Breaking News

Opinion

Readers' Views

Letters to the Editor

Irresponsible American government leaders To the editor: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a legal resident of the United States. He is just like you or me. Recently, the United States authorities abducted him by mistake and sent him to a concentration camp in El Salvador. The government thought he was a terrorist. The U.S. government refuses to return the man to the United States. People are trying to stop the United States government in its action against Mr. Garcia by going through the courts. “The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons ...

Et. Cetera

Local Editorials

In split vote, city keeps engineer In a 3-2 vote on Monday, the Fairmont City Council decided to go with its current engineer, Bolton & Menk, after considering two other firms. While discussion and even debate is healthy, the city council has an infamous history of split votes. More concerning in this case though, was some of the language thrown at the local firm as words like ‘complacent’ were used. It’s been said in the community, and even by some councilors, that Fairmont isn’t a business friendly community and the way that some councilors spoke about Bolton & Menk ...

Readers' Views

Letters to the Editor

FACC’s community center agreement with Fairmont To the editor: The September 2024 draft agreement the FACC had drawn up by their lawyers states who owns and operates the CC. This agreement is between Fairmont City, FACC, and The FACC Holding Company, yes, there is a third entity. Fairmont city will not own the CC building, just the land, which the city leases to FACC, then FACC leases it back to Fairmont. The length of the lease is 20 years. Section 17: Early Termination of This Lease, lays out what the city must do if we desire to terminate the agreement early. It is most ...

Readers' Views

Letters to the Editor

Is beautification of streets important? To the editor: How many people will decide to live in a town based on “beautification” of the streets? We need and are lucky that the street is going to be improved. Opinions fly about high taxes, so let’s not spend extra money on something only a few will pay attention to. We agree that doing Prairie Ave. to Downtown would look like there wasn’t enough money to do the job properly. Kurt and Lori Schlomann Fairmont

Readers' Views

Letters to the Editor

Why is administration in Washington D.C. so concerned about DEI? To the editor: DEI stands “diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) which … “are organizational frameworks that seek to promote the fair treatment and full participation of all people, particularly groups who have historically been underrepresented or subject to discrimination based on identity or disability. (Wikipedia citation, March 26, 2025) What does that mean? It means that people should be nice to each other. It means that people should respect one another because we are all human beings with the same ...

Readers' Views

Letters to the Editor

Thanks for your support To the editor: We’d like to take the opportunity to say thank you to our friends, family and patrons for making our retirement open house another great memory. Also, thank you to our local news outlets for a brief history and coverage of our retirement plans. Thank you for the support from our homes which allowed us to put in the time necessary to keep the business operating. Thank you to all our vendors, making sure materials were available. So many people, businesses, the community all made it possible for Nick’s Body Shop to be in business for 42 ...