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Opinion

Prevent being a target of vehicle theft

Editorial

With the summer travel season in full swing, it’s a good time to remind the public to be mindful about where and how they leave their vehicles. In 2023, more than 1 million vehicle thefts were reported nationally, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This means ...

Transparency

Letters to the Editor

EDITOR: After 16 months of being verbally harassed, by Kelly VanGinhoven and her supporters, I want to point out something. As many know, the recall was launched, maintained, and executed on political lines. Myself and two other commissioners were accused at every meeting of a lack of ...

Biden’s withdrawal doesn’t mean Harris succeeds him

Local columns

WASHINGTON — What is amusing and simultaneously contributes to the cynicism some feel about politics is how many Democrats claimed until recently that President Biden was a different man in private than the mumbling, stumbling man everyone could hear and see in public. These include Vice ...

Almanac

Local columns

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Wednesday, July 24, the 206th day of 2024. There are 160 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts — two of whom had been the first humans to set foot on the moon — splashed down ...

Proposed marijuana legislation a sign of the times

Editorial

This week, Sen. Gary Peters introduced a piece of legislation that aims to ensure applicants for federal positions and security clearances are not being denied due to past marijuana use. “As we work to build a highly skilled federal workforce, it’s crucial that the federal government ...