A new study lays out options for how to clean up the waste coal that contaminates the region. One could be a jobs generator.
Dwayne Yancey
Yancey is founding editor of Cardinal News. His opinions are his own. You can reach him at dwayne@cardinalnews.org or 540-529-1136.
ODU report says Virginia college campuses are economically segregated
Study says the state’s private colleges and universities do a better job of educating low-income students than public ones do.
ODU report warns Virginia is ‘pulling apart’
Meanwhile, Lynchburg metro area shows up at or near the bottom of many economic measures.
What we’ve learned the first week of the Youngkin administration
And also, what we don’t know yet about the new governor.
We’re missing an opportunity with Afghan refugees
We have counties desperate to reverse their population declines. We have thousands of Afghan refugees passing through Fort Pickett. Why are we not trying to resettle them here?
A lesson we should draw from the Lincoln-Douglas debates
What if candidates today debated like they did back then?
Did Youngkin just throw an interception on football stadium?
Why should Southwest and Southside care on which side the Potomac the Washington Football Team plays?
Who funded voter suppression in rural Virginia?
We now know who supplied most of the money for a group of Democrats who masqueraded as a conservative group trying to undermine the Republican candidate for governor.
Youngkin delivers Reagan-like optimism
On the other hand, he offered few specifics in his inaugural address, although those shouldn’t have been expected.
The best and worst inaugural addresses in Virginia history
Reality check: Few inaugural addresses are remembered. These two are, for different reasons.

