Daily Independent (Ashland, KY) Editorials

Focus on music

2012-05-29T06:00:00-04:00

There will be no new trophies for winning marching band competitions for the Boyd County High School band. Nor will band members be spending as many summer days in the hot sun in band camp and autumn Saturdays taking long bus drives to compete in band festivals in distant communities.

Memorial Day

2012-05-28T06:00:00-04:00

Unlike our other wars, the American people were never asked to sacrifice for the war in Iraq and the one still ongoing in Afghanistan. They have been wars fought by an all-voluntary military and by the “weekend soldiers” in the National Guard and in the Army, Navy and Air Force Reserve

Still more cuts

2012-05-27T06:00:00-04:00

If you believe the cuts mandated by the two-year state budget that will take effect July 1 will have little impact on services, consider this.

Earmarks again?

2012-05-26T06:00:00-04:00

Immediately, following the midterm elections of 2010 which saw Republicans regain control of the House of Representatives and capture seats in the U.S. Senate, Republican leaders in Congress announced they had heard the voice of the voters and vowed to cease using “earmarks,” the name given to appropriations slipped into bills by influential legislators without a vote.

Best in the nation

2012-05-25T06:00:00-04:00

It may surprise many readers that Newsweek’s “best high school in America” is located right here in Kentucky and is open to selected students throughout the state, but then the Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green is hardly your typical high school. In fact, it would be impossible for even the best public high schools to emulate the amazing success of students at the Gatton Academy.

After the vote

2012-05-24T06:00:00-04:00

We offer today a few reflections on the messages voters sent in Tuesday’s primary election in Kentucky.

A mild winter

2012-05-23T06:00:00-04:00

As we approach the Memorial Day weekend, long hailed as the unofficial start of the summer vacation season, we pause to reflect upon the winter that wasn’t.

Devices banned

2012-05-22T06:00:00-04:00

Emergency breathing devices that tests have proven unreliable are being phased out under a directive issued by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. However, MSHA has given mine operators more than 18 months to remove all the air packs from underground mines.

A free weekend

2012-05-22T06:00:00-04:00

In an effort to promote increased recreational use of the two lakes in the Daniel Boone National Forest, the U.S. Forest Service will offer free fishing and boating during the first weekend in June.

Ho-hum election

2012-05-21T06:00:00-04:00

Psst! Want to know a secret? There’s a primary election Tuesday. And it’s right here in Kentucky! However, there has been so little interest in this election, that Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, the state’s top election official, is predicting that only betwixen 10 and 12 percent of the state’s eligible voters will take the time to go to the polls tomorrow.