BY EVA MAYS West Virginia’s growing tourism and recreation industries benefit from clean water. Kayaking or fishing in contaminated waters makes those experiences a lot less wonderful than they otherwise could be. However, clean watersheds are also critical to public health. The ...
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 ...
Not enough proof harm reduction works This letter is in response to the editorial published March 5. The editor took great liberty in drawing conclusions about my character and opining the virtues of harm reduction programs. However, the only factual basis for the narrative was a singular ...
by Duane Nichols The proposed “science facility” that is being planned by Marion Energy Partners, LLC, would be located in the Morgantown Industrial Park. The justification provided thus far — to take up space, to consume natural resources (natural gas) and to pollute the local ...
Usually, when a new business or industry makes its home around Morgantown, local politicians and business advocates are positively abuzz, talking to anyone who will listen and promoting the area’s newest addition. But that’s not the case with the mysterious “science facility/data ...
Make Arthurdale a national historic site As Randy Vealey‘s Dec. 26 guest essay discussed, tourism is an important economic growth engine for the Mountain State. An effort is underway to enhance tourism at Arthurdale, the historic New Deal project in Preston County, through acceptance ...