editorials

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos and buffalo chips this week:

Voters in Jamestown decided Tuesday to make a change in leadership, although the new face in the mayor’s office will be familiar to many residents. Dwaine Heinrich defeated incumbent Katie Andersen, who was seeking her third term. Heinrich is a former candidate for mayor and previously...

This editorial appeared in Monday's, June 11, Washington Post. Days after the suicide of renowned fashion designer Kate Spade, chef and world-traveling TV storyteller Anthony Bourdain was found dead in a hotel room in France, another apparent suicide. Spade was 55, Bourdain was 61,...

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos this week: *Bravo to the record turnout of participants in the 11th annual Running of the Pink in Jamestown. The event on June 2 drew 710 registered participants, 121 more than registered in 2016, when the last record was set with 589 registrants....

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos and a buffalo chip this week: *Buffalo chip to the recent increase in gas prices. GasBuddy.com, a gasoline price website, reported that the average price for a gallon of gas in North Dakota was $2.85 a gallon on May 29. That price is 49.7 cents...

Today is Memorial Day, a day best spent honoring those who died while serving our country in times of war and conflict. Originally a day to honor all those who died fighting for the north in the Civil War, by the time it became an official federal holiday in 1968, the holiday spread...

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos and a buffalo chip this week:*Bravo to Dina Laskowski of Jamestown, who received the North Dakota State Literacy Award at the North Dakota Reading Association Spring Conference last month in Bismarck. Laskowski retired recently from the University...

Charlie Kourajian’s retirement from the Jamestown City Council in 2016 was called the “end of an era” by one of his fellow council members. At the time, he had served 40 years of the past 42 years as either a city councilman or mayor of Jamestown. Kourajian, who died May 19...

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos this week:

With Gov. Larry Hogan's signature on a bill, Maryland last week joined Washington and New York as one of the few states requiring insurance companies to be more diligent before insuring the lives of children. Like those states, Maryland was spurred to act by a high-profile instance...

A year ago (May 3, 2017) the Herald opined — nay, wished — for a downtown grocery store that would become a focal point of future renovation in urban Grand Forks. The editorial appeared in the days around the closing of Amazing Grains, the small co-op store that provided about...

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos this week: *Bravo that work has finally begun to fix a collapsing road at Frontier Village. Work on the road has been needed for years and is expected to be completed by Memorial Day, the start of the tourist season.

In the world of public speaking, it’s good to know your audience. Saturday at the North Dakota Newspaper Association convention, an example of not knowing the audience created an awkward moment for candidates for North Dakota’s seat in the U.S. House. During their debate, Republican...

Press freedom is a sentinel in a democracy, not only in the watchdog and accountability role but also as an indicator of whether the democracy is healthy. The significance of this year’s World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders, is not only that journalists...

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos this week: *Bravo to Howard Larson, deputy chief of the Jamestown Fire Department, who is retiring after 43 years of service. An open house was held Friday to honor Larson. *Bravo to Detective Dale Ackland of the Jamestown Police Department,...