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EDITORIAL: The fight isn’t over

While talk of the opioid crisis has faded to a degree, it should remain front-of-mind locally. The alarming numbers provided by the Pennsylvania Office of Drug Surveillance and Misuse Prevention show a heightened potential for opioid dependence still exists in Fayette, Greene and Washington ...

EDITORIAL: Celebrate safely this July 4th

This coming Friday, families, friends and neighbors across the country will gather together to celebrate the Fourth of July. Over that holiday weekend, Americans will spend an estimated $4 billion on beer and wine, and another $2.7 billion on fireworks, according to the finance site ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Cheers to Brownsville Area High School for choosing a solid candidate to lead their football program in Uniontown graduate Cody Castor, who was an excellent football player for the Red Raiders and played four years with the Penn State Nittany Lions. Castor helped out at Penn State ...

LETTER: Keep legal ads in newspapers

The editorial by William Cotter published in the TikTok³ÉÈ˰æ on Sunday, June 22 is right on point and a reason for concern. If you have not read this editorial, you should. The bill it references, SB 194, was introduced by Doug Mastriano, and is a direct attempt to limit what the ...

Neighbors helping neighbors

While last weekend’s flash flooding and torrential rainfall exacted punishment on homeowners and motorists here, the storms proved deadly for our neighbors to the southwest, in nearby Ohio County, W.Va. And the stories coming out of the Wheeling area in the days after the disaster are ...

EDITORIAL: Higher ed pricing itself out of business

Picture this: An eager 18-year-old heads to a car lot in search of his first set of wheels. He sees a moderately priced used car that has low mileage and is in good condition. It’s a steal at $10,000. Heading into the dealership’s business office, he’s practically giddy. With nothing to ...