Editorials

The grand American experiment, the oldest continuous republic in the world, is still going — and still experimenting — after 250 years. We are a people joined together not by shared heritage or shared faith or even shared fear, but a nation bound by principles of freedom, equality and justice. They are principles that we…

Perhaps the most remarkable part of the opposition to the White Cloud Acres data center project is the wide spectrum of people it has brought together. Members of Nodaway Says No, the grassroots organization that opposes the data center, run the gamut from the most progressive left-wing socialist to the most conservative right-wing MAGA supporter.…

Determining where you stand on the White Cloud Acres data center project comes down to balancing the concerns raised by those against it with the tax benefits. The problem is, we’re working with incomplete information. Scale Microgrids, the project’s developer, estimates that over the next 35 years, the project will generate more than $1.1 billion…

The calendar may say we’ve got a few weeks until summer, but nothing says summer quite like the sweat on a cold drink in the evening sunset while taking in family entertainment. Our summer kicks off in earnest this weekend with Maryville Parks and Recreation’s first Concert in the Park of the season. Starting with…

Last month, we, like many of you, read with interest an article in our newspaper about volunteers working to restore the Weathermon and Whiteford/Groves cemeteries near Guilford. We are always heartened and proud to see our community members step up to take care of our shared heritage. Unfortunately, that is the only way many of…

Too often in today’s society, we take certain things for granted and that things that have always happened are just going to continue because that’s the way it’s always been. This past weekend serves as a reminder that some people sacrifice for the good of all people in this country. Those brave men and women…

Our state legislators so rarely stand before their constituents and tell us how they are representing us at the Capitol. So on Tuesday, we encourage everyone who has an issue they feel strongly about to attend the Legislative Coffee event hosted by the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce at 9 a.m. in the Nodaway County…

We applaud the prompt action of the Maryville R-II school board and administration in immediately giving raises to teachers and staff following the passage of Proposition Spoofhounds. The across-the-board six-percent raise demonstrates the district’s commitment to ensuring Maryville is a place where the best want to work and stay. It also shows that voters are…

It’s Graduation Season in Nodaway County. In many ways, graduation is the last milestone we have marking adulthood: We begin on one side of the stage as one person, and by the time we reach the other side, find ourselves as someone else. So for those who have already walked across a stage or two,…

The horrendous murder of two people near Skidmore earlier this month stirred up the kind of self-reflection that so many of us would rather not have. Perhaps that’s why many people preferred to talk about Skidmore as a place where bad things happen — or to debate whether “Skidmore” was where it even happened at…