Opinion
Almanac for Oct. 25, 2025
Columns
Today is Saturday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 2025. There are 67 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1929, former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall was convicted of accepting bribes in exchange for oil field leases at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and the Elk Hills and Buena Vista ...
Your taxes, your schools, your safety: Why your local news matters
Editorials
I am a journalist. And proud of it. I hope my readers, whether in newspapers, magazines or online, also feel that’s a title worthy of pride. True, journalists and the news media are being targeted and maligned, and polls show public trust in the press is declining. But what isn’t up ...
County board off base on public comment plans
Letters to the Editor
As a former Dickinson County Commissioner who helped draft the board’s bylaws, I’m alarmed by the proposal to amend them to dictate what visitors wear, how they address commissioners and how long they may speak. Bylaws exist to govern the conduct of the board — not to control the ...
Editorial cartoon for Oct. 24, 2025
Editorials
In America, no government has the right to censor
Columns
The Constitution's First Amendment protects free speech for good reason. If people can't say what they want, we don't have honest debate. I was relieved when Donald Trump, campaigning for the presidency, said, "If we don't have free speech, then we just don't have a free country!" Good for ...