EDITOR’S NOTE — An occasional look at promises by government officials and how well they are kept. WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agencies haven’t lived up to President Barack Obama’s promise of a mo...
Upcoming health care bill vote When Senate Democrats filibustered against just about every one of President George W. Bush’s judicial nominees, both to the Supreme Court and to U.S. appeals courts, they howled the 60-vote proce...
Sissonville fans were classless in their cheers What’s wrong with kids — and their parents - these days? Is there no decency among the youth of today? Are curse words and dirty talk just slang now? Since when did parents start lett...
Get out and support your teams! Three local teams are in the state tournament this week, including Logan, Tug Valley and Gilbert. We hope everyone will get out and support their local teams. Make the drive to Charleston and root...
The road of life Have you ever had an argument with yourself? This has happened to me several times recently. In one of those arguments, I was thinking about my relationship with God. If my “faith walk”...
Obama’s deeds must match his rhetoric The hopes invested in Barack Obama at his inauguration were as overblown as the disenchantment now surrounded his first anniversary in the White House. He has failed, inevitably, to live up to the...
Original art exhibit is amazing Not many people understand how a comic book is made. First a script is written, then a penciler draws the sequential art, an inker goes over the pencils to enhance the art, a letterer adds the wor...
Editor, How many more issues of the Banner will we have to look at the mugs of Manchin, Tomblin and Kirkendoll praising the new center on 119 that none had a thing to do with. With all their free...
Editor, Life in West Virginia continues to take it toll on senior citizens. What are our "lawmakers" doing to help the downtrodden? It seems that the leadership of the state House has used a pro...
Editor, It seems like everybody is on the band wagon trying to figure out why so many Americans have lost their jobs and why the economy is so bad. Members of congress are always willing to ge...
Editor, This newspaper’s recent editorial calling for a boycott of a concert featuring Kathy Mattea, Emmylou Harris, Patti Griffin, Dave Matthews, Buddy Miller and others is yet another example o...
Editor, I normally don’t respond to “Letters to the Editor” because I believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion. When I read a letter that gives out miscommunications about the job I do a...
Editor, I would like to express my opinion of the eight RESAs (Regional Educational Service Agencies) in West Virginia. I see them as a bureaucratic waste of taxpayer’s money. I have seen admi...
Congratulations to the Tug Valley Panthers for making it back to the Class AA state basketball tournament! The Panthers have played great all season long and have the talent to bring home the st...
Congratulations to the Gilbert Lions for making it back to the Class A state basketball tournament! The Lions surprised everyone by beating St. Joseph’s Central last night to earn their fourth ber...
In 1907, during a major league baseball game, second base was stolen 13 times by the winning team. The catcher for the losing team, Branch Rickey, was unable to pick off even a single runner. That...
Congratulations to the Logan Wildcats basketball team for making it back into the Triple-A state tournament. It’s the Wildcats’ first trip to the Big Dance in 3A since 1995 and we hope they brin...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars that some abortion opponents fear. Abortion right...
Several local teams are in the regional tournaments that start tonight, including Logan, Chapmanville and Man from Logan County and Tug Valley and Gilbert from Mingo County. Scott's girls team i...
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