To the Editor: It’s so sad to read about the closing of area personal care homes. I feel sorry for the people in them and their families. Where will they go? How far away will they have to go if there...

THE TRAGIC SCENES from Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction are nothing short of heartbreaking. In the week and a half since it made landfall, subjecting coastlines across the Southeast to storm sur...

NEW PROGRAMS in government often are nothing new at all. They are frequently just repackaged versions of previous ideas. When the opioid settlement with states and counties across the country was anno...

To the Editor: Donald Trump called out who was coming across our border along with people legitimately seeking asylum. He said murderers, rapists, thieves, and more, were just walking in. The left has...

The fundamental problem with Kamala Harris’s campaign promises is that she has served as vice president of the United States for nearly four years. All those things she is out on the campaign trail pl...

By MATT BROWN AND LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Black registered voters have an overwhelmingly positive view of Vice President Kamala Harris, but they’re less sure that she would c...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Kashmir’s biggest political party opposed to India’s stripping of the region’s semi-autonomy won the most seats in a local election, official data showed Tuesday, in a vote seen...

“So What?” According to special counsel Jack Smith, that was Donald Trump expressing his trademark compassion, care and concern for his vice president, Mike Pence, who was being threatened by the Jan....

By SCOTT BAUER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) — Donald Trump on Sunday visited Wisconsin for the fourth time in eight days as his campaign showers attention on a pivotal st...

ON NOV. 5, Pennsylvanians will turn out by the millions to cast ballots for offices including state legislators, a couple of Pennsylvania row offices, federal representatives and a U.S. senator. Oh ye...

Last weekend, Donald Trump delivered what even he admitted was a “dark” speech. Beyond the usual nonsense about America ceasing to exist if he loses, he called immigrants here illegally “vile animals”...

Kamala Harris has shrewdly resisted pressures from the left to adopt policies that might alienate moderate swing voters. But on one issue, the Democratic nominee has bowed to liberal orthodoxy: advoca...

AMERICANS GENERALLY understand the idea of risk and the importance of mitigation. We have fire departments because we like things like Christmas lights, s’mores and deep-fried turkeys, and all of thos...

To balance out her being a DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) hire, Kamala Harris needed a regular white guy as her running mate. Unfortunately, the Democratic Party doesn’t have any of those, so H...

By AAMER MADHANI, ZEKE MILLER AND THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A trio of new trials — a devastating hurricane, expanding conflict in the Mideast and a dockworkers strike that thr...

THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION Association (NFPA) has officially announced the theme for Fire Prevention Week 2024: “Smoke Alarms: Make Them Work for You!” This important event will take place from Oct....

The editorial department of the Mon Valley Independent encourages letters to the editor. Letters must be no more than 500 words, must be in good taste and must include the author’s name, town of resid...

To the Editor: As we consider which presidential candidate to vote for this election, I think we should consider whether we are insane or not. Self-help groups define “insanity” as doing the same thin...

The Republican Party had something of a nervous breakdown after the 2012 election, when GOP challenger Mitt Romney lost to incumbent President Barack Obama. Some Republicans had convinced themselves t...

To the Editor: Most Americans have an immigrant origin story. Mine is Croatian. And Charleroi. It is a story with a lesson: Those who now come to America properly in search of a better life deserve th...