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Friends of the Tug Fork River, DEP and REAP deserve praise for tire cleanup
The Friends of the Tug Fork River organization is the driving force behind the recent tire cleanup of the Tug River between Warfield and Kermit. The group received help from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and REAP (Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan) to remove hundreds of tires from the waterway in the last couple…
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Make today a good day
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Life is one day at a time. You don’t have tomorrow. You hope for tomorrow, but it’s not guaranteed. We plan for tomorrow. We save for tomorrow and look forward to tomorrow. Today is what we have. If today is the last day of your life, how is it going? If…
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Social media may be fun, but for the facts, we need newspapers
BY AL CROSS I love social media. They keep me in touch with dozens of friends whom I might otherwise have contact with just every few years or every few decades. They let me share articles that I think bring greater understanding of a subject, usually with a comment of my own, and enjoy similar…
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‘Cult of positive thinking’
BY SONALI KOLHATKAR The late Barbara Ehrenreich was best known for her 2001 bestseller “Nickel and Dimed,” which showed that hard-working people simply weren’t making it in America. But Ehrenreich, who passed away this September at 81, made an equally great contribution to economic justice with her subsequent book, “Bright-Sided.” It argued that the cult…
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America’s foreigner flood: Spread the love around
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Nearly 5 million foreign nationals have entered the United States since Biden became president. Some people call them undocumented immigrants, some call them unauthorized immigrants, many call them illegal immigrants. If they were entering the country legally with proper documentation, then we would call them documented immigrants or legal immigrants. Wyoming…
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What’s in a name?
There could be a lot BY KYLE LOVERN What’s in a name? Most of you may know that Mingo County is named for an Indian tribe while neighboring Logan County was named for the Chief of that tribe. But what about some other area towns and villages? Martin County was founded in 1870 and is…
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9/11 yesterday and tomorrow
BY MAGGIE HETTINGER Yesterday, we all celebrated 9/11 day. It’s been 21 years, right? I’m sure the TV was full of “remembrance,” if that’s what you watch. I did not. Yesterday morning, my church placed the American flag beside the altar. We sang together, “This is my song…this is my home…these are my hopes…but other…
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A salute to first responders
On some anniversaries we celebrate. On others we reflect. The 21st anniversary of the attack on America and New York’s World Trade Center is one of the times for reflection. There is truly nothing to celebrate in the extraordinary tragedy of 9/11. As much as I would like to forget some of them, the images…
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