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Letter to the Editor: Criss dedicated to solving state’s problems

I have been involved in Republican politics in Wood County and in West Virginia for over 28 years of my life. I have served as a county chairman, as secretary for the state party and a state party vice chairman. So having been committed to this cause for all these years, you can only imagine ...

Letter to the Editor: Birthright doesn’t apply to illegal immigrants

Many Americans have no knowledge of America’s first “civil rights act,” the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which was enacted to counter the Supreme Court’s horrendous Dred Scott decision of March 6, 1857, when the high court ruled, in part, “that they (people of color) had no rights which ...

Letter to the Editor: Just grow

There’s something quietly powerful about standing in a place like Point Park and realizing that, no matter how much we trim, shape, and clear, life insists on returning. The trails feel more open now, the pathways more defined after the brush was cut back — but already, those small, ...

Letter to the Editor: Who do you want in control?

When you start seeing outside groups pour money into Wood County with ads and attacks, understand this: There’s a reason. They’re not focused on areas where they already have control. They come after the places that still think for themselves. Right now, that’s Wood County. Our ...

Letter to the Editor: Worth a mention

I would like to discuss the recent announcement by the WVSWA of the boys basketball Class A all-state teams and those players given honorable mention all-state. First of all, I want to congratulate the only two Wood County players honored on the all-state teams. Luke Anderson was selected ...

Letter to the Editor: What’s the score?

With baseball season under way, I thought it time to check the box score of Trump’s war against Iran with its trillion petrodollar prize! Not certain the inning, but, as of today … The home team managed by Putin with players from the USSR, Iran, Kazakhstan and the entire Arab/Muslim world ...