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Opinion

Drug Boat Strike Raises Questions

In Our Opinion

Congress is mostly a media circus these days, so credit the members who take their duties seriously. Lawmakers are doing a public service by trying to get to the truth on whether the Trump Administration killed defenseless survivors of a drug-boat strike. The controversy involves a Washington ...

Electric Equation Keeps Shocking Customers

Editor's Corner

Once the Sheridan Town Board did its due diligence months ago in approving a new solar farm for 2979 Middle Road, words of encouragement were expressed to the developer, RIC Energy. “I don’t see any problems with it,” Town Board member Colleen Yerico said. “It’s the first one that did ...

Reconsideration Of NC State Lake Proposal Is Interesting

In Our Opinion

We had all but given up on the five-year Chautauqua Lake Management Plan proposed and developed by Dr. Robert Richardson of North Carolina State University. NC State’s Aquatic Plant Management Program officials propose, for those who have forgotten, a staged plan that deals with the entire ...

City’s Actions On 2026 Budget Speaks Volumes

In Our Opinion

It’s obvious from the way the City Council split $786,450 in changes to the 2026 budget that council members are more concerned about the city’s fund balance than they are the city’s tax rate. Sales tax trends convinced city officials that increasing the sales tax budget by $348,857 ...

JCC’s Business Decision Has Impact On Community

In Our Opinion

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Jamestown Community College will close JCC Total Fitness to the public on Feb. 1. Many city residents likely have no idea that the little marketed service is available on the Jamestown campus. It hasn’t been well advertised, and public habits changed ...

Jackson’s Legacy Became Global Eighty Years Ago

In Our Opinion

Robert H. Jackson had already etched a lasting legacy in United States history before November 21, 1945. Up to that point Jackson - who mind you never attended college before becoming a lawyer in 1913 - had already served as general counsel for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, argued 17 cases ...