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Rural health care needs to break cycle

Sometimes it seems like rural communities are caught in a vicious cycle — jobs and amenities are not available that would keep young people there, and as the population declines, the remaining jobs and amenities shrivel, which makes a revival even harder to pull off. A recent story in the ...

Changing the clocks means testing your smoke alarms, too

Daylight saving time begins tomorrow, Sunday, March 10, and the American Red Cross encourages everyone to test their smoke alarms as they turn their clocks forward to make sure the devices are working. “Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a home fire in half as you only have about ...

Data on uterine cancer raising concerns

Women across America have been delivered a wake-up call regarding uterine cancer, but it probably will take at least several years to ascertain how well they have paid attention. Hopefully, women of the Southern Alleghenies region will be among those eventually delivering the message ...

You want to do something that could save lives?

Give blood. Type O is the most needed blood group by hospitals, but donations aren’t keeping up with patient needs, according to the American Red Cross. Type O-positive and O-negative blood are being distributed to hospitals faster than donations are coming in. Red Cross Biomedical ...

Thank you to our highly valued volunteer firefighters

Bob Bowmaster deserves our praise. For 41 years, this gentleman has put himself at risk serving as a volunteer firefighter for his local and neighboring communities in our region. We write about Bob — who was highlighted in photos on Page A1 in this past Thursday’s edition of The ...

King’s messages still reverberate to all who listen

This Monday, Jan. 15, the national holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., some people might be wondering what can be said about him that hasn’t already been said. That’s a fair, logical question, considering how King’s life, speeches, leadership and the goals and causes ...