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Local Editorials

Square dancing a mix of history and modern Fairmont’s square dancing club, the Lake Promenaders, has been around for almost 50 years and is the only square dancing club left within a two hour radius. The club may have less members than it did back then, but it still meets on a monthly ...

Inflation solution won’t come easy

Local Editorials

President Joe Biden announced Thursday he is going to start releasing a million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum preserve for the next six months to control spiking energy costs. The addition to the nation’s fuel supply should impact the price at the pump, which ...

‘Yes men’ won’t tell you what you need to know

Local Editorials

According to an Associated Press report Wednesday, U.S. intelligence officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is getting bad information from his advisors about how things are going for his troops in Ukraine, and how economic sanctions are hurting the country. According to the ...

A question for President Biden regarding oil, gas

Local Editorials

Every so often President Biden makes himself available to the press to ask a question—when he’s not walking to or from a helicopter—and we have a suggestion for the next opportunity: “Mr. President, will you do everything in your regulatory power to make it easier for American ...

Time to get tougher on catalytic converter theft

Local Editorials

The theft of catalytic converters from cars has been growing over the past few years. The converters, part of the emissions control system, are coated with a variety of rare and precious metals to convert unburned hydrocarbons in exhaust into carbon dioxide and water. Thieves ...

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Union given the boot by Mayo employees in Fairmont To the Editor: Two months ago, on Jan. 3, 2022, in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Case Number 18-RD-288362, a petition to push the Teamsters Local 120 union out of Mayo hospital in Fairmont was officially received. ...