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COVID on the rise, but by how much?

Regular readers may have noticed we no longer display COVID-19 case numbers on the front page, nor do we include vaccine/testing information on A-2. The explanation for the latter is the simplest, so we’ll start there. In early June, Gov. Jim Justice announced the state would scale back community testing. The Mon County Health Department has discontinued its public testing and vaccine clinics, including the one at the WVU Rec Center. However, that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped offering vaccines and testing completely. If you need to be vaccinated for COVID or get a booster, ...

In blocking archaic law, judge likely saving lives

What a relief to know there are still courts that make decisions based on the rule of law rather than personal or political opinions. Judge Tera Salango of the Kanawha Circuit Court issued a well-founded and level-headed injunction against the 1800s law banning virtually all abortions in West Virginia. The law in question prohibits all abortions except when done in “good faith” to save the mother’s life; it also says “anyone” who administers to or causes a woman to take any drug or undergo any procedure for the purpose of aborting a fetus can be convicted and imprisoned ...

Editorial Encore: News vs. opinion

EDITOR'S NOTE: Today’s editorial originally ran June 28, 2020. What’s the difference between “news” and “opinion”? News is the facts of the situation. It’s the report on a car wreck or a council meeting. Even soft news, like features on significant people or someone’s 100th birthday, is still news. The writing might be a little more flowery, but the article still gives the facts. News can contain quotes from people who are giving their opinion, but the meat of the story is still based in concrete events. Opinion is an expression of a particular point of view. ...

Now you can show love to your local park

A little over a week ago, members of The Dominion Post Editorial Board met with Denver Allen (previous BOPARC board president), Mayor Jenny Selin (current BOPARC board president) and Lance Rollo (newly minted president of the BOPARC Foundation) to learn about what they described as BOPARC’s philanthropic arm. The BOPARC Foundation (theboparcfoundation.org) is a nonprofit with the express purpose of raising money to support BOPARC projects. Why does BOPARC need a fundraising arm? The simple answer: Building and maintaining top-notch recreation facilities are expensive. The ...

Time to break Big Tech’s stranglehold

Yesterday, we covered the Open App Markets Act — a bill in Congress that targets the anticompetitive practices in app stores. Today, we’ll cover its companion bill, the American Innovation and Online Choice Act (AIOCA, for short). We could also go into the specific metrics of what platforms/companies are covered under the AIOCA, but it’s safe (and shorter) to say that it will impact Apple, Google (Alphabet Inc.), Amazon, Facebook (Meta) and likely Microsoft. However, it will be up the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to name which companies will be covered ...

Bill would chip away at Big Tech duopoly

If you’re someone who still watches cable television, you may have seen commercials recently that say something along the lines of liberals are attacking the tech industry, liberals are taking away the tools small businesses need to survive, liberals are ruining your two-day shipping or, the best one, liberals are threatening national security. Of course, these commercials never say how or why “liberals” are doing these things. So what’s going on? Congress is considering two bills: the Open App Markets Act and the American Choice and Innovation Online Act, the latter of ...