Opinion

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

Obstructing the public’s right to know

An editorial from The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — With very rare exceptions, everything our local and state governments do in West Virginia ought to be public knowledge. It is not, and that should worry Mountain State residents who recognize that public officials can make mistakes and sometimes are not above[Read More…]

Court’s decision on public records will hurt access

An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — When asked to rule in a case regarding access to government records, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals let the public down. In reversing a circuit judge’s decision, the court last week ruled that the city of Nitro and other government[Read More…]

Cabell County case involves guns, mental illness

An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Should a man with a long history of mental health issues have 54 guns in his house? Most reasonable people would say no, but that appears to have been the case with 62-year-old Rodney Bruce Black of Barboursville. Black has been indicted[Read More…]

Its new president correct about WVU

An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — At first glance, it might seem obvious that college and university presidents should make students their top priority. That has never been more true than today, with the cost of higher education spiraling upward and graduates who have enormous debts accompanied[Read More…]

‘Instant’ news not always reliable

A column by Misty Poe, managing editor of The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Instant. That little word has a pretty big meaning. With origins that date back to the 15th century, it means urgent, current, immediate. But think about how that word has developed over the past few[Read More…]

More flexibility key for schools, including athletics

An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The State Secondary Schools Activities Commission, the group that regulates middle school and high school athletics in West Virginia, voted last week to expand by three weeks the time in which high school teams can practice during the summer. In[Read More…]

Summer practice proposal should be rejected

An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission is the governing body for high school sports. The West Virginia Board of Education, meanwhile, oversees the entire school experience in the state, from courses of study and evaluating school performance to holding final[Read More…]

A drug rehab dropout should have been in jail

An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Early on the morning of March 6, a man in a ski mask entered a woman’s home on Conner Drive in Charleston. The masked man ordered her to perform sexual acts in front of her children. It was a gruesome[Read More…]

Caring for West Virginia Children

An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — For all the liberal claims that Obamacare merits credit for providing health insurance coverage to those who lacked it previously, some states have been doing the job just as well – or better – without it. West Virginia is on that[Read More…]

Young families struggling with child care costs

An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — At first blush, the rise in the number of stay-at-home moms might seem to be a return to more traditional values. The percentage of mothers who do not work outside of the home rose to 29 percent in 2012, according to a[Read More…]

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