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…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
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…]
Parkersburg News and Sentinel: Pollution
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — From the pages of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel: Remember the last time you had to roll up your car windows because you were driving through a Mid-Ohio Valley town where the air was so polluted it brought tears to your eyes? Neither do we. At one time, half[Read More…]
The Charleston Gazette: Thanking women for homefront war effort
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — From the editorial page of The Charleston Gazette: In the coming week, a few aging West Virginia women will join counterparts from around America to be honored both in Washington and Holland as “Rosie the riveters” — those 1940s workers who helped win World War II and[Read More…]
The Daily Mail: Prosperity for workers requires solid economy
CHARLESTON, W.Va.: From the editorial page of The Daily Mail: Today some parts of the world observe International Workers’ Day, a holiday promoted as a celebration of trade unions, the labor movement, and the working class. The observance comes at a time when some are beginning to see ominous signs[Read More…]
The Charleston Gazette: What do pill sellers have to hide?
From The Charleston Gazette Editorial Page: For years, painkiller pill addiction has tainted West Virginia worse than any other state, destroying thousands of lives. This state repeatedly has the nation’s worst rate of drug overdose deaths. West Virginians average 19 painkiller prescriptions each per year, America’s highest rate. Endless accounts[Read More…]