The Register-Herald editorial Turns out that Gov. Jim Justice, the featured speaker at the Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner on Friday night, was the source of all entertainment, too, though no one was laughing, other than derisively, or applauding, other than politely. The governor hosted a pity party[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Editorial: W.Va. system for rehabilitating criminals is broken
From The Times West Virginian: On March 12, Times West Virginian reporter Eddie Trizzino reported on a high-speed pursuit that began in Marion County and ended in Harrison County, resulting in the arrest of Ryan Thomas Heflin. According to police, Heflin had stolen a vehicle only a few days prior[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. failing use of FEMA funds
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: Richwood’s municipal recorder paid herself more than $45,000 without getting approval from her city council, an investigation by state Auditor John McCuskey’s office contends. It adds that a former mayor paid himself $3,640 for four days’ “volunteer” work. City officials received about $500,000 in federal[Read More…]
Editorial: False accusation in Huntington, W.Va., brings shame to the entire area
From The Herald Dispatch of Huntington: The alleged child abduction at the Huntington Mall didn’t happen, but it did expose things about ourselves that we didn’t want to believe. According to initial reports, on Monday evening a woman told police that while she was shopping in a store at the[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. government bureaucracy — Changes still needed for overdue disaster relief
From The Parkersburg News and Sentinel: In the “here we go again” category, the bureaucrats in Charleston continue to prove to the federal government that they simply cannot be trusted with large sums of money. One would think, after having been placed on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban[Read More…]
Editorial: Time to give charter schools pilot program a chance
From The Exponent Telegram of Clarksburg: After seven public forums sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Education, a few sponsored by other groups and a great deal of public debate through social media platforms and other venues, the question still remains: Would charter schools help or harm public education?[Read More…]
Editorial: 12-year-old delivering WVU address is an inspiration
From the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Gazette editorial page: The West Virginia University Reed College of Media will have the youngest person in school history — possibly U.S. history — deliver it’s commencement address on May 10. Twelve-year-old dynamo Hilde Kate Lysiak, who has been reporting on crime for her website and[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. must find a way forward on education
From The Register-Herald of Beckley: While most discussions inside education reform hearings held around the state these past couple of weeks have focused on support services for children suffering from the trauma of growing up in broken homes, the benefits and drawbacks of charter schools and the advantages and disadvantages[Read More…]
Editorial: Helping the WVSOS stop the spread of disinformation
From The Journal of Martinsburg: On a recent visit to the Eastern Panhandle, West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner brought with him an interesting packet of information. The packet included images depicting posts made on social media as part of the disinformation campaign used against America — and its[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. Governor, road officials need to tell us the plan to improve road conditions
From The Dominion Post of Morgantown We were about to write meetings on road conditions are just not enough. However, following Wednesday’s postponement of a Monongalia County Commission work session with state highway officials we thought better of that. For now, that meeting is supposedly rescheduled for next Wednesday (April[Read More…]