Opinion

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

Restore funding for seniors and children

An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — No one should suddenly start over-estimating Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. This week, two reports did give us a bit more appreciation for his administration. But many of his line-item vetoes in March, to the state budget are still beneath him. Those[Read More…]

Morrisey: TV good guy on the public’s dime

An editorial by The Spirit of Jefferson: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Last week’s Spirit included a short but important story about decisions related to how Attorney General Patrick Morrisey went after a convenience store owner for price gouging after the January chemical leak into Elk River sent hundreds of thousands of West Virginians scrambling[Read More…]

Laws to suppress mudslinging can stifle speech

An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — By nature, and by profession, we do not like lies. As journalists, we’re truth tellers. Or at least we attempt to get at the truth through research, attribution, documents and comments from people on either side of an issue. Sometimes[Read More…]

Alleged murder plot suggests jail ‘culture’ not fixed

An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Last year, the West Virginia Jail Authority took steps to try to root out what officials called a culture of inappropriateness at the Western Regional Jail in Barboursville. The jail’s administrator was replaced after a period of significant staff turnover and two[Read More…]

Speeches could sway war on coal

An editorial from The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — It might surprise some Coloradans to learn that two-thirds of their electricity is generated in coal-fired power plants. Likewise, Missouri residents may not know 83 percent of their power comes from coal. In Michigan, certainly not thought of by most people as[Read More…]

D’Antoni courtship over, Marshall changes course

A column by Charleston Daily Mail Sports Editor Chuck McGill CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Mike Hamrick put the full-court press on Mike D’Antoni. The ultimate press breaker: A multi-year, multi-million dollar contract. Hamrick, who is in his sixth year as Marshall’s athletic director, courted D’Antoni, the Los Angeles Lakers head coach,[Read More…]

GOP making gains in West Virginia

A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News Register PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Rep. Shelley Capito ought to be pleased there hasn’t been much attention paid to her Senate race by national pollsters. They are something like the press, after all. They like good story lines – i.e.,[Read More…]

Grim statistics: Overdose deaths still climbing

An editorial from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The latest statistics from the Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities paint an alarming picture for southern West Virginia. The number of drug-related illnesses, and drug-overdose deaths, are still climbing — and at a troubling rate — in the[Read More…]

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