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Some NIOSH personnel returning temporarily

MORGANTOWN — A number of furloughed scientists and researchers from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health are set to trod some familiar turf this morning.  They’re going back to work — at least temporarily. The scientists and researchers are part of the ...

Sen. Capito is right: Emergency mental health care needs help

We may not always see eye-to-eye with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, but we wholly agree with her that emergency mental health care needs reform, and we applaud her bipartisan legislation, the Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act.  The bill, which she ...

A bipartisan bridge

During a town hall meeting in Cincinnati in July 2021, President Biden promised to “fix that damn bridge.” He was talking about the antiquated Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River that connects Ohio with Kentucky via interstates 71 and 75. Seventeen months later, Congress passed the ...

There’s no rainbow fentanyl trick in Halloween treats

Despite what the fearmongers have claimed recently, you really don’t need to be in a panic over marijuana edibles or “rainbow fentanyl” ending up in children’s Halloween candy. We recently had a story in The Dominion Post discussing the rise of rainbow fentanyl and public service ...

Aug. 28 letters to the editor

Our senators should speak out on IRA vote The Dominion Post Aug. 18 editorial encourages Sen. Manchin to accept the invitation of a state senator to come before the West Virginia Legislature to explain his support for the Inflation Reduction Act. I expect Sen. Manchin would have no qualms ...