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Opinion

Almanac for Feb. 4, 2026

Local columns

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2026. There are 330 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, ordering Simpson to pay ...

Need to mind those gas meters during the winter

Editorial

Now that we have plenty of snow to talk about, residents probably don’t have to be reminded to keep snow off their driveways and away from mailboxes. However, some might have to be reminded to keep your gas meter clear of snow and ice. It might be easy to forget, but it’s ...

Trump can’t stop backing down

Local columns

Does it sometimes seem as though too many people have never learned the lessons of the schoolyard? If you capitulate to a bully, you will be bullied forever. If you stand up to him, he will back down. What's true on the playground is also true in the office, in politics and in international ...

DOJ takes down Epstein-related files over victim information

Local columns

NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department said Monday that it had taken down several thousand documents and "media" that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information since it began releasing the latest batch of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on ...

Almanac for Feb. 3, 2026

Local columns

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2026. There are 331 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1959, which would become known as "the day the music died," rock ’n’ roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a small plane crash near ...