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Our View: Improving jobless rate could be good for teens

California is by no means out of its recession, but the state does continue to show signs of life again. One of those signs is the year-over-year employment rate for the area.

 

Our View: Incubator program worth a try

For fledgling entrepreneurs who truly are looking to take their businesses to the next step, a business incubation program might just be the way to go. Recently the city of El Centro has taken to marketing its program...

 

Our View: Betty Jo McNeece change means obsolescence

The county of Imperial is really headed in the right direction with Betty Jo McNeece Receiving Home, as it continues to find ways to make it obsolete.

Our View: Children reap the benefits of fathers who are involved

Fathers tend to get short shrift when it comes to holidays designated for parents. Mothers around here have two holidays to choose from: Mexican Mother’s Day on May 10 and American Mother’s Day, which falls...

 

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Our View: Downtown Mexicali work good for us

Mexicali has always had the unique distinction of having one of the only downtowns along the U.S.-Mexico border that immediately finds itself abutting another downtown, Calexico.

Our View: Local solar hiring numbers in

A job is a job in a tough economy, and even a temporary job is nothing to sniff at.

Our View: Surveillance measures: How far is too far?

We willingly drank the Kool-Aid.

Our View: Our elders deserve to be treated with dignity, respect

One of the more saddening things to be revealed during the county’s first-ever Elder Abuse Conference was just how much of a problem elder abuse is. One reason that this indelible fact may have escaped many of us...