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…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
An op-ed submission: What needs to be done
By ROGER HORTON, president of United Citizens for Coal Frankly, I am tired of watching coal mining jobs disappear. I am tired of watching families lose homes and cars, lose their life-savings, their retirement and health plans. I am tired of watching men and women who should be working and raising[Read More…]
Give track racing flexibility
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort in Chester remains a profitable business, but a substantial dropoff in revenue has prompted company officials to look for ways to cut costs. Reducing the amount of horse racing at the facility is one of them.[Read More…]
W.Va. coal losing ground to imports
A column by Jared Hunt, business editor of the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In addition to competition from natural gas and the looming effects of proposed environmental regulations, Central Appalachian steam coal has another factor working against it right now: international competition. But this competition isn’t taking place[Read More…]
W.Va.’s upsurge in pistol permits
An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Look at 10 adults around you. Chances are, one of them is licensed to carry a hidden pistol, making him or her ready to kill. West Virginia has about 1.2 million adults — and they hold 126,515 pistol permits, according to[Read More…]
Throwing money at smoking rate won’t work
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Smoking rates in West Virginia are appalling. Though adult smoking rates in surrounding states have declined significantly over the past two decades, rates in the Mountain State have remained the same. In fact, in 20 counties, the rates hover between[Read More…]
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin: Rehabilitating roadways and futures
Inmates helping with roadway repairs When it comes to our roadways, rehabilitation is a term we often hear during the summer months. Long, harsh winters take quite a toll on our roads, and each summer, the 10 districts of the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) send road crews to repair the[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: United for Coal is now Citizens for Coal
To the Editor: I am pleased and saddened to announce that United for Coal is now Citizens for Coal. As president of Citizens for Coal for the past six years, I have watched the hard work of Allen Gibson, Allen Black and the rest of the people who have put so much work[Read More…]
Is the increase in concealed carry permits a problem?
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The number of West Virginia citizens obtaining concealed weapons permits has quadrupled in the past five years, according to data provided by the West Virginia State Police. In 2009, county sheriff’s departments issued 11,160 concealed carry gun permits. In 2013,[Read More…]
Solid planning needed for West Virginia’s future
An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Coal River mining complex just sent workers a bitter warning that it may terminate 280 jobs at two deep mines and two surface mines at Alum Creek and Julian in early October. A fifth mine in the complex already wiped[Read More…]
