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Opinion.

Helping young offenders

Editorials

A working group tasked with helping the Ohio Department of Youth Services understand how best to work with younger offenders reported something that may seem obvious to most. “The younger the kids are, generally the worse they do in a secure congregate environment,” the group’s report ...

Americans must never forget

Editorials

Americans today tend to have a short attention span. Important news often is quickly overshadowed by the latest nonsense posing as news that captures the nation’s attention. Yet some events are of such a magnitude that they remain seared in our memories. The attack at Pearl Harbor. Troops ...

Diversifying our economy

Editorials

Ohio’s diversifying economy includes a new addition that can help tackle challenges ranging from environmental concerns to avoiding dependence on foreign companies. Nth Cycle in Fairfield will extract nickel and cobalt from scrap material to reduce reliance on open pit mining, avoid those ...

Don’t spark a problem

Editorials

A storm or two has made little difference for local counties suffering under an extended “extreme drought.” The consequences have been so extensive that Ohio Fire Marshal Kevin Reardon has issued a regional ban on open burning. In Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Fairfield, Fayette, Gallia, ...

Ohio’s development options

Editorials

It’s getting harder and harder to be excited about new economic development announcements in Ohio, as the ones already on the table seem to be dropping off at an alarming rate. Intel’s One Ohio project may now be even closer to that edge. According to a report by WCMH, there are rumbles ...

ARCH2 hydrogen hub will be harmful to local communities

Columns

The Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub is a bad idea for our communities (Recently) I sat in on the 3rd public meeting (zoom) about the ARCH2 Clean Hydrogen Hub. This meeting was conducted by the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED). The Department of Energy held two listening ...