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Opinion | Our Voice | Columns Todd Franko Bertram de Souza David Skolnick Ernie Brown | Letters


Remembering a first-class, first lady in Barbara Bush

Editorial: In rewinding the life and times of beloved former first lady Barbara Bush, one might best view them


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Editorial - Allegiant Air buffeted by story about safety record

Editorial: Like many Mahoning Valley residents, we lamented the sudden permanent departure of Allegiant Air


Destination program builds valuable skills for students

Editorial: When educaTIONAL analysts are asked to rank the competencies in shortest supply among today’s


Assad ultimately to blame for missile attack on Syria

Editorial: President Donald J. Trump’s declaration of “mission accomplished” following Friday night’s missile


Expedite hiring to make coroner office whole again

Editorial: Taxpayers throughout Mahoning County should be heartened to learn they’ll likely soon reap stronger


GM’s Lordstown complex shaken by more bad news

Editorial: The handwriting is on the wall of the massive General Motors car assembly complex in Lordstown, but


2018 Relay for Life season steps out today with gusto

Editorial: Relay for Life, the mother of all community fundraisers in the nation, gets back on track in the


Riverfront development brings clear ripple effects

Editorial: A key addition to Youngs- town’s ongoing urban renaissance officially took root Thursday when


Russia must not succeed in impeding Syria attack

Editorial: It has been five days since Syria’s evil dictator Bashar Assad launched a chemical attack on his


Struthers maximizes its resources for city’s gain

Editorial: Struthers, like many other communities throughout the Mahoning Valley, continues to struggle with


Long-term war on abuse of opiates is far from over

Editorial: New and encouraging state and local data point to a downward slide in the number of drug overdoses


Trump mustn't waver in punishing Syria's leader

Editorial: A year ago, Donald J. Trump ordered dozens of cruise missiles to be fired at a Syrian air base, the


More and more women keep moving on up the entrepreneurial ladder in the nation and in the Mahoning

Editorial: More and more women keep moving on up the entrepreneurial ladder in the nation and in the Mahoning


Awareness, action needed to stop distracted driving; special corridor is in placeSFlb

Editorial: Throughout April, Ohio and other states across the nation amp up campaigns to alert motorists of


Ohio lawmakers must act to diminish gun violence

Editorial: We aren’t surprised the Republican majorities in Congress and in the Ohio General Assembly won’t let