“What’s that smell in this room? Didn’t you notice it, B rick? Didn’t you notice a powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this room? Ther…
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The development that continues at North Central West Virginia Airport, including a new multimillion-dollar terminal, is great news not just fo…
Deals are afoot, and West Virginia is poised to take advantage.
I’m going to do something you probably haven’t heard me do much in the past three years: I want to congratulate President Biden for the record…
— The U.S. Marshals Service, for holding its eighth annual Fallen Heroes Honor Run in West Virginia and across the country. The two West Virgi…
On Saturday morning, March 2, 2024, the First United Methodist Church Temporary Cold Weather Shelter for people experiencing homelessness clos…
LINN COUNTY, Iowa — The sap is running in Iowa and New Hampshire.
So here we are again with another mostly unwanted clock change.
No one can argue with the statistics that show population decline in West Virginia. I won’t try to deny that coping with the loss of students …
A week after the 2024 West Virginia Legislature closed its regular session, there remain more questions than answers on the success or subsequ…
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve had the chance to interview some of the top leaders in health care, education and business as WV News plans f…
We applaud the concept and pending implementation of a Middle College concept designed to help youth in foster care move towards a college degree.
If there was one good thing that came out of the recent session of the West Virginia Legislature, it’s that our legislators didn’t mess things…
The man can’t control himself.
Following a Calhoun County school bus crash in which several students were injured and the driver faces DUI charges, as well as a deadly schoo…
A recent headline in The Wall Street Journal expressed Hamas’ last chance in its terrorist war against Israel: “Hamas Pins Survival Hopes on R…
There’s an ancient and accurate political adage: Elections are about addition, not subtraction. That’s especially true this year, since the la…
As we mark Sunshine Week 2024, we are reminded that despite the media’s and public’s best efforts, there remain times when the people’s busine…
The Legislature has been gradually breaking down large line items in what was the DHHR budget into the composite expenses that have historical…
West Virginia, once a state where families had few, if any, school choice options for their children outside of their zoned public schools, is…
News that EQT plans to merge with Equitrans Midstream should be good news for West Virginia and neighboring states that have a plethora of nat…
When some people appear beyond help because of addiction or other circumstances they can’t control, family members have been known to stage an…
West Virginia is last or near to last in a lot of categories, but Mountain State residents can be proud that the state’s flagship university, …
Sitting in my new home state Thursday night, well over 300 miles away from the Charleston Civic Center, I listened to the clock wind down on t…
After watching President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, as well as the Republican rebuttal by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, we are lef…
— Upshur Sheriff Mike Coffman and Upshur Emergency Management and Homeland Security Deputy Director Derek V. Long. They were presented the sta…
One of them looks old; the other looks older. One of them faced a nomination challenge from one of his presidential appointees; the other face…
The headlines coming out of the Super Tuesday primaries have got it right. Barring cataclysmic changes, Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be the…
Americans settled in for the annual State of the Union address, a mandatory report from the president to Congress on the health of the country…
North Central West Virginia motorists have had their share of traffic delays, with plenty of projects along Interstate 79, as well as the stat…
Examples of the West Virginia Legislature, controlled by a Republican supermajority, cutting the public out of the legislative process have be…
With the Biden administration hauling in millions of “newcomers” (the latest euphemism for illegal aliens) from booming economies like Venezue…
About two weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General released a new report that called out obvious issues in Fe…
If advance reports are correct, President Biden’s State of the Union address will sound more like a political stump speech than an honest asse…
“The Economy Is Roaring. Immigration Is a Key Reason,” reads a headline in the Washington Post. But Gallup reports, “Immigration Surges to Top…
Former President Donald Trump’s victory in the Supreme Court 14th Amendment case, together with delay and disorder in the criminal cases again…
It is an established fact that prejudice must be both taught and learned. By precept and example, little by little, children take on the preju…
While West Virginia lawmakers have struggled to finish a budget amid the potential of the federal government either directing how the state mu…
I am writing in response to the article published on Tuesday, 02/27/2024, regarding the WV House of Delegates passing HB 5105 for vaccination …
Politicians aren’t good at much, but they do excel at one thing — lying. They lie about the border. Both parties refuse to acknowledge the dan…
Reflecting on Beckley’s Historic Milestone and Its Impact on Community Healing
Reflecting on Beckley’s Historic Milestone and Its Impact on Community Healing
As an owner of the childcare facility and a passionate advocate for early childhood education, I was concerned this week to learn that the Wes…
As an owner of the childcare facility and a passionate advocate for early childhood education, I was concerned this week to learn that the Wes…
The Cecil Jarvis Greater Clarksburg 10K and Derek Hotsinpiller Fallen Stars 5K are scheduled for June.
