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Editorials

UNDBIO: Here’s hoping for the best with new facility

“If all goes according to plan,” as UNDBIO chairman Yong Soo Jun put it, West Virginia could soon be home to another significant economic player, helped along by economic incentives developed at the state level. UNDBIO is a South Korean pharmaceutical manufacturer expected to build an ...

Candidates: Real improvement for children is possible

Another political season is rapidly approaching for West Virginians. This time, candidates are vying for the big-name seats: governor, attorney general, U.S. senator ... there’s going to be a lot of talk. Much of that talk will center on how precious our children are, here in the Mountain ...

Censorship: Groups hiding behind children to ban books

According to the American Library Association, 2022 saw the highest number of demands for censoring library books since the group began tracking such things, more than two decades ago. That will come as no surprise to anyone watching the faux hysteria unfold in district after district when a ...

Resources: Prepare for end of COVID-19 declaration

You can’t unbake a cake, we all know that. When the “cake” is part of the bureaucracy, it’s not always possible even to scrape off all the icing. But West Virginia will have to try, as May 11 approaches. That is the date on which the federal disaster declaration related to COVID-19 ...

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

UP: To news that the Mid-Ohio Valley Easter Parade has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. April 15, after having been postposted due to forecasted high wind gusts on the original date. Organizer Kiki Angelos said she had received many calls and emails from those who hoped the event would be ...

Monsters: Protect children, not their abusers

Incident after incident is teaching our state’s young people there are some in positions of authority of whom they must be wary. That is frightening, given how often we adults try to drill into their heads they should trust us and do what we say. There are reports of elementary school ...