We definitely live in a “throwaway” society. The amount of municipal solid waste generated in the United States has increased from about 88 million tons in 1960 to about 250 million tons in 2011, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. While the nation has made progress on recycling since[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph editorial applauds broadband expansion
Local utility companies are still working to extend high-speed broadband into rural parts of southern West Virginia. Frontier Communications announced just last week that it had completed an upgrade that will extend broadband service to the small Ikes Fork community north of the town of Iaeger in McDowell County. The[Read More…]
Wheeling Intelligencer, News-Register say EPA, Obama Just Don’t Care
Some Democrat leaders in West Virginia may give their allegiance to constituents rather than their party – but they surely understand how the political wind blows in Washington. And they also must understand the liberals who have taken control of their party mean to let nothing stand in the way[Read More…]
Charleston Daily Mail hails Sogefi expansion
You can make money in the Mountain State Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and the state’s economic development team deserve credit for their work to get the Sogefi Group to invest $20 million in its plant in Wayne County, which will add 250 jobs and more than double its work force.[Read More…]
Wheeling News-Register editorial looks at WVU Presidential search
Finding New WVU Leader Outgoing West Virginia University President James Clements is doing one final, important service for WVU. In several ways his tenure provides a blueprint for what the university’s Board of Governors should look for in a successor. It was revealed Monday that Clements, who[Read More…]
The Herald Dispatch editorial looks at child poverty
Coalition working to reduce child poverty We all love rags-to-riches stories. Oprah Winfrey was the child of an unwed teenage mother and rose from a hard-scrabble Mississippi farm to become one of the richest women in the world. Andrew Carnegie began 12-hour shifts in a Pennsylvania cotton mill at age[Read More…]
Pocahontas Time’s Geoff Hamill documents fire in downtown Marlinton
MARLINTON — Early Sunday morning, a blaze destroyed three buildings on Main Street in Marlinton. The conflagration consumed the McK, now known as The Old Bank Building, Dirt Bean Ohana and Hudson’s Variety Store buildings. Firefighting units from as far away as Lewisburg responded to the scene. The first alarm sounded[Read More…]
Free smoke alarms available to West Virginians who are deaf or hard of hearing
CHARLESTON – Most of us know smoke alarms save lives, but have you ever thought about the people who can’t hear a smoke alarm? People who are deaf or hard of hearing often cannot hear a standard home smoke alarm, according to the West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services. Now[Read More…]
Senior citizens at risk for gambling problems
CHARLESTON — Can you describe a problem gambler? The person might be older than you would expect. The Problem Gamblers Help Network of West Virginia (PGHNWV) reports that in the past 12 years, the organization has received nearly 1,800 calls from West Virginians who are older than 55 asking for[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Opinion — Renewable Fuel Standard harmful to consumer
Editor’s Note: This op-ed article is distributed through the WVPA Sharing Network and is made available for use in print and online by WVPA members at the newspaper’s discretion. For more information or assistance with downloading, contact WVPA executive DirectorDon Smith at 304-342-1011, ext. 160. CHARLESTON — When Washington knows best,[Read More…]
