As the editor of this newspaper, I’ve heard countless times in recent months that Jefferson County, in our most recent presidential election, leaned strongly to the right, with two-thirds of voters ...

A recent edition of The Monitor published two letters to the editor. One admonished the paper for not sticking to local news, accusing it of becoming a “leftist literary opinion magazine.” The other ...

As you drive along your hometown roads and gaze out your window, you might notice clusters of small white flowers. This persistent perennial, known as whitetop, or hoary cresses (Lepidium drabae), is ...