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High gas prices affecting more than just fuel costs

By Ershad Kamolkkhan@dominionpost.comZara Jones, 47, says her livelihood has been affected by the ongoing rise in gas prices, which have hit record highs every day for over two weeks and stand at $4.50/gallon on average last week in the United States.With the increased gas prices, Jones said, ...

May 22 letters to the editor

America needs more civics classes We need more civics, history and government classes in our schools. When you compare the annual federal budgets for education, as a nation, for every $50 we spend on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), we spend 5 cents on civics. After years ...

Like in the 1970s, bad economic news haunts Biden

U.S. gross domestic product shrank 1.4% in the first quarter at the same time inflation continued to soar. For older Americans, that combination conjures memories of 1970s stagflation, a nightmarish combination of double-digit inflation, double-digit interest rates, soaring gasoline prices ...

Capito talks D.C. issues with West Virginia press

MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito spoke with members of the West Virginia press on Thursday about various D.C. issues. She'd joined with other GOP senators on Wednesday to talk about their opposition to the Biden plan to end the Title 42 immigration policy. The Dominion Post asked ...

Putin has crossed the line

by Steven Roberts Where can the United States and its allies fight Putin’s murderous rampage in Ukraine? The answer is everywhere, with every weapon available. This war is being fought on many fronts at once: military, economic, legal, media, moral. The focus now is on the Russian ...

April 17 letters to the editor

Ward misses mark on energy independence Last Sunday, Delegate Guy Ward asked us to join him, Gov. Justice and Trump in an effort to regain energy independence that was lost by Biden. Put simply, this is political hogwash. So-called “energy independence” was lost in the Trump ...