Opinions

Don’t raise rates. The fix is once-a-week service. Save on fuel cost, tipping fees, wages, wear and tear on trucks, streets, less traffic, cleaner air, and less noise.

Maybe Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is bringing me down – or not.

Editorial Cartoon | Feb. 5, 2020

Kobe Bryant managed to remain a local kid with Philly cred long after he left the city for the West Coast.

A truckload of plastics are dumped in the ocean each minute, which yields three Pacific Ocean patches.

Garbage disposal fees in City of Kingman have stayed the same for more than a decade – $19.78 a month for residential customers with 90-gallon receptacles and twice-weekly service.

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Bernie Sanders supporters like to think of themselves as revolutionaries, but what worries Democratic opponents is their more important skill: organizing.

Editorial Cartoon | Feb. 2, 2020

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Readers of fine newspapers may recall that last July I unleashed a tirade titled “Slow drivers: are they driving you insane?”

In tonight’s performance of the presidential campaign, the role of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren will be played by her husband, Bruce Mann.

Miner Editorial | Jan. 31, 2020

It’s an unpaid, appointed position, and an often thankless job. It’s not easy to be a volunteer Mohave County Planning and Zoning Board Commissioner.

It was a great day at the Elks on Jan. 17 with 41 vendor services tables to inform and offer help to veterans in many, many areas: medical, screening vision on site sponsored by the Lions Club, and various employment opportunities including local police force, government services, and housing through HUD/VASH.

A long time ago in a toy box far, far away …

Editorial Cartoon | Jan. 29, 2020

Mohave County Health Coalition to address physicians’ shortage – That’s good about MCC, and helping foreign students with paperwork.

At some point, the national Democratic Party’s leadership will discover a backbone and summon up the courage to sever its connection to Hillary Clinton.

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I must have said it a dozen times since the Democrats’ impeachment miniseries took over our televisions, but I’ll say it again.

Editorial Cartoon | Jan. 26, 2020

Virginia’s 2nd Amendment rally was a huge disappointment for Big Nanny Mike Bloomberg, Gov. Ralph Northam and gun-grabbing busybodies across the nation.

Reading and understanding the Bible can be a daunting and onerous undertaking. Even when translated into modern English, it can still be difficult to comprehend.

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