The Morehead News Opinion

‘Down ticket’ races still worthy of voter interest

2011-10-11T09:49:30-04:00

With this year’s governor’s race looking more and more like a slam dunk for Gov. Steve Beshear, the five other statewide races appear to be generating less voter interest than usual.

Will junkies and shady junk dealers steal it all?

2011-10-04T10:07:08-04:00

Is anything safe from these frantic thieves who steal to feed their drug habits?

‘Beaker Bucks’ make cash registers sing

2011-09-29T18:05:23-04:00

We tip our hat to Bill Redwine, Doug Snedegar and the others at Morehead State University who last year introduced “Beaker Bucks” into the Morehead area business community.

Compensating tax rate is still an increase

2011-09-26T18:40:46-04:00

The politician who created the concept of the state’s so-called “compensating tax rate” could have played quarterback because even that terminology is a classic example of misdirection.

‘Topix’ must change or disappear

2011-09-22T17:51:34-04:00

We are compelled to start this editorial with a disclaimer:
The Morehead News is not involved in the ownership or management of the social media Web site called Topix. Some of our news content appears there because it is linked to our public website.

Legion vets still giving their all…for all of us

2011-09-06T15:33:10-04:00

We proudly render a snappy hand salute today to the officers and members of Morehead’s Corbie Ellington Post 126 of the American Legion.

Autumn Arts and Eats – a tasty idea

2011-08-30T12:05:23-04:00

We tip our hat to those agencies and individuals responsible for conceiving and planning the new Autumn Arts and Eats Festival scheduled in downtown Morehead on Saturday, Sept. 17.

A better side of our junior U.S. senator

2011-08-26T08:21:44-04:00

While we haven’t agreed with many of the comments, actions or political positions taken by our new junior U.S. senator, we are proud of what he did last Sunday in Lexington.

Teamwork pays off with chicken ‘n dumplins

2011-08-16T13:06:55-04:00

We tip our hat today to those involved, publicly and behind the scenes, in the wooing of Cracker Barrel which resulted in that company’s long awaited decision to locate in this community.

Pinecrest Plaza needs help from its owner

2011-08-08T18:40:03-04:00

We begin this editorial with a sincere apology to our 13 friends and neighbors who operate businesses in the Pinecrest Plaza shopping center.