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What other newspapers are saying: Agriculture workforce bill a step in right direction

A couple weeks ago, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig met with southwest Minnesota farmers in Marshall for a roundtable discussion on the challenges they presently face to survive in the agriculture business. Craig’s roundtable discussion took place many miles from her congressional district. But she is running against Peggy Flanagan in the DFL primary race for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Tina Smith. So it made sense for Craig to spend some time in southern Minnesota. She deserves some credit for not making the trip all about an election campaign. And her discussion with farmers dived ...

Historical society deserves thanks for service

“The spirit of kindness and resiliance remains one of the lasting legacies of this tragedy,” Julie Quick, a member of the General John Burrowes Historical Society of Montoursville recently told the audience of a memorial service. The service, reported on in Monday’s edition, marked the ...

Parents should heed this cautionary tale of e-bikes

Canonsburg police are to be commended for taking a proactive approach in an effort to avert certain disaster from occurring on borough roadways. In the wake of an accident that could have had tragic consequences, police took to social media to urge parents to educate themselves about electric bikes and motorcycles. The warning came after two children – ages 8 and 12 – were injured when their e-bikes collided with a motorist in a parking lot. “It’s a big problem, not just here in the borough but everywhere,” police Chief Alex Coghill told the Observer-Reporter, Washington ...

What other newspapers are saying: World must open eyes to horrors in Sudan

Five months after the United Nations reported acts of genocide in Sudan, another human rights catastrophe may be imminent. The Rapid Support Forces, a rebel group that controls parts of the country and has a history of committing atrocities, has gathered outside El Obeid, a strategically important city, and nearly encircled it. About 600,000 people are facing severe shortages of food, water and medicine, and the R.S.F. has already killed some civilians through drone attacks. “The signs from El Obeid are clear and unmistakable: Another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in ...

Scaling back of monuments a necessary balance

The Trump Administration has rolled back the size of two national monuments in Utah, Bear’s Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. As initially delegated as monuments by the Obama Administration, the landmarks covered an area nearly the size of Connecticut. The reduction in the monuments’ ...

City’s leaders still neglecting needed numbers

In December of 2025, Williamsport City Council approved a budget for 2026. Even with a tax increase on homeowners, that budget relied in part on the assumption that the condemned building at 245 W. Fourth St. would be sold. Now, nearly 30 weeks later, the matter of even accepting bids for ...