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Letter to the Editor: No lessons learned

Why does this keep happening? In 1972 Nixon campaigned to end the Vietnam War in southeast Asia, then he extended it when he was re-elected. In 2024, Trump ran on “No More Forever Wars,” and when he was re-elected he started another war in the ever turbulent mid-east. Why not use our ...

Letter to the Editor: Stand behind Trump

Today’s Socialist Democratic Party maintains the U.S. is not at war with Iran and that President Trump and Israel have no justification for bombing Iran. The justification is because Iran has been at war with the U.S. since 1979, when Iranian radicals overthrew the Iranian government, ...

Letter to the Editor: Focus on the right problem

With all of the drivel in other Letters to the Editor and such, I find it hard to decide what to write about. Many are griping about data centers, water being used to cool equipment in such places (nothing new to use river water for cooling), and about anything else you might imagine. Some ...

Money: Find out if you have unclaimed property

State Treasurer Larry Pack regularly announces instances of unclaimed property funds being returned to West Virginians. The idea surely is to inspire more people to check whether there is money owed to them, as the state is sitting on more than $536 million that should be in someone else’s ...

Editor's Notes: Responsibility of pet ownership

On March 18, the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association made a post on social media that fired me up enough that I was immediately looking for what I could do about it. Short of adopting Waffles — who appears to be an adorable pit bull mix in his photo, and who looks large enough that I could ...

Op-ed: Coplin Health celebrates late 2025 community efforts

In 2026, we at Coplin Health Systems are proud of our commitment to serve the health and wellness needs of our communities. A big part of that commitment is our ongoing efforts to engage with community members while expanding our impact. While we look ahead to another busy year for Coplin, ...