Author: The Reporter-Herald Editorial Board

In the year 2020, Labor Day takes on a new meaning. Start with those two words that entered the lexicon this year: “essential workers.” The people we sometimes took for granted — grocery clerks, truckers delivering supplies and the all-important medical profession — stepped to the front lines as everyday work life changed when COVID-19…

Sometimes, even though it will be painful, you have to rip the Band-Aid off to let healing progress. The Thompson R2-J School District’s Board of Directors deserves praise for doing just that Thursday night when they firmly stated that the district must and will change the mascots at two Loveland schools that are seen as…

Looking for some entertaining summer television viewing? The last hour of last Tuesday’s Loveland City Council meeting was riveting, although also at times, as Councilor John Fogle carefully put it, “a fertilizer show.” The council, like the country, is grappling with big issues — ethics, racism (ageism and sexism also were mentioned), First Amendment rights,…