An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — If you have a problem with any of West Virginia’s new education standards — those aligned with the Common Core adopted by about 40 states – here is an excellent opportunity to share specific and detailed suggestions. What is at stake here[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
State board should nix year-round coaching
A column by Shawn Rine, sports editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The state Board of Education could change the landscape of high school sports in West Virginia today when it considers a proposal that would afford coaches the opportunity to work with players year round. It should[Read More…]
State regulators face a difficult situation
An editorial from The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Environmental regulators in West Virginia must walk two fine lines. One is between air, water and soil quality and the economy. The other, of course, is between what they think is good for the Mountain State and what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency[Read More…]
Stop predators in our schools
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — When police arrested a Boone County, W.Va., teacher last week, it brought to three the number of allegations of sex crimes against students by educators in that county, during just the past three months. But a West Virginia State Police sergeant’s comment[Read More…]
PSC should reject rate policy change requests
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — As the state Public Service Commission considers a policy change request from two of the state’s largest utilities, we hope commissioners keep consumers in mind. West Virginia American Water and Mountaineer Gas have asked the PSC to change how it calculates rates.[Read More…]
Restrictive police chase policies make sense
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — High-speed chases provided enough excitement and comedy to fill three Smokey and the Bandit movies, but in real life, these pursuits are no laughing matter. Hundreds of people – mostly those fleeing and innocent bystanders – are killed every year in police chases,[Read More…]
Huttonsville prison staffing must be addressed
An editorial from The Inter-Mountain of Elkins ELKINS, W.Va. — Understaffing problems at a local prison need to be resolved quickly. The Huttonsville Correctional Center is 25 percent understaffed, and last week HCC Warden Marvin Plumley met with Delegates Bill Hartman and Denise Campbell, state Division of Corrections Commissioner Jim Rubenstein[Read More…]
Save children from drug dens
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Sooner or later, a child in West Virginia is going to swallow a fatal overdose of heroin, die in a meth lab fire or be beaten to death by a drug-crazed adult. It will happen unless more is done to protect children[Read More…]
Can Tiger write Greenbrier Classic’s best storyline ever?
A column by Mitch Vingle, sports editor of The Charleston Gazette WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Tiger’s back. That’s not the news, although he’s in today’s Greenbrier Classic for only the second time and first since 2012. No. The subject is Tiger Woods’ back. And the focus is its health.[Read More…]
W.Va. must strive to spur economic development
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Most state residents are aware officials in Charleston have struggled to balance the budget the past three years. But as West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy analyst Sean O’Leary pointed out recently to Staff Writer Jeremiah Shelor, it could have been[Read More…]
