Opinion

Fired Board of Health gets, "You Can't Fight City Hall" Plaques

Updated:In a move that is quite frankly a bit odd, the Benton County Board of Supervisors presented the fired Board of Health members with a plaque at Tuesday's Board of Supervisor meeting.I'm not sur...

Letter to the Editor: I believe in Climate Change

I also believe:  Bill Gates and John Kerry are friends of the little man.The people attending the meetings in Davos are looking out for my interests. There is no lawfare in the USA.Fani Willis is a...

Letter to the Editor: Climate vs. Weather

Editor: Do you remember your geography studies from Elementary School?  I remember studding the various countries the borders climate, major crops and exports, and their religion. ...

Snowplows, drivers, water mains, those that do work in these conditions

A plow clearing Highway 218 northwest of Vinton last week. The storms that came through Benton County put a strain on the plows like nothing we've seen, probably in my lifetime. With two foot of snow and temperatures that froze the snow solid, the roads were ...

The driveway dilema...

Ice and I have an agreement. "Don't tread on me," says the ice, "and I won't throw you on the ground and give you a concussion." I have a lot of respect for that. So that is where the quandary of what...

Letter to the Editor: Where are the standards?

To The Editor,As someone who occasionally submits comments to the opinion page, I would like to ask the editor to abide by their own rules that are placed on the “Leave a Comment” page which a per...

Letter to the Editor: Re: Digestive Gases

Editor:Previous article digestive gases:  Thus:DE:  your post; firstly I never said I did auto body work.  However I built an airplane out of aluminum and fiberglass.  And after si...

Candidate Ryan Binkley moves up to 4th place in the race with 765 votes, sorta

Immediately following the release of the caucus results and the announcement that Vivek Ramaswamy was dropping out, presidential "candidate" Ryan Binkley announced that he was now in the top four. The...

The tale of an emotional tummy

I always say, "If it makes me laugh, you're going to hear about it." This one made me laugh. I have a four-year-old granddaughter who I think is sometimes too smart for her own good. I forget that she...

So much for a light news day and the final day of Caucus Season

Thinking that because of a holiday, snowstorm, etc, there really wouldn't be much to put out, but apparently, I was wrong. In addition to the lengthy email, a "bonus" email went out over the weekend w...
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