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Editorials

High Points of the Valley

* It’s good to have friends, and Memorial Health System is keeping itself in very good company as it announces yet another partnership — this time with the Mayo Clinic. “The ability to have access to all the expertise of the world’s most prominent health care entity brings to their ...

Safety: Boggs’ abuse shows need for new law

As school districts across the state set aside funding for items such as classroom video cameras and expanded file storage capacity to start the school year, West Virginians got a reminder of the horrific case that prompted a law to require such additions. Earlier this week, Kanawha County ...

Education: OVU, Alderson Broaddus collapses are cautionary tales

West Virginians — particularly those still struggling to figure out how to proceed in the wake of Ohio Valley University’s bungled closure — may be experiencing deja vu as they read about Alderson Broaddus University’s reported plan to disband. It is a very similar story: debt racked ...

Sales Tax: Take advantage of back-to-school holiday

Don’t look now, but the start of school really is right around the corner. For those who have not started back-to-school shopping yet, this weekend presents the perfect opportunity to save a little money. Friday through Aug. 7 is the annual Sales Tax Holiday in West Virginia. On those days, ...

Regulations: EPA trying to wear down industry

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency bureaucrats simply can’t help themselves, it seems. Once again this spring, they proposed power plant regulations that would force the closure of some coal and gas-fired power plants, despite the U.S. Supreme Court having already told the agency it can’t ...

Manchin: Permitting reform is vital to economy

How often has an important project seemed ready to roll — members of both political parties on board, even — when any good they might do is brought to a screeching halt by a problem with federal red tape? Certainly here in West Virginia we know that story. That may be why it was U.S. Sen. ...