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In appreciation of growth in public art in the Valley

Editorial: A surge in public art in recent years has been painting the Mahoning Valley increasingly vibrant.


Yes, Virginia, NE Ohio is a manufacturing hub

Editorial: True or False? Manufacturing remains a productive, viable and growing segment of the economy of the


Opioid-industry influence needs probe by Congress

Editorial: An exhaustive, revealing two-part investigative series by the Associated Press and The Center for


Weekend attacks show US matures in anti-terror fight

Editorial: Readings on this nation’s terror thermometer surged over the weekend as a series of frightening


Charter schools in Ohio get needed fed oversight

Editorial: After squandering $30 million from the federal government, Ohio’s politically influential charter


Closer look at report cards reveals long-term value

Editorial: In the span of one academic year, can it be that Ohio’s 615 public school districts managed to


State report card is proof of Y’town schools’ failing

Editorial: Although Ohio’s school districts did not receive overall grades in the state report cards issued


An environmental win for Valley 33 years in making

Editorial: A federal consent deCree released this week for massive cleanup at and near the former Nease


Proposed Trumbull JEDD puts focus rightly on future

Editorial: The ongoing dismantling of the Mahoning Valley’s largest and sole-surviving blast furnace at the


Truce in Syria brokered by US, Russia is sketchy

Editorial: Although early reports of calm in war-torn Syria may indicate that the cease-fire brokered by the


Mahoning Valley bolsters its attack on human trafficking

Editorial: Few insidious crimes against humanity lurk as deeply in the shadows as human trafficking. The


Tressel’s enrollment push at YSU is paying dividends

Editorial: A year ago, Youngstown State University President James P. Tressel revealed that his strategy for


Our Youngstown Symphony earns hearty applause at 90

Editorial: T he Youngstown Symphony Orchestra has been tantalizing crowds with its singularly sensational


Fifteen years later, U.S. still in a state of anxiety

Editorial: Time has healed the physical wounds from that fateful day when terrorists attacked America’s


Something to crow about: 2016 Canfield Fair success

Editorial: It’s official. The 170th edition of the Canfield Fair will go down as one of the most successful