Letters to the Editor

Wilson for Governor

In the gubernatorial election Nov. 3, you have a choice. If you are satisfied with the present ​failed​ state policy for COVID-19 that has resulted in business closings, high unemployment, children and adolescents denied the benefits of in-person education, and the restriction of our freedoms while there continue to be 150 or more new COVID-19 cases daily, vote for Justice. If you would like a governor with extensive U.S. Army emergency operations planning experience whose focus would be to protect those who are vulnerable to COVID-19 while letting the rest of us get on with our ...

Re-Elect Ryan Weld

Editor, News-Register: Over the past 10 years, I’ve watched as the opioid crisis in West Virginia has invaded every community and touched nearly every family in this state. As a retired pharmacist, I’ve paid particular attention as to just how our legislature has tried to address what I believe to be the most significant issue our state faces. Because of my background and from what I’ve seen over the past four years, I support State Senator Ryan Weld as he seeks a second term as our senator. Ryan served as a prosecuting attorney in Brooke County for several years, and took ...

Will It Never End?

Editor, News-Register: How much more punishment do those who live and work in downtown Wheeling, especially on Main Street between 10th and 16th streets, have to endure? Torn up streets, bad infrastructure, etc. What’s next? Is not the street from 12th to 16th and Main the street that was torn up for some time for underground work, a few years back? God help us if this was a two-way street! Charles Ballouz Wheeling

Suffering Consequences

Editor, News-Register: I must admit that I, as are a great many, am extremely incredulous as to how any reasonable and rational thinking individual would continue to lavish himself with praise and self-adoration as does President Donald J. Trump, as a result of his questionable efforts to combat the current horrific pandemic crisis. In actuality, our great nation, which has 4% of the world’s population, has over 22% of the world’s deaths as a result of COVID-19. It is essentially as a result of his lack of proactive leadership and minimalization of the pandemic that has been ...

Gold Star Families Monument Dedicated at Courthouse

Those in attendance at the dedication of the Marshall County Gold Star Families Memorial Monument this past Wednesday evening had the opportunity to listen to featured speaker Hershel “Woody” Williams explain about the start-up of this effort 10 years ago, what the foundation means, along with the mission the four goals of the project. The mission of the program is to honor, recognize and serve Gold Star Families and the legacy of their loved ones who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. In addition, while several individuals and organizations took part in the event, others ...

Racism Charge Phony

Editor, News-Register: Is professor Charles Rogerson using state paid for English instruction to indoctrinate impressionable students with his radical political persuasions? In public, he exceeds the president in lack of intellectual discourse. He drags preconceived racism into a political contest that should be debated on opponents’ achievements and intentions. I must weigh President Trump’s terrible temper and other blemishes against what he has accomplished despite a constant barrage of opposition. He has reduced the difference between low- and high-income workers, ...