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State gas and oil drilling regulations
Virtually no one involved in enacting new regulations for the gas and oil drilling industry in West Virginia thought the package was perfect. But legislators with different points of view recogniz...
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Working for West Virginia in 2012
Last week Congress returned to the Capitol for the State of the Union speech and to get started on a full agenda of job-creating policies. As I have in past years, I intend to focus my energy on...
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Vote Buying
Former Lincoln County assessor Jerry Allen Weaver, who pleaded guilty to federal vote-buying charges in 2005, now seeks election to the post of Lincoln County sheriff. And Secretary of State Nat...
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JC Penney CEO talks about the chain
NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone in the retail world wants to see if Ron Johnson can work his magic a third time. For 15 years, he helped shape Target’s cheap chic image. Then, he spent about a decade c...
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Higher education spending
An unsettling but not surprising trend has been confirmed by a recent study that examined the amount of support states give to higher education. In an era hit by the Great Recession and the ensu...
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Showcasing our wonderful state at her best
West Virginia stands out as a family-friendly, adventure-driven, yet relaxing place to be, in any season. Our restaurants, hotels and motels, bed and breakfasts, and all the aspects that make West...
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LETTERS
My beautiful Tazzy
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Editor, Hello, my name is Florence Belcher. I'm writing this letter to the editor about animals. On June 7, 2010, I left Walmart; as I was approaching my vehicle I noticed a 4-wheel drive vehic...
Can anyone find any reason...
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Editor, This week Nick Rahall’s good friend and leader, Barrack Hussein Obama single-handedly killed 25,000 new jobs with another 175,000 jobs waiting in the wings. How, you ask, did he do this...
Help needed
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Mrs. Sparks, Thank you for your concern, you have been the only one listen to me at all. As you know my cousin, has tried two years to get her roof fixed. She is a nurse, works in the communit...
Education waste
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Editor, West Virginia is 10th in the nation in money spent on education, yet is 48th in teacher pay. I could easily figure out a substantial pay increase without taxing our citizens and senior ci...
Make or break
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Editor, A popular African proverb states, “You don’t touch what you cannot see.” Simply put, this means you cannot solve a problem unless you understand its underlying causes. This way of thinkin...
Introducing LEAD
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Editor, On the 7th of January, 2012, the first open meeting of the LEAD (Logan Empowerment, Action and Development) Community Organization will take place at the Logan Middle School at 1 p.m. and...
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Rec Center the hub of community activity
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The Chief Logan Rec Center has now become the hub for coalfield community activities. At any given time on any given day, the Rec Center is packed with people working out, walking the track, swi...
I'm so tired
by Dr. Charles M. Wood II, Guest Columnist
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As I grow older, I notice that there are things that take longer to do. Often I enter the job with plenty of energy, but it soon disappears. All of my life has been spent in the public eye as a mi...
Job growth
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It does not take much of a crystal ball to see that jobs will be a critical issue in 2012. While the employment picture improved somewhat in 2011, both nationally and locally, the economic downt...
Should parents lose custody of super obese kids?
by LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer
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CHICAGO (AP) — Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their kids’ weight? A provocative commentary in one of the nation’s most distinguished medical journals a...
Open records legislation
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West Virginia’s open records law contains ample exemptions to safeguard the public’s interest as well as the privacy of individuals. But when officials and people outside government are engaged in...
Methamphetamine control legislation
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Terrible damage is inflicted on West Virginia — and upon abusers and their families — because dopeheads feel compelled to blank out their minds with drugs of many sorts. We can’t understand the sa...
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