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Council works to determine scope of LOST funds

FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council held the first designated work session on Thursday to start talking in earnest about what to do with the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) funds. During the work session the council considered a variety of items such as whether it wanted to spend the money on one large project or multiple projects, what kind of legacy the funds would leave for Fairmont and what kind of future operating and maintenance cost would be acceptable. The LOST funds have been being collected since the ballot measure passed by voter majority in

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Local Sports

2026 All-Sentinel Softball Team Announced

This year’s All-Sentinel Softball Team was a difficult one to pick. So many players in the area consistently displayed their offensive, defensive, and pitching skills on multiple occasions, making it tough to narrow the final list to nine. That being said, here are my picks for the 2026 All-Sentinel Softball Team. Ainsley Ulrich, Jr.,…

Local Editorials

Never take for granted

We’ve all heard that we should not take things for granted, but it never hurts to give a reminder about this piece of wisdom. I was at a meeting with some local business owners recently and one of them pointed out how when we visit other cities, especially, say, up north, we often go…

Thumbs Up Council OKs phase two of harvesting The Fairmont City Council approved going ahead with…

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Letters to the Editor

Walkers and mobility devices- get a tune up

To the editor: When I recently arrived at an event at a local venue I was surprised to see an ambulance at the back door. It seems that someone’s walker “snapped” and left the owner with an injury. Thankfully, the person looked reasonably good but not walking. I hope it is a precautionary visit…

A plea for pickleball courts Dear Editor, As active pickleball players, we respectfully ask the Fairmont…

Readers' Views

No New Wars To the editor: Donald Trump campaigned on his promise of America first, no…

Readers' Views

Successful Triathlon weekend To the editor: It truly took a village to host the Fairmont Youth…

Readers' Views

Do you agree with President Trump's assertion that the Department of Justice should pay him $230 million for bringing cases against him under the previous administration?