West Virginia may not be a trendsetter but many of us are ready for a change. As energy initiatives go in West Virginia, this is big and not simply because […]
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Wicked weather is scary without kids being in harm’s way
FOR A COMPLETE LIST of local trick-or-treat times see thedominionpost.com. Things did go bump in the night on Halloween. But that had a lot more to do with the weather […]
Let’s stop wasting time and approve subdivision rules
Find a link to the draft regulations at monongaliacounty.gov/mon cpc/subdivision.php. We all have our own ways of wasting time. None of them is really a good way to waste time. […]
Let political leaders follow coal industry over a cliff in 2020
Maybe they’ll listen to him or maybe not. They don’t listen to us. They belittle environmentalists. They scoff at facts. They don’t even pay attention to markets. But last week, […]
Raw water pipeline does not need to be a fight to the finish
It’s rarely ever a simple matter finishing a major engineering project. But when someone keeps moving the target to complete such a project it can become an impossible task marred […]
Trade war payouts growing on larger farming operations
If only it was enough to keep him down on the farm. That is, Gov. Jim Justice, whose own farming operations received the maximum possible subsidy payout of $125,000. That’s […]
We can’t keep failing numbers of homeless students across state
Some people have no choice about why they end up being homeless. After all, it’s certainly not a kid’s fault if they are homeless, but at least 10,522 students are […]
Don’t settle for being Ground Zero in state opioid crisis anymore
Huntington and Cabell County just went from Ground Zero to first in line. Monday, two Ohio counties reached a $260 million settlement with four major drug distributors and one drug […]
There’s no mistaking who made decision to withdraw from Syria
Being good at second-guessing everything that ends bad is not hard. However, when anyone’s decisions consistently defy reason, precedent and principle they deserve to be condemned, not just questioned. This […]
Coal industry facts not lost on anyone except our leaders
It’s fitting we attribute this maxim, “There is no avoidance in delay,” to the father of tragedy That is, Aeschylus, a Greek dramatist, who is credited with writing about 10 […]














