Funds shouldn’t be used for climate change By Elliot Simon Sen. Joe Manchin spent much of last year battling the Democrats’ multi-trillion-dollar “Build Back Better” package. Thankfully […]
Guest Essays
Guest essay: Watergate Summer: When truth trumped politics
by Randy Vealey No, I don’t remember it like it was yesterday, but I never forgot the most compelling television programming in my life. In May 1973, […]
Guest essay: With W.Va. v. EPA, a livable future is in jeopardy
by Maura Ross Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its yearly report warning of the dangers humanity faces if we fail to act quickly […]
Guest essay: Cheat River Festival welcomes new era
by Charlie Walbridge After a two-year absence, the Cheat River Festival returns to Albright today from 5:30-10 p.m. and tomorrow from 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. This […]
Guest essay: Keep BOE races focused on local issues, not national politics
by Angie Turkelson There is a saying that all politics are local, and that is certainly true in local board of education races. Our local board of […]
Guest essay: It’s not easy being non-partisan
by Judy K. Ball According to Kermit the frog, it’s not easy being green. For the League of Women Voters, it’s not easy being non-partisan, especially in […]
Demand America be energy independent once again
by Delegate Guy Ward As a native West Virginian who spent nearly a lifetime devoted to our state’s electrical generation energy industry, I am always alarmed and […]
Guest essay: It takes a village to fight fentanyl
by William Ihlenfeld West Virginia has long struggled with addiction, and the tremendous harm suffered by its people is well documented. But just when we thought that […]
Guest essay: Defense Logistics Agency weighs in on 1033 program donations
by Michelle McCaskill After reading the editorial “Police should send military-grade equipment back to the battlefield,” I wanted to point out that while I understand the humanitarian […]
Guest essay: BOPARC should go even bigger
by JoNell Strough We, the members of the Mon Valley Green Space Coalition, applaud BOPARC’s recent big plans. But in order to ensure the long-term sustainability and […]
