Opinion
- Letter: 'Kind, giving community' thanked
- Recently, three community members, Mrs. Brott, Mrs. Otterson and Mrs. Mudd, got together and planned something wonderful to support our community's children. With budget crunches at home and school, the classrooms of Murdock Elementary were... Full story
- Letter: Food kitchen has grown with community support
- The Willows Food Kitchen wants to show their appreciation and gratitude to Connie Prinz, staff and Curve's members for their generous donation of $669. What an enormous fundraiser they did for the Willows Food Kitchen.
The Christmas tree was... Full story
- Letter: Seniors say thank you for nutrition social
- Willows Senior Nutrition site would like to thank everyone that made the ice cream social possible in 2009.
We would like to thank the Elk ladies for their cash donations; Glennis Wilbur and Milt Gordon for entertainment; Darlene Thur for the... Full story
- Letter: Former teacher says Tudesko expulsion harsh
- The Willows school board decision to expel a 16-year-old student for having an unloaded shotgun in his truck, parked off campus, appears to be hysterical overkill.
I hope the Glenn County Board of Education will take a less reactionary approach,... Full story
- Letter: Senior housing topic of community forum
- We are trying to reach seniors, boomers and young adults about concerns of senior housing.
There is a grassroots effort at this time to get help to build a new senior facility in Willows. What we need now is interest and communication; spread the... Full story
- Our View: Rolling along, nowhere fast
- California's implausible, unneeded and increasingly costly high-speed rail project will be injected with $2.25 billion of taxpayer money by the Obama administration.
This money is as likely to be squandered as the $9 billion in bonds voters... Full story
- Ron Hart: Pontificator in chief strikes again
- President Obama opened his State of the Union speech/lecture with the obligatory, "I am happy to report that the state of our Union is strong." As any entertainer will tell you, it is smart to start with a good joke.
A friend told me that Obama... Full story
- John Stossel: Big government's cronies win again
- Many window-making companies struggle because of the recession's effect on home building. But one little window company, Serious Materials, is "booming," says Fortune. "On a roll," according to Inc. magazine, which put Serious' CEO on its cover,... Full story
- Our view: 3 ways to avoid tax hikes
- Proposed initiatives seek taxpayers' signatures
California taxpayers will have an opportunity to come to their own rescue by supporting one or more of three new proposed ballot initiatives approved this week to begin gathering signatures. Each... Full story
- Ron Hart: Calling the shots from a cave
- Osama bin Laden, who makes more disturbing tapes than Paris Hilton and is similarly fighting to remain relevant, reappeared recently to take credit for the Nigerian crotch bomber's failed mission to Detroit. I predict that in his next missive, Osama... Full story