Opinion

The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.

Opinion: Local news hangs in the balance

By Steve Waldman Report for America The U.S. Senate is now deciding the fate of local news. As part of the Build Back Better Act, the Senate is in the next few days considering an important proposal: providing a payroll tax credit to local news organizations to retain or hire[Read More…]

Why we need a community forum

Brian J. Allfrey Executive Director Utah Press Association I am not sure what I expected our country to look like in 2021, but I certainly did not expect it to be so fractured and so bogged down in hate. My oldest son was a year old on September 11, 2001.[Read More…]

Opinion: The Distressed and Failing Utilities Improvement Act

By Charlotte Lane, chair West Virginia Public Service Committee Last year the West Virginia State Legislature passed the Distressed and Failing Utilities Improvement Act in order to ensure that as many West Virginians as possible have clean, reliable drinking water and sanitary sewer service. Many of the state’s smaller water[Read More…]

Opinion: NRGRDA strategy to prioritize coal-to-products commercialization to revitalize southern West Virginia economy

By Jina Belcher  Ground zero for federal efforts to boost communities reeling from the downturn in coal as a major economic driver is focused on southern West Virginia — where I and many of my close colleagues were born, have lived, studied, and worked our entire lives. Acknowledging that the predominance of coal for power generation is fading, the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA) recognizes that West Virginia continues to have metallurgic-grade[Read More…]

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