http://www.register-herald.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:30:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_310223046.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_310223046.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:52:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_309214552.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_309214552.html The newest sign at Beckley’s oldest hospital structure is a welcome one. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:47:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_309214756.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_309214756.html Gun owners take heart. The Constitution is on your side. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:42:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_308194249.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_308194249.html Less than three months ago, state officials were pitching the idea of a $500 bonus for full-time state employees, at a cost of $34.7 million to be taken from a $168 million surplus in the fiscal ’09 budget. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:22:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_307222212.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_307222212.html We’re often asked how long we think our newspaper will last. We’re happy to say we believe we’ll be around for a good long while. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:41:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_306204942.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_306204942.html “If you build it, they will come.” Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:57:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_304215711.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_304215711.html A little more than 18 months ago it was brought to our attention that Raleigh General Hospital faced a roadblock in its efforts to establish lifesaving heart procedures, namely angioplasty, at southern West Virginia’s largest provider for inpatient and outpatient hospital services. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:09:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_303211014.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_303211014.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:01:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_302210227.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_302210227.html You bite into that cheesy quesadilla slathered in hot salsa and then what happens? Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:59:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_302205949.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_302205949.html This year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has nearly $6 billion to award in loans and grants for water and wastewater projects across the nation. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:09:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_301220905.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_301220905.html The land deal is done and the Boy Scouts of America are moving forward on work to construct a new National Scouting Center on an 11,000-acre tract of land situated in the southeastern Fayette County and northern Raleigh County. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:39:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_300215625.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_300215625.html It may take some time to catch on, but the ability to listen in on what lawmakers are deciding on the floor and in committees will enable residents to keep closer tabs on how their elected officials really feel about the issues under discussion. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:38:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_300233902.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_300233902.html The United Way of Southern West Virginia is all about people living UNITED in an effort to help others. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:28:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_299182903.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_299182903.html Substance abuse costs West Virginia some $116 million each year in health care costs. By 2017, that cost could exceed $201 million — that is, if we continue to do nothing about the problem. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:11:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_297194021.html http://www.register-herald.com/opinion/local_story_297194021.html Keep up the pressure. That may be the only way the Obama administration, particularly the Environmental Protection Agency, and certain members of Congress finally get the message that anti-coal policies simply won’t work for West Virginia and much of the nation.