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Opinion

Almanac for Nov. 14, 2025

Local columns

Today is Friday, Nov. 14, the 318th day of 2025. There are 47 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1970, a chartered Southern Airways plane crashed while trying to land in West Virginia, killing all 75 people on board, including the Marshall University football team and its coaching ...

Safety always first in firearm deer season

Editorial

The annual rite known as the firearm deer season kicks off at dawn Saturday and continues for the final two weeks of November. Hundreds of thousands of hunters of all ages will take to the woods in the coming days in search of a trophy buck. Regrettably, if history is any kind of indicator, ...

Yes, Ozempic for all Americans

Local columns

Americans are going to get a little healthier. President Trump cut deals with the drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to increase access to obesity drugs in a major benefit to American public health. The agreements are a win-win-win -- good for consumers, good for the companies and good ...

Poll shows drop on Trump’s handling of government

Local columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Approval of the way President Donald Trump is managing the government has dropped sharply since early in his second term, according to a new AP-NORC poll, with much of the rising discontent coming from fellow Republicans. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center ...

Almanac for Nov. 13, 2025

Local columns

Today is Thursday, Nov. 13, the 317th day of 2025. There are 48 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2015, Islamic State militants carried out a set of coordinated attacks in Paris at the national stadium, in a crowded concert hall, in restaurants and on streets, killing 130 people ...