by James Ritch | Sep 26, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: To all those wondering, I am the 60-year-old Painter woman who was stabbed the night of Aug. 25. I want to address this issue because it was my daughter who wielded the knife, yet it was not my daughter. She has a mental illness that led to this and it...
by James Ritch | Sep 26, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: 2020 has been a year of unprecedented events impacting the globe in a way that many of us have never seen. In a time where one would imagine people rallying together to overcome our common plight, instead we are seeing amazing shows of divisiveness....
by James Ritch | Sep 26, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: This letter is in response to Ms. McGuire’s letter of Aug. 28 (“Trump Hasn’t Evolved”). Black Lives Matter started after the totally justified Ferguson police killing during the Obama administration. And with Antifa, which grew dramatically during that...
by James Ritch | Sep 26, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: In his letter of Aug. 28, Mr. John Woolaver makes a valid point with regard to the confusion surrounding absentee voting and voting by mail. Between misleading statements by our president and mailings from groups like the Center for Voter Information,...
by James Ritch | Sep 25, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — Gov. Ralph Northam and First Lady Pam Northam have tested positive for COVID-19. The Northams on Wednesday evening were notified that a member of the governor’s official residence staff, who works closely in the Northams’ living quarters, had...
