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Eminent domain should always be a last resort

Two local municipalities appear to be headed for a legal battle over an issue that almost certainly could have been resolved by negotiation. On May 23, the Jackson Townsh...

June 06, 2024 Our Opinion

As study shows drowning deaths increasing, value must be placed on water safety

Trends over recent years indicate drowning deaths are increasing in the United States, showing just how important water safety and affordable swim lessons are for people ...

June 05, 2024 Our Opinion

The expensive push to create humanlike AI is wasted effort

Scarlett Johansson’s voice is unmistakable — a smoky alto with an undercurrent of steel. So, when OpenAI demonstrated its latest ChatGPT voice assistant, “Sky,” last week...

June 05, 2024 Other Voices

Our civic confidence is at an all-time low. How do we build momentum?

I was recently in northern Colorado for a series of campaign events in Loveland and Fort Collins. Separated by just a few miles along Highway 287, each is home to differe...

June 04, 2024 Other Voices

The little-noted recognition of women veterans

On Saturday, Eagle staff writer, Golden Quill winner and U.S. military veteran Zach Petroff was on hand at the American Legion Post 778 in Butler Township for the second ...

June 04, 2024 Our Opinion

Post-apartheid South Africa: 30 years forward

As an African American and a Christian cleric, I have long been inspired by the struggle for freedom and justice in South Africa. The history of racial segregation and in...

June 03, 2024 Other Voices

Opening up about childhood sexual abuse may help others

In the weekend edition of the Eagle, staff writer Molly Miller told us the story of Kyrsten Shapiro, who offered her story of childhood sexual abuse “in hopes it will hel...

June 03, 2024 Our Opinion

4 years of no mail delivery

We in Hilliards know what the people in Renfrew feel. But wait — it gets better. We had our post office closed. We travel to Boyers to get our mail, a 10-mile round trip ...

June 01, 2024 Letters to the Editor

It is a truth universally acknowledged that with great tragedies come numerous lawsuits, and the atrocities of Oct. 7 are no different. After Hamas terrorists breached an...

June 01, 2024 Other Voices

Clara Bow article misguided

The recent Butler Eagle article about Clara Bow’s life describing it as an example of “a victory march,” “a woman ahead of her time,” “the figurehead of American feminism...

June 01, 2024 Letters to the Editor

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