An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The administration of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has come up with a reasonable middle ground for the implementation of a new law aimed at protecting West Virginia’s water supplies from chemical spills. By having the state’s Department of Environmental Protection come up[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Strategic plan for Clarksburg is long overdue
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The city of Clarksburg has seen good times and bad times. During the 1950s, ’60s and early ’70s, the city was a booming commercial center with a bustling downtown district. It was known for glass manufacturing, and Harrison County was the[Read More…]
Fashion in football: Today’s biggest trend
A column by Bob Hertzel for the Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Word came out of College Park, Maryland, this week that a tortoise can change its shell and the Terrapins, who will face off at home against West Virginia on Saturday, will do so wearing some slick, patriotic new[Read More…]
Problems that led to UBB disaster still out there
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A scathing report released by the legislative committee on Labor and Worker Safety Issues on the Upper Big Branch mine disaster that took the lives of 29 miners was released in Charleston on Monday. The comprehensive report brings together the mistakes, the[Read More…]
Time for a turnaround in voter turnout
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Voter turnout in West Virginia continues on an overall downward trajectory. The records at the Secretary of State’s Office show that in 2006, the percentage of eligible voters who participated in the midterm primary that year was 26 percent. In the fall[Read More…]
W.Va., Ky. seek expedited ruling on carbon emissions
An editorial from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway are urging an appeals court to decide quickly on a lawsuit over the legality of proposed carbon emission standards. The two attorney generals are correct in seeking a[Read More…]
Bad guys have better weapons, too
A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Would it surprise you to learn that military weaponry in the hands of police departments is nothing new? It came as a revelation to several younger people with whom I discussed the controversy over the Defense Department[Read More…]
Falling ranks of in-state dental students is sad trend
An editorial from The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Just a few years ago, in 2010, about 80 percent of the incoming class at West Virginia University’s School of Dentistry was Mountain State residents. But the number of West Virginians entering the school this year is just 27, or about 45[Read More…]
See something? Say something
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — As West Virginia University prepares for its first home football game of the season Saturday, it has also become the first organization in the state to implement the “if you see something, say something” campaign that was adopted by[Read More…]
Marple’s questionable lawsuit drags on
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The lawsuit against the state school board by former superintendent Jorea Marple has some people scratching their heads. Marple was an at-will employee, whose employment was terminated — quite clumsily — by the state board in a surprise 5-2 vote[Read More…]