Opinion

The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.

Free speech: Police have it

An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A security officer at the State Capitol has been fired because he sympathized with protesters rallying near the golden dome against contamination of the public water supply for 300,000 West Virginians. In February, officer Douglas Day posted a Facebook note saying he[Read More…]

State must address juvenile detention crunch

An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — When the Salem Industrial Home for Youth was re-purposed as an adult facility, the decision was hailed as a win-win for the state. The Industrial Home was the target of a lawsuit alleging it was operated more like an adult facility[Read More…]

Energy can build diplomatic links

An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A major new natural gas contract will do more than keep tens of millions of Chinese warm. It also will thaw relations between their government and Russia. Meanwhile, U.S. officials seem to be doing all they can to limit diplomatic leverage our[Read More…]

Fayette County has too many schools

An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The depth of the problems facing Fayette County schools was revealed in a recent interview with Ron Cantley, the Board of Education’s operations director. Cantley candidly described what the county was up against: leaky roofs, old coal boilers, failing windows and old furnishings in[Read More…]

Craft beer trend good sign for local business

An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A century ago, brewing beer was a largely local affair. In the late 1800s, Anheuser-Busch and other companies had planted the seeds for national distribution with pasteurization, refrigerated rail cars and innovative advertising and marketing. But in the early 1900s, there were[Read More…]

Change of heart restores hope, too

An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Never has $1 million meant so much to so many of the most vulnerable. Some might say that’s a bit of an overstatement. But we doubt any of them are at-risk children, or domestic violence victims. Earlier this week, the state Legislature agreed[Read More…]

College president salaries trend ever higher

An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch  HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Chronicle of Higher Edu­cation came out with an eye­opening report last week, showing that nine public college pres­idents earned more than $1 million in total compensation in 2013. Topping the list was Gordon Gee, who was paid $6.1 million as the[Read More…]

Punish VA officials involved in scandal

An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Men and women in the military come to understand quickly that mistakes or shirking one’s duty can have truly terrible consequences. People die. Others are maimed in body and mind, coming home in desperate need of help. It is different in[Read More…]

Teens’ tragic deaths resulted in a positive resolve

An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINTON, W.Va. — Nine years ago today, shock reverberated across the Tri-State as residents awoke to learn that four teenagers — two from Huntington, one from Barboursville and one from South Point, Ohio — had been gunned down overnight. Two of them had attended a[Read More…]

W.Va. roads need governor’s immediate attention

An editorial from The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — There are stretches of major highways in West Virginia where one can drive for half an hour without encountering pothole-free pavement. There are bridges in our state, including some in our area, that have been on borrowed time for years. Any questions[Read More…]

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