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For better or worse, alcohol is woven into the American boating and fishing experience. It is an ever-present summertime theme for country music hits such as "Pontoon" -- or the more direct "Beer On A Boat" -- but each season accidents remind us that it can be a recipe for tragedy as well.
For better or worse, alcohol is woven into the American boating and fishing experience. It is an ever-present summertime theme for country music hits such as "Pontoon" -- or the more direct "Beer On A Boat" -- but each season accidents remind us that it can be a recipe for tragedy as well.
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Enough with this "enough" business.
On April 28 the West Virginia AFL-CIO held the 25th annual observance of Workers Memorial Day at Willow Island, W.Va. Kenny Perdue and Josh Sword arranged for a very beautiful and moving ceremony.
According to the "Presidents Fact Book," Thomas Jefferson "continually fought for America's most cherished ideals of liberty, asserting that human beings are born with natural rights, rather than having rights bestowed upon them by a government, and that governments govern by consent of the people, rather than by forcing their will upon the people."
A proposal to ban all tobacco products on the main campus of Marshall University by Marshall's Board of Governors (Herald-Dispatch, April 19, 2013, Page 5A) recalls "Free Cigarette Day" in the former Shawkey Student Union at Marshall during the early 1960s, when I was a student.
Editorial: Despite hurdles, expanding drug courts is worth doing
One of the key components of legislation approved last month to address overcrowding in West Virginia's state prisons and regional jails won't be easy to accomplish, but it's a strategy that gets to the heart of the problem.
Could soldiers in the armed forces soon be restricted in how they openly share their faith?
It has been a long time coming, but a reasonable approach to taxing online sales moved through the U.S. Senate this week.
First of all, I am a Christian, and I offer no apologies for it. Secondly, not all Christians hate those who are different than themselves. I support all other religions' right to be who they are. I support the right of those who do not believe the way I do or not at all. I support those who are not heterosexual such as myself.
In 1951, West Virginia's famous "pop tax" was established by the state legislature to fund the nascent Medical School at West Virginia University. It allocated a penny tax on bottles and cans of soda pop.
On Thursday April 25, 2013, Downtown Huntington Partners hosted a progressive dinner at many downtown restaurants. Our theme of "Visit Downtown, it's Personal" was on display as 100 diners and hosts visited select restaurants for different courses of a chef-selected house specialty. Each was tasty, well presented and the servers did an excellent job of handling individual needs.
It is no secret that many Americans do not get enough exercise.
It is no secret that many Americans do not get enough exercise.
Two-and-a-half years ago, Lawrence County, Ohio, was served by a multi-county ambulance district that was falling apart.
A recent survey of the number of police citations given across the nation for texting while driving has raised questions in some quarters about the effectiveness of laws targeting that dangerous habit.
I would like to respond to David Sirota's column in the April 7 Herald-Dispatch. First of all, the word "bigot" denotes a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group. According to statistics, 130,000 Mexicans come legally to this country yearly. There are also thousands of people coming from Asia, Iran, Iraq, etc., legally every year. So much for not wanting to allow people of color into this country. We have immigration laws that need to be enforced. It doesn't make any difference what color you are, if you're here illegally you need to be deported.
"Death's a very pleasant thing," one 60-ish inmate at Mt. Olive Correctional Center (maximum security) remarked during the recent Kairos prison ministry weekend I was on. My own experience confirms his observation.
Curtis Johnson's article in the April 20 edition about the emergency faculty meeting at Marshall doesn't do justice to what actually happened there. Faculty members voiced very specific observations about Dr. Kopp's leadership, which in this article are boiled down to "popular themes." The reporter elaborates on one "theme," the lack of presidential availability, spells Dr. Diener's name incorrectly in doing so, and then adds that "professors do not return the favor" of Dr. Kopp's open door policy. It is perfectly clear that if the president appeared at any faculty member's door, he would be welcomed. The truth is, that has very rarely happened, which is part of the problem.
Editorial: Benefits of Medicaid expansion outweighed the potential costs
In deciding to loosen West Virginia's tight restrictions on the state's Medicaid program, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin made the right call.
West Virginia finally decided last Thursday that it will expand its Medicaid program under the federal Affordable Care Act. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin made the announcement during a news conference in Charleston as West Virginia became the final state in the nation to make its decision.
I want to thank all the politicians who had the courage and foresight to vote against gun background checks.
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