Giving Americans a month less to respond to the 2020 Census may be the most ridiculous proposal to come out of Washington this year. The idea should be discarded. Original plans for the Census called for an Oct. 31 deadline for people to respond to it with information about themselves and ...

Like most other major gatherings this summer, Farmfest was canceled. Instead of thousands of farmers and others interested in agriculture traipsing around the Gillfillan Estate near Morton to look at the latest farming technology and products, and viewing test plots, everyone is staying ...

Kids returning to school Fairmont Area Schools’ leaders spent many hours developing a plan to allow students to return to classrooms this fall, given the COVID-19 pandemic. They also surveyed parents to gauge their thoughts. In the end, Fairmont has chosen in-person learning, a plan ...

In many respects, COVID-19 is all the U.S. health care system can handle, and more. As of Thursday, 159,000 Americans had succumbed to the disease. Though enormous progress has been made since the pandemic first breached U.S. defenses last winter, challenges remain. Among them is processing ...

Russia and other foreign foes continue to probe election mechanisms and the political network in this country in attempts to find ways to commit mischief electronically, it is being reported. With the presidential election three months away, that comes as no surprise. The vast majority of ...

Mistrust of law enforcement has become widespread to the point of becoming dangerous. One need not be a defender of the tiny minority of “bad cops” to recognize that. Of course they need to be purged from police and sheriff’s departments. George Floyd’s brutal death at the hands of a ...