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<strong>Cheers:</strong> The plumes of black smoke rising seemingly without end from derailed railroad cars this week in East Palestine, Ohio, were surely extraordinarily frightening for residents of that community, as well as residents who lived just over the state ...

EDITORIAL: Troubling statistics on gonorrhea

The coronavirus pandemic and, before that, AIDS captured much of the public鈥檚 health-concerns attention beyond illnesses and conditions including cancer, heart disease and strokes.However, another serious medical problem has been lurking in the proverbial shadows 鈥 a culprit people ...

We鈥檝e heard time and again over the years that there鈥檚 no such thing as a free lunch, which roughly means that there鈥檚 no reward without effort.That鈥檚 fair enough. But, in reality, there should be a free lunch 鈥 at least for students in our public schools.And there was in the two ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> A $25 million plan to repurpose an old railroad bridge in Connellsville was met with enthusiasm at a public meeting held earlier this week to introduce the project. Though still in the conceptual stages, the plan is to transform the Iron ...

The Canon-McMillan School District recently opened a $78 million middle school on 32 acres in North Strabane. It鈥檚 a state-of-the-art structure and has amenities like updated technology labs, a music wing and a maker space.It also has air conditioning.The latter feature should, at first ...

Did you know that Pennsylvania is listed as among the states with the worst policies to prevent and reduce tobacco use, according to the American Lung Association鈥檚 (ALA) recent 21st annual 鈥淪tate of Tobacco Control鈥 report?In fact, Pennsylvania earned mostly failing grades on the report, ...