Make your voice heard on route upgrades
Columbus offers a variety of routes for pedestrians and bicycle riders to travel to reach points of interest, work or school, or to use...
Don’t silence issue: Be willing to discuss suicide
Our youth do wonderful things. They work hard, excel in so many different arenas and challenge us to be at our best. Hardly a...
Work together to resolve differences
Sometimes I wonder if these times are filled with more conflict, or is it the normal state of things. We seem to have our...
Want to feel welcomed in community? Just ‘Engage’
Engage Columbus’ mission is to connect residents — whether new or lifelong — to the information, resources, opportunities and people that will make them...
Letter: Haw Creek remains disaster waiting to happen
From: John Boldt
Columbus
This letter may sound like sour grapes, but so be it. The fact remains that Haw...
Letter: Preventing suicide everyone’s responsibility
From: Dr. Sherm Franz (Community Mental Health Team co-chairman), Dr. David Rau, Dr. Michael Stark, Nicole Allen, Roger Brinkman, Debbie Early, Mary Ferdon, Annette...
Letter: Collaboration needed in budgeting process
From: Matthew A. Myers, Bartholomew County sheriff
Columbus
I entered the 2016 budgeting process, my first since being elected sheriff,...
Long-term investors: Let short-term volatility be your friend
Investors have endured a brutal couple weeks — the worst period since 2011.
Predictably, front page headlines and breathless lead news stories...
Chickens have no place as pets in city
Issues regarding animals typically don’t find their way onto a Columbus City Council agenda, but there is one that the council needs to address...
Politicians failing us on economy, putting nation’s future in jeopardy
A couple of months ago, the Congressional Budget Office issued a sobering report on the U.S. economy’s long-term prospects. Not to put too fine...
