary for both the wellbeing of the victims and of that institution to do everything possible to set the situation right. We see the degree to which institutions ...
