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LETTER: Not singing praises of Project Hummingbird

On the evening of Dec. 17, I had the opportunity to hear from Inter Electric Power officials regarding a new AI data center planned for the former Robena Coal Mine property in Greene County. The occasion was the county planning commissionĢƵ hearing to determine whether to approve Phase I of ...

OP-ED: Fight or flee: A tale of two congresswomen

Marjorie Taylor Greene's early exit from Congress reveals that her tough-broad persona was very much an act. After she angered Donald Trump by demanding release of the Epstein files, she became the target of the slings, arrows and threats unleashed by the president and his enforcers. Her ...

OP-ED: Why Johnny can’t read

Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy levels increased from 16% in 2017 to 25% in 2023, according to data from the National Center for ...

TrumpĢƵ comments on Reiners’ deaths out of line

In recent days, the country has been reminded again of how far our civic culture has deteriorated under the influence of Donald Trump. When conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was murdered, Democrats were accused of celebrating his death. In reality, those reactions came, if at all, from ...

EDITORIAL: The holidays give us reasons to celebrate, be thankful

ItĢƵ now so deeply enmeshed in our culture that almost everyone knows how the movie “ItĢƵ A Wonderful Life” unfolds, and how frustrated, dispirited and despondent George Bailey finds reasons to live and embrace the small town he had once longed to escape. The Christmas Eve where George ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: We’re in the home stretch of the ĢƵĢƵ annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. ItĢƵ not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...