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Editorials

Making internet safer requires both government and families

The internet can be wonderful. We are thankful for the additional tools it has given us to keep our region informed on their communities — from our website and social media platforms to video news segments and features. But the internet can be a terrifying place as well. State Attorney ...

Eagles’ rebound fitting for occasion

Eric Beiter, city council president, recently observed that the number of bald eagles in Lycoming County has rebounded. “I remember being a kid growing up and they were nonexistent and now we have quite a few,” Beiter told city council during a recent meeting, as reported in Monday’s ...

Olympics a reminder of value of hard work

While Megan Keller, co-captain for the U.S. women’s hockey team, which won gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics, is from Farmington Hills, a medium-sized Michigan city near Detroit, her parents are from Williamsport and Loyalsock Township. Her grandmother, MaryAnn Keller lives in Williamsport and ...

What other newspapers are saying: Nuclear innovation in the age of AI

As America’s energy demands grow exponentially, the country won’t be able to keep up without more nuclear power. For decades, the climate-friendly industry has been held back by overly burdensome regulations, but that’s beginning to change. In the 1960s, plants took about four years to ...

Higher education deserves real conversation

Sian Leah Beilock, president of Dartmouth College, a private Ivy League research university located in Hanover, N.H., presented a bold assessment of higher education in this country in an opinion article she wrote for the Jan. 26 edition of the Wall Street Journal. No doubt the bold ...