OPINION: Take creative risks and blaze your own trail, artists
By Frankie Shayne Reports from the Scene Have you ever just looked around and wondered how you got where you’re at? Of course, we…
Opinion
LETTER: Free advice for Michael Glenn
Free advice is seldom much appreciated. Cities prefer a high-profile consultant to advise them, paying an exorbitant fee, only to do as the local…
LETTER: Ulster Project encourages teens to grow
Every parent hopes their teenager will grow into a confident, compassionate, and capable adult. We look for opportunities that help our children develop responsibility,…
OPINION: Hutchinson is bringing me back into the journalism game
By Jared Janzen Local Yokel Reporter Hello readers, it’s Jared. I’m one of the new full-time reporters who just joined the Tribune’s staff. I…
OPINION: Scrutinizing development isn’t anti-business
As the Hutchinson City Council deliberated over temporary regulations for data centers and battery energy storage systems (BESS) during its July 7 meeting, Council…
OPINION: Escape turned escape room: celebrating 5 years of sobriety
By Cat Poland Better Off Said It was the summer of 2021. Covid was raging, and I had just finished a year of intense…
OPINION: Across the mitten
By Glenn Koster Walking Through Life One of the realities of walking through life is that you will often encounter difficulties that will leave…
OPINION: Football is just around the corner
By Richard Shank Shank’s Scoop Several decades after graduating from Kansas State’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, it is still exhilarating to visit…
OPINION: My year as a hellion
By Brendan Ulmer Ulmer Uncensored Childhood is like a mud race, nobody comes out clean. Whether we’d like to admit it or not, we…
OPINION: Dang it: I’m excited for the fair
By Ben Godina Temporary Secretary I spent several hours last week covering the Reno County Fair. Walking between the few buildings the 4-H kids…