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Opinion

Look Back: Spencer saga continues

Local columns

Last month the 1939 story of Vienna and the Spencer family by Minnie Kendall Lowther told about the settlement of Vienna in 1794 by Dr. Joseph Spencer. She continues telling about the Spencer family: Their Burial Ground Just off Williams Avenue [now 28th Street], less than two squares from ...

Challenges: Lawmakers must rise to the moment

Editorials

“We know West Virginia has some real challenges,” Gov. Patrick Morrisey said last month, on his 100th day in office. And, as he said, he HAS been busy during those early days of his term. Unfortunately, we learned during this year’s legislative regular session, the sense of urgency in ...

Editor’s Notes: The legal limitations of faith

Local columns

The first words of the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution are these: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” It’s not a difficult passage to understand. Sure, the authors of the Constitution included words ...

Op-ed: Water safety in our region is under threat

Local columns

The issue of clean water is not or shouldn’t be a partisan issue in our community. Everyone wants clean safe water to drink and a safe environment for ourselves, our children and our grandchildren. I went to the Warren water public meeting on April 26 at the Warren High School auditorium. ...

Op-ed: Article V – amending the Constitution

Local columns

Our constitution has been amended only 27 times in its 236 years of existence. It is very hard to change. In fact, the U.S. Constitution, among all national constitutions, is the most difficult to amend in the world. Article V of the Constitution establishes how an amendment can be made. There ...