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Editorials

Create Environment for Growth in W.Va.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s annual population estimates, released last week, provided most of us in West Virginia with information we already knew: fewer people in the state, and fewer people in our Ohio Valley communities. That trend has been underway for about 80 years. But the key moving ...

Clean Up W.Va. Law Enforcement

Something appears to be wrong in West Virginia law enforcement. Or, perhaps, outside investigators and other law enforcement organizations are doing a better job of rooting out what has always been there. Either way, we’ve got a problem. Most recently, the wrong was brought to light in the ...

Cutting Ohio’s Red Tape

It can be amusing to watch the reaction of lawmakers confronted with a change that would not only make life a little easier for employers, but open the door to businesses being able to reduce their tax burden. According to a report in the Ohio Capital Journal, that is happening in Columbus, as ...

Provide Teachers With Skills, Tools

If discussion during a virtual briefing hosted by the West Virginia State Advisory Committee for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is any indication, public school officials still lack a willingness to self-reflect, the ability (or perhaps flexibility) to rely on common sense, and the sense ...

Dose of Common Sense

Parents and guardians must remember they are responsible for more than keeping children alive for 18 years. It’s not up to the school system or —perish the thought — their friends to teach them how to use common sense and exercise personal responsibility while navigating life. A ...

Pats on the Back

- To all the Ohio Valley high school seniors who will graduate in the coming weeks. With a pandemic, teacher walkouts and other challenges, you’ve gone through a tumultuous education experience unlike most others. As you prepare for the next chapter of your lives — whether it be going on to ...