NEWELL – Coming down out of the Chosin Reservoir region in December 1950, Marine Corps Pfc. Tom Powers and his cohorts in George Company were set upon by thousands of Chinese soldiers who were using North Korean civilians as human shields. Powers, 83, of Newell, shot one enemy soldier in[Read More…]
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Keep records open to public
Editor’s note: Sunshine Week, March 16-22, 2014, was a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. An editorial from the Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — Many public officials have decided just saying no to requests for government documents is not[Read More…]
Micromanaged school systems not working
An editorial from The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Good managers expect results from those whose work they supervise. They make expectations clear, then avoid telling people how to do their jobs. Contrast that with how West Virginia public schools have been administered for decades. Virtually anything a school principal can[Read More…]
We’re the real public servants
Editor’s note: Sunshine Week, March 16-22, 2014, was a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — It has never been easy to pry information public officials want[Read More…]
As Congress bypassed, courts must check abuses
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Federal agencies are supposed to evaluate the potential effects of new rules before implementing them. But the Environmental Protection Agency, goaded on by President Barack Obama, has refused – not failed, in a passive sense, but actively refused – to consider[Read More…]
W.Va. ‘Rosies’ interviewed for documentary
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When the United States called on millions of women to take over the jobs of men leaving to fight World War II, Buddie Curnutte, Agnes Smith, Dot Finn and Maxine Marshall answered the call. “There were posters pasted everywhere,” recalled Smith, a Nitro resident who during[Read More…]
Breakfast was just ducky
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The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, March 25
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. CHINA WANTS ANSWERS ON FLIGHT 370 China is[Read More…]
A leap into spring
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Kanawha shelter celebrates incinerator removal
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association Director Chelsea Staley watched intently Friday as the shelter’s incinerator was dismantled and taken away. She said the only thing she could think of when she looked at the big, hulking cremation machine was the faces of the dogs and cats that the[Read More…]
