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Editorials

Budget

Though it appeared to many to be a mess of our own making — and one that required urgent action — federal officials are being generous in their assessment of West Virginia’s handling of a potential $465 million problem. “West Virginia is not alone. There are other states,” said a ...

Boos & Applause

Applause to the annual West Virginia Maple Syrup Festival, which will offer music, food, games and entertainment today and Sunday. In addition to a full schedule of events, a Ham and Bean Dinner will be offered at the American Legion Hall from 4-6:30 p.m. today. Three local maple camps will be ...

Sunshine Week

As we near the end of this year’s Sunshine Week, communities across the country are suffering not just because their public officials are doing business in the dark, but because in some regions there are few (or no) news organizations left to keep an eye on those officials in the first ...

Ruggedness

It comes as no surprise that federal officials don’t quite have the right words to categorize Appalachia in a way that is useful to the National Center for Education Statistics within the U.S. Department of Education. But U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is hoping to change that with a letter ...

Puzzling

Young, healthy people are not likely to devote much attention to news reports about shortages of medicines. However, that changes as illnesses and other conditions creep into their lives — a fact of life as people age. Therefore, the news that the Federal Trade Commission is launching a ...

Orphan Wells

Among the legacies of our region’s boom-and-bust reliance on fossil fuel industries are the hundreds of thousands of orphan wells that dot Appalachia. According to a report by The Center Square, the federal government has counted approximately 127,000 orphan wells nationwide. Reporting out of ...