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Opinion

  • Best practices by Best Buy best for...

     How many ribbon cutting ceremonies do you attend that have someone translating the words into sign language?

  • BBB Warns: Beware of Super Bowl...

     BBB is warning football fans to be wary of Super Bowl ticket scams. If you're determined to cheer your team on at the Super Bowl in Arlington, Texas on February 6th, don’t just buy tickets. Do your homework first! If you don’t know the seller, you risk falling victim to ticket fraud – and you could end up with no tickets at all!

    Here are some tips from the BBB:

  • Exiting officials deserve praise...

        There’s just a few days left before the calendar turns its next page.
        When January arrives, Bullitt County will lose some good public servants. This happens every election cycle.
        The names may change but their devotion to the community doesn’t.
        At the county level, Thomas Kappel will be leaving as coroner, an office he has served in since the early 1980s. It is a position that doesn’t get a lot of publicity    unless some really bad crimes occur.

  • County can't be bitten by its...

     Instead of calling it a case of biting the hand that feeds you, lets say it is a case of biting the group that has helped you.

  • Welcome to our new, exciting website

        It’s new.

        It’s improved.

        It’s ready to go.

        On Sunday, The Pioneer News unveiled its remodeled and retooled website, www.pioneernews.net

        The first thing you will see is that it is a clean website and it is easy to navigate. I really didn’t know what that meant but several people have already e-mailed me and expressed those comments.

  • Bullitt is caring community indeed

        The generosity of the community can be seen throughout the year in Bullitt County.

  • BBB Tip: Read the Fine Print before...

     According to a recent survey by the National Retail Federation, gift cards will be the most requested gift for the 2010 holiday season. According to market research company TowerGroup, gift cards are an $87 billion industry.

  • Kentucky Department for Public...

     FRANKFORT - Officials with the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) are warning Kentucky food establishments of a nationwide telephone scam targeting restaurants. 

  • State, LWC offer tips for frozen...

     Kentucky Division of Water offers cold weather water pipe protection tips: Prevent pipes from freezing, bursting

  • Tax settlement may solve one issue...

     It was a wonderful thing to hear that there could be a settlement between the city of Shepherdsville and the Southeast Bullitt Fire District.

  • MW takes right route to get views...

     It’s not scientific. It’s not binding.

  • Civil service setup must be altered...

         Nothing we say today is any different than it was three years ago.

  • Time to prove you really care about...

        Next Tuesday is what democracy is all about.

        You have the opportunity to make your voice heard on how you would like your local and federal government to be driven for the next few years.

        There is much discussion about how many people are disenchanted with government. This is nothing new.

  • Police, BBB warn of roof, paving...

    SHEPHERDSVILLE - The buyer should always beware.

    That is the message sent out by the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Department and the Better Business Bureau.

    After a local couple was scammed by a roofing and paving contractor, Det. Scotty McGaha of the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Department said his investigations, along with the BBB, has resulted in five scam operations.

  • Did anyone get the number on that...

        Let us all partake in a polygraph test to determine how many of us knew the outcome of the Nov. 2 elections.

        I knew there were very few races that might even be considered a “lock”. However, I didn’t realize how many people were not pleased with what has happened in recent history in government.

        It was definitely not a good day to be a Democrat or an incumbent.

        The groundswell of discontent spread throughout the country. Few felt it would trickle down to the local level.

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  • Never too soon to get ready for flu

        It’s hard to believe, but flu season is upon us.

        Seasonal Influenza, also known as the flu, is a contagious respiratory illness. This means that it can affect your nose, throat, bronchial tubes, and lungs.

        It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The best way to prevent or lessen the severity of the flu is to be vaccinated every fall.            

  • Simon says, rights slipping away

        Like school kids atop a snow-covered hill during a driving storm - oblivious to conditions around them - so health nannies stand, gleefully ready to push us and our freedoms down a slippery slope leading to a ride that might not offer so much fun.

        I don’t question the motives behind a smoking-ban proposal now under consideration by the Bullitt County Health Department and its Board of Health. They and many - including me - have grave concerns about the health of Kentuckians.

  • Private road issue could be filled...

    Most stories do have two sides. And most issues have at least two sides.

    In the case of whether planners should limit or even prohibit new private roads is a tough issue.

    Recently, a family in Mount Washington was interested in selling a farm. They were not interested in becoming developers.

    They wanted to get rid of the property for the best price to settle an estate.

    The family retained an auction company to do that.

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