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Editorials

Lawmakers Need To Focus on Education

For generations, West Virginia has struggled to improve the quality of the education it provides to its residents. And, for generations, not much has changed. Once again, according to WalletHub’s “Most and Least Educated States in America 2024,” we are dead last. “Getting a good ...

Heed Risk of Wildfires

While the weather may make it a little easier to spend time outside, Ohioans tempted to use the opportunity to fire up the burn pile and get rid of some yard waste might want to take a look at the rules for doing so. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, ...

City Taxpayers Bearing Burden

If there’s one thing that’s certain, it’s this: Government will always find ways to collect more tax dollars from you, and also ways to spend that money. Consider the tax burden each citizen in Wheeling currently bears when it comes to funding the municipal budget. A decade ago, the ...

Pay Property Taxes To Earn Tax Credit

In the past few weeks, many West Virginia residents received two of their favorite annual reminders — a postcard-sized bill that shows the amount of tax owed on your home or any land you own, and also a separate bill showing what is owed on your personal property — cars, trucks, car ...

Let the Sun Shine on Local Leaders

As we near the end of this year’s Sunshine Week, communities across the country are continuing to rely on their local newspaper to ensure public officials are not doing business in the dark. This is becoming an increasingly difficult task, though, due to the challenges facing the local news ...

More Training Needed

Buckeye State residents have been bombarded in recent years by stories that indicate our law enforcement officers are not always fully equipped to protect and serve. Among the many calls for reform have been increasing the training requirements for becoming an officer in the first place. It ...