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Jefferson County Leader - Dec. 18

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AI makes it increasingly difficult to know what’s real
Columns
Featured Top Story

AI makes it increasingly difficult to know what’s real

  • By Sarah Lerch
  • Jul 10, 2025
  • 3 min to read

More and more, people are using artificial intelligence (AI), especially in their social media feeds. While the advancement of AI over the las…

Will unbridled Twitter do more harm than good?
Columns
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Will unbridled Twitter do more harm than good?

  • By Tony Krausz
  • May 12, 2022

The simultaneous celebration and handwringing following Elon Musk’s announcement that he will purchase Twitter has stirred a debate about the …

ICYMI: Two years of life with COVID-19
Coronavirus
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ICYMI: Two years of life with COVID-19

  • By Katelyn Mary Skaggs
  • Mar 24, 2022

When Jefferson County marked its second year of dealing with the

Local residents receive strange text messages, phone calls, letters containing election misinformation, county clerk says
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Local residents receive strange text messages, phone calls, letters containing election misinformation, county clerk says

  • By Steve Taylor
  • Nov 7, 2016

This long, strange election season is lurching toward its inevitable conclusion tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 8), and, befitting the tone of the cam…

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• Jefferson County Leader: ISSN 3064-948X (Print) ISSN 3064-9498 (Online) • Arnold-Imperial Leader: ISSN 2998-078X (Print) ISSN 2998-0798 (Online) • West Side Leader: ISSN 2998-0828 (Print) ISSN 2998-0836 (Online) • Eureka Leader: ISSN 2998-0801 (Print) ISSN 2998-081X (Online)

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