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Local Editorials

Action needed over rising fertilizer costs

On Tuesday, Rep. Michelle Fischbach joined 96 of her U.S. House colleagues on signing a letter to President Joe Biden demanding action on fertilizer prices. Fertilizer prices have soared 300% since last year. Some of that increase is due to supply chain issues. But now the Russia-Ukraine is ...

Biden needs new advisers, help from Congress

More or less the whole world—including his own advisers on background—has criticized President Biden for his latest gaffe in saying in his Warsaw speech on Saturday that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” There’s no need to pile on. And someone should say that Mr. Biden’s ...

Baseless election claims threaten integrity

Republican officials and other bad actors across the country continue to threaten the integrity of elections with Orwellian rhetoric fueling hostile takeover attempts of nonpartisan fair elections. Dozens of bills have been introduced in 11 states this year calling for reviews of election ...

Et. Cetera

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

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

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 ...