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Editorial: Expanded showing of tourism channel helps boost region

2013-05-18T00:11:32-04:00

An obvious tenet in selling any product is first making potential buyers aware of it and its benefits, particularly people who may have a built-in interest.

Editorial: Judge has chance to fix ridiculously light sentence

2013-05-18T00:12:14-04:00

The administration of justice sometimes is difficult to understand.

Voice of the people

2013-05-18T21:40:44-04:00

We want to encourage you to reflect on the drastic need for organ and tissue donors.

Editorial: High school grads need to continue education

2013-05-18T21:40:44-04:00

The high school graduation season is in full swing.

Voice of the People

2013-05-18T00:10:31-04:00

Residents, if you have pets, be observant. With the approach of warm summer months and the grass growing season, please check your property for any unauthorized spraying of any unknown herbicide, which may injure you or your pets.

Voice of the People

2013-05-17T00:16:25-04:00

I just finished the article on the recent addition of Muslim works to the Marshall University library.

Milt Hankins: What should we do with Old Testament laws?

2013-05-17T00:15:19-04:00

If I am to believe the Bible is inerrant, without any errors, mistakes, or contradictions, "God-breathed," and to be obeyed to the letter -- that is with no "picking and choosing" -- then I have a few, sincere questions about laws found in the Old Testament.

J. Wade Gilley: Building sprees, large debt taking toll on universities

2013-05-17T00:18:44-04:00

Dark clouds are forming over America's public universities as the Wall Street mind-set spreads across more of our institutions. A decade of excessive spending based largely on unlimited student loans is looming dangerously over a major national asset.

Editorial: Improving street lighting around campus good idea

2013-05-17T00:17:38-04:00

Bright street lighting helps deter crime and make our communities safer.

Two separate cases display government overreach

2013-05-16T00:00:04-04:00

President Barack Obama was correct when he said it was "outrageous" that the Internal Revenue Service singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny in regard to their tax-exempt status.

Day of Hope will focus on the future

2013-05-16T06:47:29-04:00

The Day of Hope 2013 Remembrance Service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, in the Marshall University Medical School parking pavilion on Charleston Avenue in Huntington.