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Guest Column: Filing formal and informal complaints

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I suppose it would come as no surprise to you that most of the comments we receive at the Public Service Commission are from people who are complaining about their utility services or the rates they must pay. We invite the public to comment on any and all cases before the Commission. It certainly is your right, and the Commission welcomes your comments. We have multiple ways by which you can file comments with the Commission. These include filing online, by mail, or physically coming into the Commission to state your mind while we are in session. Today, I would like to spend a ...

Weirton Lions extend thanks

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To the Editor, The Weirton Lions Club recently held their “Dancing Thru the Decades” fundraiser at T. Kosciusko Hall in Weirton. What a success! The community members who attended were treated to great music from DJ Keith Shreve; a Chinese Auction; 50/50 raffle; and a wine wagon raffle. It was great to have community members, including some of our local City of Weirton council members and officials, in attendance. The purpose of this fundraiser was to raise money to purchase hand-held eye screening equipment that Lions can use at local schools, health fairs and other events ...

How was your Mother’s Day?

Letters to the Editor

To the Editor, Like a lot of folks my age, Mother’s Day is a complicated time. It marks the loss of the person who was always in your corner. No matter how tough the opponent was or how badly beaten emotionally or physically, she had always been there to apply ointments or prepare a bowl of chicken soup. In my case, it was the anniversary of her 2007 surgery, which her strong will carried through all almost dying in the operating room, the way my father had in 2004, three years earlier. Only to lose her two months later to cancer. I traveled to Walmart on Sunday Morning, witnessing ...

Somewhere along the way, our hearts changed

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There were moments when I was putting together the above story when I was taken back to those days when I was around the age of being a fourth-grader. I guess that would be about, what … 10? I’m pretty sure all of us could go back and conjure up a few memories from our childhood during that time. You see, the children in that story are filled with a sadness for each of these dogs and cats living at the local animal shelter. And they are filled with so much love for every single one. No exclusions. Not just the cute puppy with its fabulous puppy breath. Not just the ...

Guest Column: The Supreme Court is deciding whether justice has a zip code

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In my law office, I’ve met with families this year who came in not knowing if their children would remain U.S. citizens. Not knowing if a court ruling in one part of the country would protect them in another. Not knowing if the law still worked for them at all. That’s the real-world cost of a case currently before the United States Supreme Court, Trump v. CASA, Inc. 24A884, which asks whether federal judges should continue to have the authority to issue nationwide injunctions. Strip that away, and justice becomes a patchwork where the protection of the Constitution depends on where ...

Good news in plans for future bridge

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Pretty much every major politician who has made their way through our area in the last year has found a way to emphasize the importance of infrastructure investment, with particular nods to the status of the Market Street Bridge. I tend to take anything a politician says with a grain of salt, preferring a wait and see approach to the campaign promises made while they are seeking election. This time, at least, it looks as if some of them were serious. Last summer, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito announced she had negotiated $87.5 million through the federal Bridge Investment Program to ...