Dear Editor: To Mr. Bond, principal, and Mrs. VanMeter, vice principal, faculty and staff of Wahama High School, also students of Wahama High School, I would like to comment on your assembly honor...
W.Va. lawmakers in special session
The West Virginia Legislature at the call of the Governor is once again in Special Session. This Fourth Extraordinary Session brings the Legislature into session to address eleven items on the Gov...
Time for W.Va.’s Legislative Interims
The November 2009, Legislative Interims are scheduled to begin on Tuesday, Nov. 17 and conclude on Thursday, Nov. 19. Once again with interims being scheduled during the regular work week, instead...
Your Opinion: Support local business
Dear Editor: I was reading about the Halftime Sports Bar and Grill article. It seems to me that this isn’t a successful business. I’ve heard more than one time, about Halftime refusing to pay thei...
Your Opinion: Useless sermon
Dear Editor: In response to Delegate Patti Shoen’s letter to the editor, with unemployment in West Virginia nearly nine percent (Mason County 13 percent) and a loss of over 23,000 jobs in the stat...
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Fed up with illegal immigrants
Dear Editor: I have submitted a letter to Target Corporation informing them of my family’s decision to boycott their store. This week Target was issued a complaint from an organization that suppor...
Capitol changes promote pride in W.Va.
This week’s projected forecast of rain and dropping temperatures reminds me of the many changes that have taken place in the capitol building since I was first elected to the House of Delegates in...
Dear Editor, Thanks to Alice Click’s recent warning, we are aware that our National Day of Prayer (NDP) is under attack. The attacker, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), is a self-desc...
Dear Editor, We are always hearing about the “foot soldiers,” “people in the trenches.” We have been privileged to see them in action! They are not military. They are the technicians or as they a...
Dear Editor, The recent debate over health care leaves us all a little overwhelmed. I have a different take on this subject. Let me share this thought with you. I spent over 30 years working for ...
If you take a look around Gallia County, you’ll see many pressing needs. From kids who aren’t getting three square meals a day to senior citizens worrying about having to decide between paying thi...
Dear Editor, To the people who have going to our son’s — little Pete McKinney — grave and shooting up drugs and raising their needles up for him had better stop it now. You are so disgraceful. Pe...
Dear Editor, On Friday, Sept. 18, I received a call from my nephew who is in Afghanistan and in harm’s way. I was relieved to hear his voice and I pray that I hear from him again soon. Just two d...
Dear Editor, My sister Helen just reminded me this was the Saturday before a grievous next Saturday, Oct. 3, it would be the sad day they sell off at public auction, the old Point Pleasant High Sc...
Cash for Gold!Sell your broken chains, earrings, and bracelets at either location.Celebrate with Siders!Join us as Point Pleasant celebrates 'The Point of Christmas' on November 14th! Lay-aways Wel...
Southeastern Ohio's Premier Heating and Cooling Company
Since 1953 Foreman and Abbott has offered residential and commercial heating and cooling service on all brands of Geothermal Heat Pumps, G...
ERA Town & Country Real Estate, Broker has a total of over one hundred years of sales experience. The office was opened in 1978 by James H. Lewis, a long-time business man in Mason County, West Vir...