Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Statistics and are they true?
Dear Editor, To D.E. and others --- Thus: total abortions 1973 – 2021 – 63,459,781 -- from a google search. That is 48 years. Thus 63,4...
Letter the Editor: Leading cause of death
Dear Editor:What is the leading cause of death in the U. S. of A?1.Cancer2.Heart disease3 Fentanyl laced drugs for an open Southern Border4 None of the aboveNumber 4 is correct. The real an...
Government 101
I suppose you are probably tired of hearing about what the Benton County Supervisors did THIS time. Quite frankly, I'm tired of writing about it or caring about it. As a matter of fact, I was just goi...
Dear K
Dear K,Oh, I just love a good mystery. When your letter arrived in my post office box and it reeked of past drama, I had a hint of which camp that it was from. My issue was that I wasn't sure just whi...
Letter to the Editor: Time for Some Honesty About Water Rates
Dear Editor, On February 8, the City will, or already did (depending on when you read this), raise water and sewer rates. The citizens have been told that rate increases are needed to replace the...
Quilts of Valor and Vinton loses a special lady
Last October I had a call from Rita Moore. She was really excited about the quilt that she was going to present at the Veteran's Assembly at the school. "I'm going to be presenting a quilt to Dr. Song... 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
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 ...