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Jan. 16 letters to the editor

Greeting the new year with skepticism It is the time for looking forward to the coming year: Trepidation and dystopian? Optimism, even utopian? Fear, or longing for the return to better shades of normalcy? Doyle McManus opened with optimism (DP-12-31-21) and Hoppy Kercheval found a bit ...

No peace or goodwill in Congress

Peace on Earth and goodwill to men this time of year seems increasingly absent in diverse places. In America the noble objective seems to have long ago left the U.S. Capitol where too many Members of Congress are as divided and angry at each other as ever. A new study by researchers at ...

McKinley supports local news

When the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed the House of Representatives, Rep. David McKinley was one of 13 Republicans to vote yes. We’d like to thank him for supporting legislation that will make a world of difference for West Virginia. We would also like to thank McKinley for ...

Bipartisanship in the House? Is this a trick or a treat?

A bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan support — including with bipartisan sponsorship — and all three of West Virginia’s representatives voted in favor it. Is this a trick or a treat? The Strengthening America’s Strategic National Stockpile Act (HR ...

An open letter to our Congress members

Dear West Virginia’s U.S. Senators and Representatives, The residents of the state you represent — and who elected you to represent us on the national stage — kindly ask you to please remove your heads from the elephant’s hind end and support the Build Back Better Plan. A Global ...

Profit put ahead of people

by Joseph Gouzd Notice was given on Dec. 11, 2020. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito didn’t respond until July 2021. On Dec. 11, 2020, Viatris, a global pharmaceutical manufacturing powerhouse gave notice to more than 1,500 people that their lives were to be uprooted in ...