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Letter to the Editor: To my guardian angel

I wanted to publicly thank an “angel” with last name of Lorenzo (I believe that is what he told me at the time) for coming to my rescue on the evening of March 31, just before sunset. I am 83 and not very mobile these days. About 6:30 p.m. I decided to go out into my yard to admire a ...

Letter to the Editor: Re-elect Heckert

The voters of your county are fortunate to be able to vote to re-elect Del. Scot Heckert to the State Legislature in the upcoming election. I know I am not from your county. But this is the age of unreliable social media, spam texts and emails, and high-priced, half-truth negative election ...

Letter to the Editor: Prioritize stormwater management

My address to Parkersburg City Council April 21: On Jan. 26, 2026, Council gathered and many agreed that stormwater drainage should be a priority for this year. But I can only find $55,000 in stormwater supplies proposed within these budget revisions that total over $901,000 in anticipated ...

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, ...