Opinion

We started out as community newspaper owners in 1984, in Yates Center, in our 20s (four decades ago - ugh) and if you’re old enough to remember the Kansas economy of the mid-1980s  then you remember the economy at that time was not very good. In fact, it was bad. It was so bad that Yates Center...
Among the many positive things happening in the community in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the good work of the Jackson County Community Foundation.  The JCCF, re-organized last year, has been partnering with the Holton First Baptist Church and the Holton/Jackson County Chamber of...
One of the many lessons learned from COVID-19, from a business standpoint, is the value of utilizing our local banks throughout the year. As was noted in last week’s story about the federal government’s Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) loans, having a good relationship with a local bank may have been...
Lessons learned today may help keep our country safe in the future. It is not as difficult to shut down the U.S. society and economy as one may have thought, after all. As we consider how to move forward after COVID-19 someday, it’s important to take stock of what we’ve learned as a country from...
Editor’s note: I have no idea who wrote the following “Advice From An Old Farmer’’ or when, or where I found it, but I think there’s something in here for just about everyone today wondering what to think about the coronavirus. *Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. *Keep...
We will never know if the drastic measures we are taking now will make all the difference in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, but we will second-guess ourselves, if we don’t do all we can. The fact that Kansas has closed schools this week is another indication of the severity of the...

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