An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — North Central West Virginia is rapidly evolving into one regional marketplace — from Weston to the Pennsylvania state line. It’s anchored by Morgantown in the North and Clarksburg/Bridgeport in the South. Fairmont sits in the middle of the market. WVU is[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Western coal’s unfair, taxpayer-supported advantage
An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here’s an explanation for West Virginia’s coalfield woes that you don’t hear every day: Western coal is so cheap and impossible to compete with because the federal government undercharges companies for the privilege of mining on public land. That means, while West[Read More…]
Town of Milton right to drop annexation attempt
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Annexation laws in West Virginia are relatively restrictive when compared with those of many other states. Unless a majority of residents in a given area want to be annexed to a city or village or there is some overriding reason that serves the[Read More…]
Leaders must address issues that hold back state
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The success of neighboring Ohio in attracting business development projects related to the oil and gas industry is something to be commended and, in the case of West Virginia, to be envied. Ohio’s economic development team is obviously on the ball, and has[Read More…]
Timing bad for Legislature’s ‘scaled back’ tank law
An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN — It was broken and the Legislature fixed it. Then, once it was actually working, the Legislature “fixed it” again. Now it appears lawmakers should have quit fixing it when they were ahead. In January 2014, a chemical spill contaminated the drinking water for 300,000 people,[Read More…]
W.Va. development agency counting lots of base hits
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While big events make headlines, routine successes don’t often attract much attention. The same can be said in baseball, where grand slams — a home run with the bases loaded — is big news while base hits — where the batter[Read More…]
WVU baseball coach tossed in effort to break slump
A column by Dave Hickman of The Charleston Gazette MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It retrospect, even Randy Mazey would probably admit that it was a silly thing to do. Baseball players and coaches are, of course, among the most superstitious of our species. You don’t talk about no-hitters. You wear your rally[Read More…]
A 28 percent hike in water rates hard to justify
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — When West Virginia American Water announced that it was seeking a 28 percent increase in the rates it charges customers, many people’s first thoughts were that the utility must be attempting to recover costs stemming from the January 2014 chemical leak that[Read More…]
Protecting babies from drug abuse
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register| WHEELING, W.Va. — As many as one-third of pregnant women in the Ohio Valley may be using drugs – some of them illegal – that could harm their unborn children. That estimate came from Dr. Judith Romano of Wheeling[Read More…]
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito: A spectrum of solutions is needed to fight drug epidemic
By Sen. Shelley Moore Capito U.S. Senate, R-W.Va. WASHINGTON, D.C. — West Virginia’s best days are ahead of us – this I firmly believe. But, before we can reach our full potential, we must tackle the drug addiction epidemic that is crushing our communities. The number of lives[Read More…]