Like everyone, he weathered his share of disappointments in life. But we rarely knew him to ever get discouraged. Yet, one day in March 2007, after an […]
Editorials
Taking a knee on voting unpatriotic
Grassroots organizing needs to start at the ground level by registering eligible voters A lot of bad public officials get where they are because a lot of […]
Developments on opioid epidemic reason to think we’re at turning point
The phrase “cautiously optimistic” is one we rarely use, if at all. OK, maybe if you’re talking about spring arriving sometime this month we would. But on […]
We’re at a crossroads: Demand candidates on May 8 ballot do something
Roads, and walls, and the Division of Highways. Oh my! One of our readers’ comments emailed to us recently expressed our worst fear. That is, local roads […]
Regulators debut site with wealth of data about five major projects across state
It’s about time the state piped up on these projects. This week, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) launched an internet page on five natural gas pipelines […]
Californians not the only ones who oppose decision to roll back emission standards
“Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?” Few […]
50 years since MLK’s assassination, there’s still work to do to reach promised land
No one could have predicted then that his birth would one day become a national holiday. But thousands had a vague premonition of his death for years, […]
Proposed summit on local conditions in District 4 chance to do things different
The timing couldn’t have been better or worse. Last week, two first-ever events happened within days of each other. For the first time, it appears county commissioners […]
Which school board should get to replace Devono?
We’re not sure how to correctly gauge the significance of Frank Devono’s retirement, yet. Devono, Monongalia County Schools superintendent, recently announced that June 30 will be his […]
