FAIRMONT – Doug Starcher doesn’t work for West Virginia’s Division of Highways, but he has been known to do on-the-fly road maintenance from time to time. That’s […]
Tag: roads
City, county respond to damning report on area road conditions
MORGANTOWN — It would have been easy to say, “We told you so.” Members of the Monongalia County Commission chose not to do so Wednesday when asked […]
Rocky roads now smooth sailing
The W.Va. 7 repaving project is complete and, oh, is it beautiful! The formerly cratered route from the Walnut Street Bridge to Hartman Run Road — encompassing […]
July 21 letters to the editor
Israeli-Palestinian conflict a modern one In a recent letter to the editor, it is implied that the history of this conflict stems back to ancient, biblical times. […]
As long as the road work gets done …
State Sen. Mike Oliverio’s office announced the Division of Highways would be getting help from private contractors to help take care of ditching so DOH workers could […]
March 24 letters to the editor
Former ‘library kid’ will support levy in May I was a library kid instead of a latchkey kid. There was a 30-minute difference between the end of […]
Politicians’ unkept promises
The news can leave you depressed and politics can send your blood pressure through the roof — which is why most people tune out both. (If you’re […]
Feb. 11 letters to the editor
Lawmakers can do more to protect women I fail to understand how our Legislature continues to get it so wrong! The women of West Virginia should […]
Goodbye potholes and one-way streets? Maybe
R.I.P Potholes Gov. Jim Justice proudly announced operation “R.I.P Potholes” — an unusual off-season hot-asphalt pothole patching effort. As much as we criticize the West Virginia Division […]
The 2 best road bills
And 1 bad resolution Every West Virginia politician campaigns on fixing the roads, and yet every year, our Legislators fail to take any substantive action that would […]
