Casting vote a privilege
Primary
Wood County Clerk Jamie Six is predicting a 45-50 percent of the 52,334 registered voters will turn out for today's West Virginia Primary Election. This means approximately 26,000 of the countyás registered voters will visit a polling place to cast their ballot before the polls close this evening.
It also means that 26,000 potential voters will stay at home.
With the host of candidates for national, state and local offices, and the important issues, such as the Easy Rider Bus Levy, to be decided, we hope more voters take the time to visit the polls.
There are too many races and issues to discuss here. However, these have been written about numerous times in the newspaper during the past several weeks so that voters should have a good idea about where the candidates stand on important issues.
Mini-Boom
The coal industry appears to be enjoying at least a mini-boom, and that ought to be good news to all Americans. Some may believe that more coal being used means less expensive petroleum and natural gas going to power plants.
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If you haven’t watched television or visited your mail box during the past several weeks, you may not know there is an election in West Virginia on Tuesday.
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John Bancheri was happy to be back home this week. Bancheri also appreciated the hospitality his Grand Valley State University rowing team from Grand Rapids, Mich., received in Parkersburg.
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To the opening of the new Blennerhassett Bridge, scheduled for the evening of June 13. The bridge is the last remaining piece of the U.S. 50 Corridor D project and has been under construction for three years.
Internet access important in state
High-speed Internet service is concentrated in urban areas of West Virginia, with large gaps in coverage of rural regions of the state, according to a new study.
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