http://www.dailyindependent.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:17:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_323171917.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_323171917.html In the firm belief that what is good for Ashland is good for all of Boyd County, the Boyd County Smoke-Free Initiative has used the occasion of the annual Great American Smokeout to launch a campaign that they hope will lead to the Boyd County Fiscal Court and the Catlettsburg City Council to follow the Ashland Board of City Commissioner’s lead by enacting ordinances to ban smoking in restaurants and most other public places. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:20:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_322152247.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_322152247.html Giving Tree turns words into action Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:17:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_322151951.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_322151951.html Potentially, students, faculty and alumni of the 16 schools that make up the Kentucky Community and Technical College System hold tremendous clout with the elected leaders of this state. After all, more than half the students — 53 percent — currently enrolled in higher education in Kentucky are attending a community and technical college. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:05:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_320171040.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_320171040.html H1N1 response has been a disasterBoyd library has too much moneyRegion should be thankful for coalCap-and-trade laws will save moneyHealth care bill called outrageous Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:03:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_320170454.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_320170454.html In the midst of a region-wide epidemic of prescription drug abuse, it is absolutely unbelievable that any governing body, community organizations or individuals would oppose a church-sponsored program designed to help individuals kick their addictions to prescription drugs. Incredible, but sadly true. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:24:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_317172622.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_317172622.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:20:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_317172232.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_317172232.html For the first time in almost 15 years, the rate of smoking among American adults has increased. That’s a number that we find both surprising and distressing. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:07:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_317171459.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_317171459.html Cruel policies should be changedThere are better ways to mine coalVeterans Day program praised2nd hand stores are not all alikeArea KFTC chapter topic of meetingOptimist auction begins on Tuesday Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:03:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_317170642.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_317170642.html There is little that is new in the “Cost of Incarcerating Adult Felons” written by the Kentucky General Assembly’s staff for the Program Review and Investigations Committee. The only question is whether legislators will use this report to continue to bemoan the soaring costs of the state’s prisons while actually doing little or nothing at attack the problem. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_317170016.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_317170016.html On using taxes for abortions and warVeterans Day tribute was stirringBusiness partners vital to center Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_317165152.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_317165152.html Environmental activists who were hoping the administration of Barack Obama would quickly overturn a last-mintue mining regulation imposed by a lame duck President George W. Bush have been told that they are going to have to be patient. The process of changing the controversail regulation is just getting started, and Glenda Owens, acting director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, said a new regulation will not be in place until at least early 2011. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:05:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_316150708.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_316150708.html James Garfield is one of eight U.S. presidents born in Ohio, but like most of the Buckeye State’s other presidents, Garfield is not well known. In fact, even residents of Ohio are more likely to think of the comic strip feline than the president when they hear the name Garfield. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_316150340.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_316150340.html Bedbugs — the tiny bloodsucking insects that were once thought to be nearly eradicated in this country — have now become so widespread that neighboring Ohio has petitioned the federal government to allow an industrial insecticide to be used in homes to fight the bedbugs. While apparently not yet as widespread in Kentucky as they are in Ohio, one can expect that tiny insect to soon become a problem on this side of the Ohio River. That’s why we support Ohio’s efforts to halt the spread of bedbugs. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:58:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_316145757.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_316145757.html Senator’s plan won’t help racing Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:26:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_315152825.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/local_story_315152825.html The more than one out of 10 Kentuckians who continue to be unemployed are not alone in feeling the impact of a nationwide recession that economists and Washington politicians assure us has ended. State revenue continues to fall, which virtually assures that the two-year budget the 2010 General Assembly will approve will be an extremely lean one that will call for less spending than the biennial budget legislators approved in 2008.