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Continuing the legacy To the editor: Over the past 10 to 12 years our region has enjoyed a tremendous coal boom. I see so many of these hard working friends as I stop for my early morning breakf...
It will be a while before coal is replaced
FRANKFORT – Natural gas, wind, and even algae are considered alternative energy sources, but state researchers say they probably won’t replace coal anytime soon. The director of the University o...
FRANKFORT – Natural gas, wind, and even algae are considered alternative energy sources, but state researchers say they probably won’t replace coal anytime soon. The director of the University o...
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Byrd’s Eye View: Recognizing our last WW II veteran
Veterans Day is the day we set aside to honor the men and women who have defended our country, our way of life, and our freedom. It is the day that allows us to thank our veterans for their patrio...
Veterans Day is the day we set aside to honor the men and women who have defended our country, our way of life, and our freedom. It is the day that allows us to thank our veterans for their patrio...
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Family Life: Maybe we should make Thanksgiving should be ‘Thanks-living’
When kids grow up in their own home, they often think things they are normal. They eat certain types of food, act in particular ways and even dress in a manner that is common to their clan. They c...
When kids grow up in their own home, they often think things they are normal. They eat certain types of food, act in particular ways and even dress in a manner that is common to their clan. They c...
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Family Life:‘Once Upon A Time ...’ can have a happy ending
Once upon a time, there was a fairly average, run-of-the-mill maid named Laura. She grew up in a poor section of a city where she played on the sidewalk and wore hand-me-downs from friends who sa...
Once upon a time, there was a fairly average, run-of-the-mill maid named Laura. She grew up in a poor section of a city where she played on the sidewalk and wore hand-me-downs from friends who sa...
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Readers Write ••• Radon and lung cancer: Confident in my ignorance
To the editor: We think we know about radon and lung cancer, but do we? Why was I so confident in my ignorance is the question I ask myself very often. In the months prior to my husband’s diagnosi...
To the editor: We think we know about radon and lung cancer, but do we? Why was I so confident in my ignorance is the question I ask myself very often. In the months prior to my husband’s diagnosi...
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Readers Write •••
Unnecessarily scared To the Editor: Re: “You had better be scared,” by Senator Truman Chafin. Sen. Chafin begins with an attempt to s care people by inferring that the Environmental Protection Ag...
Unnecessarily scared To the Editor: Re: “You had better be scared,” by Senator Truman Chafin. Sen. Chafin begins with an attempt to s care people by inferring that the Environmental Protection Ag...
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EDITORIALS
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Many of us who live in Appalachia have lived here all our lives. So have our parents. So have our grandparents and our great-grandparents. What we learned from them became a part of who we are and ...
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I just kept laughing and laughing. I know I sounded like a hen cackling over her eggs. Everything my son said was hysterically funny so I hee-d and haw-ed until my sides hurt. People at the other...
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A central aspect of the art of politics in Washington is getting information to the American people. Determining what the White House, Congress and the people will focus on — and, just as important...
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It seems more and more as I continue in my ministry that people focus more on trivial things than the matter at hand. I certainly will be the first one to say that the building needs to be clean a...
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August is a month of reining in our last summer activities, thinking of our new beginnings -- whether it be the opening of school, band and athletic practices, or fundraisers as fall quickly approa...
LETTERS
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To the Editor: When President Obama recently mentioned that one big insurer controlled 96 percent of the market in a just one state, a collective (and very loud) gulp went down the throats of insu...
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Dear Editor: First of all, I would like to thank you for allowing me the opportunity to express my concern for the citizens of Williamson. It is my opinion that the city is putting hardships on th...
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Oppose the climate change bill Dear Editor: The West Virginia Cham-ber of Commerce is urging the state’s congressional delegation to speak out against a war on domestic energy that is being wage...
MORE OPINIONS
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To the Editor: Coal is the Lifeblood of West Virginia. West Virginia coal helped build this great nation, and continues to light the way for America and the World, today. West Virginia’s future de...
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Machu Picchu. Stone Henge. The Nazca Lines. These places invoke mystery, the question of the unknown. When man built these huge, important and significant creations, the world understood the import...
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The month of October is National Disability Em-ployment Awareness Month and to show support for disabled Americans I encourage all of us to recognize these worthy contributions to our communities a...
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“I took my eyes off the road for only a second – and then, it happened.” Distracted driving is a common occurrence. Over 53,000 distracted driving-related crashes occurred last year in Kentucky, r...
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Government: You can’t vote with your pocketbooks!
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