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Editorials

Give Help: Donations needed for disaster relief

As Gov. Mike DeWine declares a state of emergency in 11 Ohio counties after last week’s terrible storms, it is a reminder there are Buckeye State residents struggling to recover and in need of our support. Those living in Auglaize, Crawford, Darke, Delaware, Hancock, Licking, Logan, Mercer, ...

High Points of the Valley

* Another sure sign of spring is the arrival of annual Easter egg hunts throughout the Mid-Ohio Valley, including one held Thursday at Parkersburg South High School. The colorful activities are another reminder how fortunate we are to have those willing to organize such events for local ...

Journalism: Local news vital to accountability

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 ...

Lack of Will: West Virginia’s failure is costing us funding

It’s no wonder the federal government doesn’t really know how to interact with West Virginia state agencies. Sometimes we’re ahead of the game, other times we are slow spenders — or simply do not do what we said we would do. The latter is the case with more than half a million dollars ...

Budget: Legislators wise to address problem now

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 ...

Ruggedness: Classification could help allocate education funding

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 ...