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April 3 letters to the editor

Save a life. Be an organ donor Every day, more people join the national organ transplant waiting list. By the end of this week, more than 140 Americans will die because not enough organs are available for transplant. It doesn’t have to be that way. Each day, on average, 100 Americans ...

Decades of gov’t neglect prove to be dangerous

It was one of those horrifying images out of an action-adventure or superhero movie: A bridge collapses, sending cars and a bus plummeting into a ravine. While there were heroes aplenty to rescue the victims, this tragedy wasn’t caused by a natural disaster, like an earthquake, or a ...

The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 3

Good: HB 4074 — Meghan’s Law; to train public school personnel and students regarding self-harm and eating disorder signs, prevention and treatment. The mental health crisis is real — especially among our young people. Anything that gets kids the help they need is good in our ...

W.Va. can’t wait for a ‘rainy day’

For Fiscal Year 2022 (which began July 1, 2021), West Virginia’s revenue collections are $394 million above estimates so far. In fact, just this past December alone, tax revenue was $124 million above what the state predicted for the last month of the calendar year. Which got us thinking ...

DOT hired 638 in 2021

Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — Hundreds of transportation workers were hired in 2021 because of aggressive recruiting by the West Virginia Department of Transportation. Since Jan. 1, the WVDOT has hired 638 new employees. To accomplish this, the WVDOT participated in 35 job ...