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Opinion

Health Care: Improving outcomes will require hard work

Editorials

“We have to get to work to improve health outcomes,” Gov. Patrick Morrisey said in Parkersburg this week during the latest round of stops to spread his messages in every corner of the state. This time, he was touting the state’s application for money through the federal Rural Health ...

Editor’s Notes: Paws-itive development at West Virginia parks

Local columns

West Virginia’s State Parks have introduced a program I just couldn’t resist sharing. They’ve launched the West “FURginia” State Park Ranger program, which will give people incentive to bring their dogs with them to explore the state parks. Acting Chief of West Virginia State Parks ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Earth’s Greatest Enemy

Local columns

For two months now, the Trump Administration has been rounding out its formidable resume of crimes against humanity by carrying out a series of extrajudicial killings against what it claims to be Venezuelan drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea. For all the scant evidence it’s provided as to ...

Op-ed: Fossil fuels are not the future

Local columns

West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack’s column in last weekend’s Parkersburg News and Sentinel titled “Powering America’s Future from West Virginia” consisted of the same empty energy platitudes and industry talking points regarding natural gas that have been tirelessly rebuked for ...

Op-ed: Don’t make hasty judgments

Local columns

I think we can all agree that there is a big problem with drugs and drug rehabilitation in this area. I was very worried when I heard an Oxford House was moving into the subdivision where I live. I had never heard of the organization. Research on the internet and a conversation with an Oxford ...

Letter to the Editor: BearCat not the answer

Letters to the editor

[Recently] at the Parkersburg City Council several persons stood and spoke against approving the additional expenses related to the purchase of a Lenco BearCat Armored Personnel Carrier. I respect all of those who had the courage to stand and speak. Personally, I pointed out that the long ...