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Modernize W.Va. Gas Laws

Editor, News-Register: As the sixth-largest natural gas producing state, West Virginia is vital to America’s energy supply and security. In fact, about half of all homes in the U.S. are fueled by affordable, reliable natural gas. West Virginia is already an energy leader because of its diverse energy resources. And, with the third-largest natural gas reserves in the nation, West Virginia has the opportunity to become a natural gas-producing powerhouse. To realize its full potential as a global energy leader, however, the Mountain State must modernize its natural gas development ...

Just Where Are the Mothers?

Editor, News-Register: Daily we have witnessed the heart-wrenching accounts of unaccompanied children being herded by cartel members to our southern border. Their parents, convinced by the drug cartels that they would be taken care of on their journey and allowed to remain in the U.S., paid dearly in the hopes their children would find a better life in America. We now know that some were left behind when they could not keep up with the cartel caravans. We have seen images of girls, three and five years-old, dropped over the border wall to fend for themselves and recently a 10-year-old ...

Waiting on Justice to be Served

Editor, News-Register: This is such a hard letter to write but I cannot stand to wait any longer for justice to be done, as my husband Terry E. Long was killed on Dec. 1, 2019. My adult children and I are suffering and wondering why nothing has been done to try to get the person that ran over Terry and left him to die in a parking lot in Barnesville, Ohio. They have a good idea who it was but nothing has been done about it. Not a day goes by that someone does not ask us what is being done to find the person that ran over him. Folks around the Barnesville area loved Terry and we ...

VA Pittsburgh Serving Veterans

Editor, News-Register: I am proud to report VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System is the provider of choice for more than 63,000 veterans in our region, which includes southwestern Pennsylvania and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Our top providers and staff work hard to maintain veterans’ trust, using advanced technology to deliver the best care, often with shorter wait times than veterans see in the private sector. To best meet veterans’ health care needs, we provide a wide array of health care services and specialties at our two medical centers and five outpatient clinics. In ...

Doing Public’s Business in Public

Editor, News-Register: Mayor Elliott: “Several different projects are taking place in different phases over the course of two decades and are expected to cost around $280 million in total.” Mayor wants to raise your water, sewer and garbage rates. Mayor stands behind a 45% increase of sewage rate hike. Mayor added a City Service fee. Mayor buys a building voted NO at this time by the community to build. Mayor ignores most concerns voiced by the public, and opinions must be voiced at the end of the City Council meetings and are not open for discussion. Where are the COVID ...

New Infrastructure Plan Needed

Editor, News-Register: The American Society of Civil Engineers just put out its latest infrastructure “report card” — a grading of the state of our bridges, roads, rail and water ways, airports, broadband connectivity, and shared spaces like parks and public school buildings. By its measurement, the country inched up from a D+ in 2017 to a C- in 2021. For one of the wealthiest nations on earth, it’s fair to call that grade disappointing. To be fair, there’s a lot of work happening in West Virginia, and plenty of attention is paid to the maintenance and improvement of ...