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Editorials

Looking Back on a Year of Change

As the seconds tick away at the end of 2023, it is a good time to pause and reflect on what was a noteworthy, and newsworthy, year. The very face of Downtown Wheeling began a massive change this year, as the Downtown Streetscape Project started in earnest. Streets narrowed or completely ...

Making the Ohio Valley a Place To Call Home

Among the goals for the Ohio Valley for 2024, one should be ensuring that more people are living here to celebrate the New Year in 2025. Various entities are laying the foundation to make that happen. They’re making hires and decisions that they hope spur folks from elsewhere to consider ...

Racism Still a Problem

How many of us endured cringe-worthy conversations over holiday dinners in which it became clear that one or two family members or friends had gone all-in on bad ideas? Certainly, some politicians have worked hard over the past several years to ensure those folks believe there should be no ...

Have a Safe and Happy New Year

Oh, the anticipation of celebrations on New Year’s Eve — the kind that do not involve the pressure of exchanging gifts or catering to the younger members of the family. For some, it is an occasion to dress up, go out, and party in a way that perhaps they might not at any other time of ...

Deal With Lead Problem in 2024

It’s undeniable that lead is a serious health concern in the United States with much of it originating from the millions of lead pipes carrying drinking water to users everywhere. Many of us became significantly more in tune with the concern when national news coverage reported on the ...

A Time of Hope, Joy and Renewal

With events around the globe right now, it is hard to imagine how the words “Peace on Earth” have any true relevance anymore. To many people this Christmas season, that phrase is considered obsolete, just a minuscule remnant of a better time, although looking at this planet as a whole, ...