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Editorials

Don’t risk causing a fire

While the weather may make it a little easier to spend time outside, Ohioans tempted to use the opportunity to fire up the burn pile and get rid of some yard waste might want to take a look at the rules for doing so. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, ...

Anything is possible in Ohio

Appalachia is home to plenty of survival stories, and thanks to botanists at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, we can celebrate another one. The running buffalo clover, which was once believed to be extinct, is now doing so well it has been taken off the endangered species ...

Cheers & Jeers

CHEERS to news that Belmont College is expanding its outreach to local students by offering classes at the Kendall Behavioral Solutions building in Martins Ferry. An additional location will be convenient. JEERS to Mother Nature for bringing an EF-2 tornado to Monroe and southern Belmont ...

Preserve local control

Some Ohio lawmakers need to consider their actions, as they continue to show they are uninterested in allowing families, doctors, schools, or even local governments to make their own decisions. In their most recent override of one of Gov. Mike DeWine’s vetoes, legislators stopped local ...

Check for unclaimed funds

As we approach the end of February, Unclaimed Funds Month may be wrapping up, but that does not end the opportunity to check with the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Unclaimed Funds about whether there is money being held in your name. Department of Commerce data shows about one ...

Opportunity for all of Ohio

Though the signs are up all across Ohio, elected officials still feel compelled to remind us that the Buckeye State is “The Heart of it All.” Lt. Gov. Jon Husted took another such opportunity recently when he visited the Rotary Club of Toledo to talk about the jobs landscape. According ...