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Editorials
Canceling elections not doing anyone’s campaign a favor
Some think you have to endorse someone and their beliefs to defend them from a wrong. That’s a mistake. For example, you don’t have to agree with any candidate who’s […]
Canceling elections not doing anyone’s campaign a favor
Some think you have to endorse someone and their beliefs to defend them from a wrong. That’s a mistake. For example, you don’t have to agree with any candidate who’s […]
If charge is devised for political gain it won’t be a surprise
It almost appears like some kind of October surprise, but it’s not just the right month, it’s not even the right year. This week Delegate Michael Caputo, D-Marion, was charged […]
Efforts to cover up mistake on Dorian cause for a storm
If the president visits Alabama and starts tossing out rolls of paper towels this week, all is lost. Last week, we endured probably the most inane and petty scandal in […]
DEP, NRCS should make up lost time on treatment plant
In a sense, there’s still no light at the end of the tunnel that is Richard Mine. It is still discharging 200 gallons of acid mine drainage per minute — […]
Time will not wait much longer for us to repair our roads
A lot of issues you can just ignore or take a break from occasionally. However, the one issue there is no escape from — not even a respite from — […]
Don’t shelve higher ideas to save lives from gun violence
It’s not only bad things that come in threes. Sometimes good things, or in this instance advances, happen three times in a row, too. No, there looks to be no […]
Poll paints a story of same economy, just different year
Wouldn’t you know it. It always depends on who you ask. Ask Gov. Jim Justice or the state Chamber of Commerce if there’s a reason to cheer the state’s economy […]
In light of Ryan Diviney’s death, lets’s reaffirm our revulsion at assaults
We’re not sure anyone is still counting, but someone should be. The last time we counted the number of aggravated assaults in downtown Morgantown was in May 2014. That time […]










