Opioids and Appalachia
Just because it gets less attention doesn't mean that the problem has gone away
Recent media stories about yesterday’s “epidemic” that is still with us
Thanks to the coronavirus, it gets less local, regional, and national coverage, but opioid addiction is still a major problem for Appalachia. National media, for the most part, have switched their focus to the virus but there is still some good reporting being . . .
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Reading the last (actual) Sunday Wheeling News-Register
The News-Register announced on its front page that, following in the footsteps of other Ogden newspapers, today will be last time readers will receive their Sunday paper on Sunday. Henceforth, local readers will receive it on Saturday even though it will be called the Sunday News-Register. (Yeah, I know.) Additionally, the Monday . . .
What has Senator Shelley Moore Capito been doing lately?
Watch Senator Capito put “aggressive pressure” on EPA chief and former Murray Energy lobbyist, Andrew Wheeler
(Unfortunately, because Wheeler is shot from the waist-up, we do not see him shaking in his boots.)
Today, I told @EPAAWheeler to expect continued aggressive pressure from me for @EPA to finalize a #PFAS maximum . . .
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Yes, Senator Capito, Trump has learned his lesson
More bribery from our president and silence from our senator
Back in February, after Republican senators found Trump innocent of trying to shakedown the Ukraine to get them to investigate the Biden family, West Virginia’s Shelley Moore Capito excused the president's behavior by suggesting that he just needed to be a bit more careful in how he phrased things:
"I think he's . . .
A reminder to West Virginians: If you have not yet registered to vote, today is the final day to register for the primary election
If you are unregistered, you can register online at Go Vote WV.
Here is more information from WV Clean elections:
Remember: Due to #COVID-19 every registered #WV voter has the option to vote absentee. This is the safest way to vote while protecting your health and the health of others. Stay safe and request your absentee ballot . . .
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Some reactions and updates to Ogden’s coronavirus coverage
Easy for you to say, Mike
Saturday’s Mike Myer column continued the local Ogden papers’ push to end the coronavirus closures. “Shutdowns Cost Lives, Too” describes what Myer considers the gloomy state of affairs that will result from the “nanny-state’s” shutting of the economy: businesses permanently closed, high unemployment, . . .
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“There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear”
Hey Intelligencer, whatever happened to Bob Murray and Murray Energy?
Local newspaper readers: if you haven’t noticed, Murray Energy and its CEO have virtually disappeared from the pages of Ogden's Ohio Valley “newspapers.” So far in 2020, the Wheeling papers have carried only three news articles about Murray Energy. (For comparison, this is my sixth blog post about the company this year.)
For our . . .
