An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Administrators in a few West Virginia counties say they are faced, in the early days of this school year, with overcrowding in their schools. Despite having recently built new facilities in Doddridge County, for example, the superintendent says there is[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Critics turned out to be right on Obamacare
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With all due respect to the increasingly small minority of Americans who still support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the law is doing to the economy exactly what its critics predicted. Obamacare increased the cost of employment. Employers[Read More…]
The Intelligencer serving our area
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — When men and women reach milestones of age, they and those who know them often look back on long, productive lives – and sometimes, to the future. So it is with those of us at The Intelligencer. We, too, have celebrated[Read More…]
Welcome, W.Va. Legislature
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — We’re excited to welcome state legislators to North Central West Virginia for their August interim session. While much of the activity will be at the Bridgeport Conference Center, we’re pleased to see lawmakers will be venturing out to a variety of[Read More…]
Military gear a balancing act for law enforcement
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The images from Ferguson, Mo., over the past two weeks have been troubling on many levels. The shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown raises a host of questions about the use of force by police and the impact of race in these[Read More…]
WVU’s season could go one of two ways
A column by Bob Hertzel for The Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Did Oliver Luck throw his football coach Dana Holgorsen a life preserver or an anchor when he put together one of the most difficult schedules in modern West Virginia history that begins at 3:30 p.m. this Saturday[Read More…]
New center should help state build workforce
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has taken a much-needed step forward with the completion of a new facility that beefs up its ability to provide workforce training. The step was highlighted when officials gathered Tuesday to dedicate the Advanced Technology Center located in the West[Read More…]
Region exercising Second Amendment rights
An editorial from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A new study by the West Virginia Press Association has found that the number of concealed carry permits in the Mountain State is soaring. And the same can be said for Mercer, McDowell and Monroe counties where residents are exercising[Read More…]
Student safety trumps mussels
An editorial from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — What’s more important? The safety of students who must travel each day across a partially collapsed section of Gardner Road to reach PikeView High School or the protection of freshwater mussels who call a nearby river home? You would think[Read More…]
Don’t restrict free discussion
An editorial from The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Members of boards of education should be free to discuss school business or ask questions about it during meetings. If voters decide a school board member wastes too much time doing so or is going over material already covered adequately,[Read More…]