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Opinion

College grads face hurdles to success

Editorials

If a new prediction evolves into fact, many college students whose degrees will be conferred in the spring could face days, weeks, months or longer of anxiety or unfulfilled dreams, according to an article that was published in the Wall Street Journal last month. Some people might shrug off ...

It’s clear something serious is wrong

Letters to the Editor

It’s clear something serious is wrong We Americans like to think the best of other people, and we are generally forgiving. But we’re not stupid. When it is clear that something is seriously wrong, we speak our minds. The current government is seriously abusing our trust. ...

Not missing Biden at all

Letters to the Editor

How glad I am that Joe Biden is gone. When he was president, the economy was bad, unemployment high and we had horrible relations with other countries except Russia and Ukraine. Biden and the Democrats hurt working people with scams like the new green deal and incited violence and chaos. ...

Everyone should share tax burden

Letters to the Editor

I wanted to point out the discriminatory tax the property tax is. The majority of people who pay to support the county are property owners. Why do people who work hard to save the money to become home owners, be the only ones to bare this responsibility? Then, as they age and pay off their ...

Blair County CYF must not be allowed to backpedal

Editorials

Sometimes it is advisable to endure some discomfort for a while, in hopes of achieving something better that is being sought for the longer term. That might be good advice for the Blair County commissioners now regarding the seventh provisional license that the state Department of Human ...

CBRS auctions put services at risk

Letters to the Editor

Six years ago, I started Crowsnest Broadband in central Pennsylvania to solve a problem in my own backyard: people couldn’t get online. Not reliably, not affordably, and not fast enough to work, learn or stay connected. Our Appalachian forests are beautiful, but their topography and other ...