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Opinion

Shameful: Vandals put officals in no-win situation

Editorials

Too many in our communities have grown addicted to harassing public officials and public workers for both not doing enough with our money AND spending too much of it. Meanwhile, there is an element of troublemaker that just wants to cause problems for all sides. In Belpre, city officials have, ...

Support: More funding needed for victims of violence

Editorials

The West Virginia Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Program has provided grant funding for some important efforts in the state. More than $700,000 will be distributed to programs ranging from the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc., which ...

High Points of the Valley

Editorials

* What a wonderful stretch it has been for entertainment and events in the Mid-Ohio Valley, as Pride Fest, Taste of Parkersburg, Marietta’s Second Sunday, Parkersburg’s Meet Me on Market, the Multi-Cultural Festival, the West Virginia Day celebration on Blennerhassett Island, Marietta Main ...

Reporter’s Notebook: Interim gripes

Local columns

Last week’s legislative interim meetings were a bit of a let down for the press and the general public, and perhaps lawmakers themselves, though that is unclear. It was a traveling interim set among the mountains of Tucker County at Canaan Valley Resort State Park. Sunday and Tuesday ...

Look Back: Drive-In experience continues

Local columns

Drive-ins usually showed two features plus a cartoon. With few exceptions, once darkness arrived the movie would begin, as the ads say, “come rain or shine.” A memorable experience of going to a drive-in was that car windows were usually left down, except for the one on which the speaker ...

Inspiring: Huffman’s work making a difference

Editorials

Sometimes it is the legislation that seems smaller — perhaps grabs fewer headlines — that can make the biggest difference for individuals. That is the case for state House Bill 4089, which recently became law in West Virginia after legislators finally supported it during this winter’s ...