City Council needs to call in Republic on its contract If redundancy is a model for improvement then let this letter to the editor be part of the solution. Something […]
Opinion
Things often not what they seem: Recent rash of stories only fuels innate trend to jump to conclusions
We always want to assume the worst. It’s more fun. That is, as humans we suffer from an inherent weakness to jump to conclusions. Some will say the news media […]
Thanking the gentle hand that rules the world
BY JESSICA WUKASCH I have been a daughter, a sister, a friend, a college graduate, nurse turned nurse practitioner, wife and soon I will be a mom. By far, the […]
Letters to the editor April 7
We forget lessons of our immigrant heritage I don’t expect to see white supremacist views published in this newspaper, on the op-ed page or elsewhere. Yet, that is what I […]
Listen up, legislators: End to education forums signal time to learn a lesson
“It’s just really good to listen to people.” That should be the first point of reference for the Legislature once it resumes its special session on public education reforms. The […]
Kanawha GOP resolution bodes ill for Gov. Justice
Gov. Jim Justice’s road to re-election is hitting some bumps, and they are not just the potholes in the state roads that he has promised to fix. No, these bumps […]
Time to stop and ask for directions: Governor, road officials need to tell us way — the plan — to improve road conditions
We were about to write meetings on road conditions are just not enough. However, following Wednesday’s postponement of a Monongalia County Commission work session with state highway officials we thought […]
Letters to the editor April 4
Brewer Hill not getting fair shake from Star City Star City is divided into two distinct areas. The one area is to the east of Monongahela Boulevard and the other […]
Winning recovery disaster in itself: Corruption, inertia in absence of oversight, leadership have engulfed flood relief efforts
It’s a given that winning the peace is way harder than winning a war. The post-war “enemies” are far tougher to vanquish or rebuild — poverty, devastated infrastructure, homelessness, no […]
Letters to the editor April 3
Western end of county suffers deplorable roads The Department of Transportation in West Virginia has long been a source of corruption in our state. Roads have seldom improved in the […]
