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Opinion

JCC Makes Interesting Decision With College Connections

In Our Opinion

Jamestown Community College officials are proposing a change to its College Connections program. The program is a collaboration between JCC and partner high schools in the region that allows high school students to earn JCC course credit. The content, assignments, projects, and assessments ...

Jamestown Cruise-In Once Again Saved From Chopping Block

In Our Opinion

The Downtown Jamestown Cruise-In leads a charmed life. The longtime event was nearly canceled roughly a decade ago after the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation decided it could no longer organize the event. The Jamestown Chamber of Commerce, now known as CHQ Chamber, stepped in to save the ...

Chadakoin River Dredging A Victim Of Gridlock

In Our Opinion

State and federal politicians have spent the past seven months lobbing accusations back and forth about how federal policy will hurt those who depend on federal programs. But last week we were reminded again that often, the thing that hurts local residents the most is politics itself. At ...

How Times Have Changed!

Local Commentaries

I got a message on Facebook that said – and I am paraphrasing here- If you grew up in the era where you went out each morning and did not come home until dark you grew up in the best of times. I think that is true. When I think back to the way it was when I grew up, I am in awe of the ...

What’s The Next Wave Of Niche Businesses For Jamestown

In Our Opinion

It took years of painstaking work for Jamestown’s first cannabis dispensary to open. Lifted is set to celebrate its first anniversary in August - but in the past year the Main Street shop has been joined by Bob Natural Cannabis Dispensary on East Second Street, the Yeti Greenery in the ...

There’s Hope For Jamestown Yet

Local Commentaries

I’ve come back to visit my roots and am staying in a friend’s home on Lower Swede Hill. I grew up in Jamestown, graduated from JHS, and then went off to college. Like most of my friends, I settled elsewhere. I’ve lived in Tacoma Washington since 1974 and visited Jamestown only ...