Nungesser: Minden in the HGTV spotlight

North Louisiana will get a chance to shine with the upcoming television show Home Town Kickstart, premiering on HGTV on Sunday, April...

McHugh David: The money is there – time to drop the excuses

One wonders when the people of Louisiana will officially be tired of the ongoing discussions at the legislature over infrastructure – including...

Analysis: Constitutional convention talk growing louder

So many of the rules controlling Louisiana’s taxes and government spending are locked up in the state constitution that some lawmakers think it’s time...

Letter: Changes in the downtown laws are necessary

It does appear changes in the laws authorizing the Minden Downtown Development Commissioners are necessary. There is an expression “skin in the game”...

Specht: Why not Minden?

“There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why...

Democratic Party Falling Apart

Editorial Cartoon By Verval Ramsey

Take your bill and go home

For a legislator, the only thing worse than having your colleagues radically alter a bill of yours against your wishes is then to fail...

Downtown Minden business rescues newspaper publisher

In this Amazon, Wayfair, Zappos world, many folks may not think where you do business matters. Well, when it came to a...

Specht: Let’s help the RTI reach its full potential

Last week, the Minden-South Webster Chamber of Commerce formally showed support for ongoing efforts to fund next phase of the Regional Training Institute (RTI)...

Royal Alexander: Supreme Court agrees to hear Mississippi abortion case

This past Monday the Supreme Court agreed to hear the legal defense by the state of Mississippi of its limit on abortion...