GUEST COMMENTARY: Mastersons left positive impact on entire region

Into every person’s life will come an individual or two who truly make a difference. The same can be said for Northwest Indiana as a region.

BILL MASTERSON JR.: Time to name a few names

As you have probably seen in the paper the past few weeks, the Tolleston project (which is remodeling the old Tolleston building into a new Boys & Girls Club) is well underway and should be open for business in October.

Applicants sought for 2 Valpo school board slots

VALPARAISO | Center Township residents interested in being appointed to the school board now have several ways to apply for the job.

Edgewater Systems leader helps organization, youth reach place of growth, change

At first, Danita Johnson Hughes was a bit hesitant to take the lead at Edgewater Systems for Balanced Living in Gary.

Valpo seeking applicants for school board position

VALPARAISO | The council is looking for people interested in being on the Valparaiso School Board. The council appointment is one of two to be made in the coming months.

Valpo School Board hears safety, security ideas

VALPARAISO | The issues of safety and security in the schools should not become less important as recent school shooting events fade into the past, Valparaiso Community Schools Superintendent Michael Berta warned the board and residents Wednesday.

Valpo schools, college program will enable students to skip freshman year at PNC

VALPARAISO | An agreement approved Wednesday by the Valparaiso Community Schools Board with Purdue University North Central will enable Valparaiso High School students to skip their freshman year of college.

DOUG ROSS: In NWI, Pence's plan reinvents wheel

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence is understandably concerned about the need to prepare Hoosier students for 21st century careers. So are people in Northwest Indiana.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Indiana alternatives can help ease energy prices

While many factors contribute to the price we pay at the pump — discovery costs, taxes, refining and distribution, world politics, etc. — it's still largely an issue of supply and demand. There's limited oil supply. Global demand is growing. So the price climbs.

Professional communicators are focused listeners

It's sometimes difficult to identify the true meaning of "professionalism." For this discussion let's use it as originally intended---a worker who accepts only high quality work output, maintains confidentiality, shows strong ethics and works hard. But professionalism also includes the abili…

DOUG ROSS: Next education reforms hinge on dollars, sense

Two driving forces behind education reform spoke last week, and they both addressed two key components of the next phase of reform: dollars and sense.

Northwest Indiana Forum Promotes Region Advantages

Mark Maassel, president and CEO of the Northwest Indiana Forum, makes sure the world knows that NWI is more than just a great place to visit, live, work and raise a family-it's a prime location for private and commercial business/industry.

BILL MASTERSON JR.: One Region, One Vision initiative continues to grow

As we now move into our fifth year of providing an annual progress edition, the One Region, One Vision initiative has continued to evolve from the modest challenge to a movement being embraced on so many levels by many different people and organizations.

EDITORIAL: Replacing Cline is state's responsibility

The state-imposed deadline to come up with a plan to reconstruct the Cline Avenue Expressway bridge has come and gone with no plan.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Help strengthen success of students, future employers

From every possible direction, we see and hear about education. Whether preschool, kindergarten through high school, vocational or college, Hoosiers focus on education. And that is important.

Project to provide choices to guide Indiana's future

If Indiana politicians are looking for the real issues the state needs to address during the 2012 state elections, the Indiana University Public Policy Institute plans to have some suggestions.

Chicagoland Chamber leads report to determine economic impact of tri-state area

The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce is leading an effort with an internationally recognized firm across state lines to analyze the region's combined economic impact.

Lake County is a diverse workplace and playground

Lake County has a broad enough expanse to contain the blast furnaces of Gary Works, the bayous of the Grand Kankakee Marsh, the cat crackers of BP Whiting Refinery and the gaming floors of Hammond's Horseshoe Casino.

Stop the train! NWI wants share of rail boom

Northwest Indiana business leaders want to capitalize on the coming deluge of trains expected to move through the region in the next two decades, but first they have to find a way to get some of those trains to stop here.

LaHood: Rail means jobs

CHESTERTON | U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood made an impassioned pitch Thursday to 300 Northwest Indiana business leaders to become partners with the Obama administration when it comes to high-speed rail.