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Vital Signs: Lawmakers must remain focused on healthcare

Increases in healthcare costs are stressing individuals and families more in West Virginia than in nearly every other state. The Mountain State has the fifth highest cost of health care as a share of median monthly household income in the country, at 9.14%. Only Mississippi, Maine, Oregon and ...

Education: Hardesty makes valid argument on choice

We can argue about funding and vouchers, transportation and transparency, but West Virginia Board of Education President Paul Hardesty is right. There is no going backward from school choice in the Mountain State. His message last week to public school systems in the state was blunt. “You ...

High Points of the Valley

* Mid-Ohio Valley residents were thrilled to get the news that our regional airport will now have flights to TWO destinations, as Contour Airlines has added twice-weekly Myrtle Beach flights to its regular service to Charlotte, N.C. It is encouraging to learn the company thinks of expanding ...

A Hot Topic: Summer fire safety still essential

Late spring into summer is the perfect time for sitting around the fire pit in the evening, or burning off the last of the debris from cleaning up your property for the year. And burn laws do change at the beginning of June. “Starting on June 1st you can burn any time of the day. You are ...

A Sick Feeling: Encouraging vaccine hesitancy has proved deadly

Politicizing healthcare — from vaccines to research and safety net funding — has led to some dangerous changes in public health in this country. Among them is the surge in measles and whooping cough cases. Vaccine hesitancy fueled by intentional misinformation and disingenuous religious ...

Permitting: McCuskey recognizes threat to state power

West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is right to understand political extremism paired with federal overreach is a dangerous combination. That’s why a case in Guam felt important enough for him to head up a coalition of 21 states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower ...