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...
YOUR OPINIONS
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...
Your Letters: Pat on the back
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 ar...
Health care common sense
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 m...
OUR VIEW
See the need,
be the solution
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...
Reader's View
Show some repect
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. Pet...
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, 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...
Dear Editor: To say I was shocked would be an understatement. The recent passing of Cap. Bob Bosworth left me almost speechless. This is a man that I looked up to almost all my life. My career as ...
Dear Editor: West Virginia needs jobs, not new taxes. Well, I am sure the same goes for Ohio, Kentucky and any other state in the U.S. The largest tax increase in the American history is how many...
Dear Editor: I would like to ask your readers in West Virginia’s Second Congressional District to contact their elected representative, Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, and express their suppo...
Dear Editor: At about 3:45 p.m. on June 30, as I sit listening to my scanner, I hear that Valley Squad 238 was sent to do a “move up” to the city. What this means is that all the other squads tha...
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...
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