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Opinion

Detroit in spotlight in NFL draft event

Editorial

The NFL draft has taken the show on the road for a decade, giving cities around the country a chance to be in the spotlight. Detroit is on the clock. The Motor City, which was once one of the nation’s largest and most powerful cities, has bounced back from filing for bankruptcy in 2013, ...

Almanac

Local columns

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Friday, April 26, the 117th day of 2024. There are 249 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 26, 1986, an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine caused radioactive fallout to begin ...

Border crisis solution – Forget Biden and Speaker Johnson

Local columns

WASHINGTON — It is becoming increasingly obvious that we are turning to the wrong people to solve our invasion problem at our southern border. President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and the Democrats have little to zero interest in stopping the border invasion. And ...

A Light in the House: Farewell to a Senate friend

Local columns

WASHINGTON — Every single member (will) vote their conscience.” Conscience, did you say? House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) words cut cleanly through the House of Representatives noise. Seldom are they told to rise above the partisan rabble. After months of darkness and delay, ...

Leave them be: Don’t disturb wildlife babies

Editorial

The perennial spring message of leaving wildlife babies be took on added significance last week. Images circulated from North Carolina of a group of people pulling two very young bear cubs out of a tree to pose for selfies. One cub later turned up sitting in a nearby retention pond and was ...

Election Letters

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor pertaining to the upcoming recall election on May 7, the Delta County Board of Commissioners or related topics are no longer being accepted until after the May 7 recall election.