“I don’t want you to get distracted by numbers.” That was the Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) director’s advice to a PEIA task force this week. Of […]
Opinion
State report card not one you would want to share
By Hoppy Kercheval The latest report card is out for reading and math by fourth- and eighth-grade students in our nation’s public and private schools and it […]
Put corrupt government out of business in 2018
Jim Hinebaugh, Maysville This year’s elections are about replacing a failed and corrupt political establishment with a new government controlled by us, the American people. We must […]
Unionism, not voting the way to change system
Michael Mochaidean, Morgantown A recent editorial (DP-Tuesday April 10) entitled “Taking a knee on voting unpatriotic” begins with the statement that, “A lot of bad public officials […]
Shifting from educational model to a virtual crisis control one in our schools is apparent
She said it would need to happen in years to come. We get the impression it needs to happen immediately. Our newspaper recently published an op-ed wherein […]
What we might have seen if WVU had played spring game
MORGANTOWN — While WVU’s spring practice was capped off with a successful “Walk the Talk with Dana Holgorsen” to benefit WVU Medicine Children’s hospital and the Hoss Foundation, […]
Death of former county commissioner Kennedy reminds us of what’s really important in life
Like everyone, he weathered his share of disappointments in life. But we rarely knew him to ever get discouraged. Yet, one day in March 2007, after an […]
Trump’s policies could have grave consequences
Steve Kopa, Weirton Can it be? Is it possible America is God’s chosen people in the 21st century, as we try to democratize the world in his […]
We need to look out for each other’s safety
Margaret Carrico, Star City This letter is in response to the two recent pedestrian accidents around the Morgantown area in February. On Feb. 1, a woman was […]
Naloxone not a cure-all for the opioid epidemic
Paul Dorsey, Green Valley Half of America is personally affected by substance abuse. The addict, a family member, a victim of their crimes or something else that […]
