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Don’t Tolerate Intimidation
March 15, 2013 In all likelihood, nearly all the witnesses in the rape trial of two Jefferson County boys this week wish devoutly they did not have to be part of the proceeding. more »»
Regulating Legal Gambling in Ohio
March 15, 2013 Paying money to play “games” in which there is a chance of winning more money is gambling. Calling it something else — like “Internet cafes” — doesn’t change that fact. more »»
Review Ohio Records Law
March 14, 2013 At every level of government, secrecy — sometimes, seemingly, solely for its own sake — often is the watchword of public officials. more »»
Approve Firearms For W.Va. Judges
March 14, 2013 Because of what they do for a living, judges and magistrates in West Virginia make lots of enemies. Occasionally, they find themselves in fear of assault in their own courtrooms. more »»
Board Correct To Fund Library
March 13, 2013 Ohio County Board of Education members did the right thing in agreeing Monday to continue providing support to the Ohio County Public Library. more »»
Ensure Fair Trial In Steubenville
March 13, 2013 No doubt the trial for two Steubenville High School students accused of raping a Weirton girl will be accompanied by public protests over the way the case has been handled. more »»
New Signals, Signs May Help
March 12, 2013 Serious accidents on Ohio 7 in Martins Ferry are nothing new. The most recent crashes, in mid-February and March 6, injured several people, some seriously. more »»
Travel, Conference Costs Excessive
March 12, 2013 Members of the boards of Ohio’s five public employee pension programs are right to use educational and networking opportunities at conferences to help them administer the systems. more »» 
Secret Project Meets Resistance
March 12, 2013 WHEELING — Citing possible risks of what he termed the city’s “first mountaintop removal project,” Patrick Cassidy asked the Wheeling Planning Commission Monday to deny a zone change request for 95... more »»
Issue in Trial A Serious One
March 11, 2013 Just when many Ohio Valley residents thought the path to putting months of anguish behind us was open, a major roadblock has been thrown up. more »»
Keep Courthouse Open on Saturdays
March 11, 2013 Brooke County commissioners are being asked by some county employees to end the practice of having the courthouse open from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. more »»
Making a Start On School Reform
March 10, 2013 Improving public schools in West Virginia will not be easy and it will not happen overnight. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s proposal to accomplish reform is far from perfect. more »»
Library Support Should Continue
March 10, 2013 It is true, as state Sen. Brooks McCabe stressed last week, that West Virginia should re-examine is system of funding public libraries. more »»
Road, Bridge Funds A Pressing Concern
March 10, 2013 Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and West Virginia legislators have exceedingly full plates this winter and spring. The last thing they need is one more knotty problem to solve. more »»
Reject Hasty Bill on Casinos
March 9, 2013 Table gambling at West Virginia’s four racetrack casinos no longer is the cash cow it once was for either the track owners or local and state governments. more »»
Insist on Public’s Right to Know
March 9, 2013 Some government officials seem to think that the less the public knows about what they are doing, the better. That is why open meetings and records laws are a necessity. more »»
Pursue Justice In Rape Case
March 8, 2013 People who commit crimes ought to be arrested, prosecuted and, if found guilty, punished. The more heinous the crime, the more severe the penalty. That seems simple enoug. more »»
Planned Hawaii Junket Is Bad Idea
March 8, 2013 Ohio’s retirement systems for public employees have billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities. more »»
Facts Should Rule Debate
March 7, 2013 Officials of West Virginia’s two teachers’ unions have made it clear they deeply dislike Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s school reform proposal. Fine. more »»
Using Wheeling Police Effectively
March 7, 2013 Wheeling residents are enjoying the fruit of their decision last fall to abandon an old restriction on how city police are deployed. more »» |
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