It doesn’t just take another slaughter to raise the specter of gun violence. This week, two separate stories on gun thefts from gun stores in West Virginia […]
Editorials
Don’t allow suicide to continue to become too painful to talk about in our society
Few of us give much thought to the uncertainties of fate. A syndicated columnist who recently informed his readers he was dying wrote years ago of a […]
Loughry should resign position immediately or face legislative impeachment proceedings
Instructions and arguments in a courtroom frequently reference beyond a reasonable doubt. That is the standard of evidence called for to validate a conviction. What we have […]
Effort to distribute 34,000 naloxone kits to first responders can only help
Don’t just put your money where your mouth is. Put it where your heart and mind is, too. But most importantly put it where your government mandates […]
City should not rush into $5.2M purchase of forest
This may be bold, but it is rash, if not reckless. At face value, it is rash to rush into almost any property purchase for $5.2 million. […]
Justice’s continued tenure on bench can only further damage court’s credibility
Call this a motion for the suspension of state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry. Wednesday, Loughry was named in 32 charges alleging he violated the state’s Code […]
Less than 1% of $150M in available funding doled out to 2016 disaster victims, survivors
Maybe you can blame it on time passing slowly here in the mountains. After all, it took the Appalachians, which once reached the heights of today’s Rockies, […]
Robert Kennedy’s murder still haunts America’s history and the hearts of many
Fifty years ago, many of us awoke to a nightmare for the second straight day. A little after midnight on June 5, 1968, moments after winning the […]
Trump preparing to order grid operators to purchase power from specific plants
It’s one thing to tinker with the rules and quite another thing to suspend them. In recent months, the Trump administration’s intervention in the economy has seemingly […]
Trump’s remarks on opioid crisis go far beyond mere hyperbole
President Trump is known to dabble in political hyperbole. Matter of fact, everyone dabbles in hyperbole — an obvious and intentional exaggeration to get your point across. […]