Hoppy Kercheval

Often when writing or talking about a topic, a reader or listener who disagrees will tell me that I “need to get all the facts” before forming an opinion.

It is a foregone conclusion that Donald Trump will carry West Virginia in the November General Election and claim our four electoral votes. The MetroNews West Virginia Poll in August had Trump up 27 points over Kamala Harris, 61 percent to 34 percent.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency scored a significant victory this week when the U.S. Supreme Court refused a request for an emergency order blocking the agency’s plans for curbing emissions from coal and natural gas power plants from going into effect.

When West Virginia voters go to the polls for the General Election, they will be asked to think about life and death.

West Virginia’s General Election in-person voting begins Wednesday with early voting. By law, early voting begins 13 days before Election Day and lasts for ten days. The last day to early vote is Saturday, November 2.

Two weeks from today, we will know who the next president of the United States will be.

The operator of the nation’s largest power grid has issued yet another warning about possible electricity shortages.

West Virginia gubernatorial candidates Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Huntington’s Democratic Mayor Steve Williams will debate tonight in Fairmont. The debate will be broadcast over the MetroNews Radio Network with the video stream on the MetroNews TV app and carried on several TV stations in the state.

The debate between Republican gubernatorial candidate Patrick Morrisey and Democrat Steve Williams Tuesday night had just ended. The microphones were turned off and the cameras shut down. The production crew was breaking down the set in Wallman Hall on the campus of Fairmont State University.

We will know Tuesday night who will be the next governor of West Virginia. The winner will celebrate the victory, and probably take a few days off from a long campaign. However, the governor-elect will have to get to work quickly on an emerging issue with the state’s finances.