An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — As federal and state leaders wrestle with the serious issues caused by the possible default of the U.S. Highway Trust Fund, another infrastructure crisis is looming. Federal and state money for water infrastructure projects is also drying up, leaving local officials[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Congress again displays futility with highway bill
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Congress is showing its usual ineffectiveness, once again unable to develop a long-term strategy for one of the nation’s most pressing needs and instead opting for a short-term fix heavy on financial gimmicks. The case in point this time is the nation’s[Read More…]
Trigger-happy? Some schools adopt new trend
An editorial from The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Trigger Warning: The following editorial talks about trigger warnings. Anyone with a past experience with trigger warnings might find the subject matter distressful. To avoid discussion of trigger warnings, heed this trigger warning and put down the newspaper. If you don’t[Read More…]
Spill case fine far too low
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Federal officials sometimes seem overly eager to enforce some laws and regulations, at times inventing new ones to fit their own ideological agendas. But when it comes to punishing the company responsible for a chemical spill that sickened many West Virginians and[Read More…]
Lack of jurors requires extra efforts by courts
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A problem with an insufficient number of jurors to conduct business in Cabell County courts apparently has not gone away, and overcoming it no doubt will require a more aggressive effort by officials. The trouble was illustrated last week when only 19[Read More…]
Press impartiality still matters here
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Americans are more fortunate than many know in having a wide variety of privately-owned newspapers and other information sources. An example of what can happen without that has been provided in Great Britain. The BBC, subsidized and thus controlled by the[Read More…]
Coal market: Losses have ripple effect on region
An editorial from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — It is certainly not an understatement to say that the region’s historic coal industry is facing a perfect storm of challenges. And it’s a point well communicated by Rick Taylor, president of the Pocahontas Coal Association, and Bill Raney, president of[Read More…]
Shield state forest, residents from mining damage
An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It’s a shame that out-of-state and foreign coal corporations are blasting off mountaintops around Kanawha State Forest, almost in the shadow of the golden-domed State Capitol — and that signs warn hikers to stay off some forest trails, and for shooters[Read More…]
BB, pellet guns can be risky
An editorial from The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — “You’ll shoot your eye out” may not be the biggest worry of parents whose children ask if they can have BB or pellet guns. Modern models often appear identical to “real” firearms and sometimes pack similar power. Law enforcement officials[Read More…]
Act II begins for Theatre West Virginia
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Friday night brings the curtain up on the 54th season of Theatre West Virginia. To be sure, it’s an abbreviated season with just 17 performances of one of the dramas, but this is so much better than the alternative that appeared certain early[Read More…]