Any time is a good time to leverage the “think of the children” angle, especially in an election year.
— Area first responders who quickly answered a call of a person who became lost in the woods. The individual was located uninjured and led out…
West Virginia lawmakers are expected this weekend to be crafting a state budget bill that will be missing some of what they and Gov. Jim Justi…
So many memories came flooding back when I heard.
What if President Joe Biden opened his upcoming State of the Union address this way:
We’re fairly sure that most Americans — even those who are ardent supporters of either President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump — …
Herewith some idiosyncratic, perhaps eccentric, observations on the electoral contests so far in this presidential cycle.
In Iowa, 49% of Republican caucusgoers backed someone other than Donald Trump. In the New Hampshire primary, the non-Trump vote was 46%. In So…
Asked last Sunday if he was ruling out a run for the presidency in 2024, California Gov. Gavin Newsom shot down the idea — again.
Back when the New River Gorge area became the newest national park, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moor…
When the government shuts down the people responsible continue to receive their pay because they are considered “essential.” These include the…
It may have gotten lost in the shuffle amid all the “what in the world is going on in Charleston?” but lawmakers got something right a few day…
Thank you, Mary Trump, for plumbing the shallow waters of Jon Stewart’s wit. A psychologist and sharp critic of her uncle Donald, Mary Trump a…
In a state with one of the nation’s oldest populations, it is alarming to see the number of scams that target older people.
It seems to be human nature to wait until after someone is gone to recall and voice our appreciation, respect, and gratitude for their place i…
Backward and backward, and then backward a little more. The march on which some lawmakers have dragged West Virginia this legislative session …
It was probably a tough decision, but Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., made the right call when he announced last week that he won’t seek the presid…
As about 1,500 West Virginians and about a dozen communities deal with the effects of two major employers announcing they are closing, state l…
Speaking to an audience of devoted fans at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville last Friday, Donald Trump said if re-el…
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness — these are the principles that our nation was founded upon. Three simple words: Life, liberty and …
As baby boomers age and die, it’s important to remember some of the first of that generation to die, the ones who were casualties of the Vietnam War.
— Harrison County teacher and coach Ryan Lantz. He made a world of difference in many young lives in his 52 years. “He was the reason I was so…
As the West Virginia Legislature cruises toward its close on March 9, work continues on key bills. These include a bill that would eliminate t…
Nestled in the scenic Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, there is a shift that is redefining the small city historic narrative. Once beho…
There is a tide in the affairs of America, and the big question is whether right now the political seas are at ebb tide or flood tide.
For all the good that West Virginia lawmakers have done in terms of making the Mountain State better positioned for economic development, they…
What’s been missing these past couple of months from the coverage of and debate over the failed immigration bill? Some important basic facts a…
Lawmakers made some good decisions regarding the state House Education Committee’s substitute for House Bill 5180. They reinstated a requireme…
When Jon Stewart returned to Comedy Central after an eight-year absence, New York Times TV critic James Poniewozik wrote a review under this h…
West Virginia lawmakers have started the process to honor one of the nation’s true heroes, Marion County native Hershel “Woody” Williams.
In the aftermath of “from the river to the sea” anti-Israel protests on many college campuses and in the streets comes a perfectly timed book …
This year, a bill (SB 714) introduced in the West Virginia Senate is calling for the elimination of the WV Board of Osteopathic Medicine, whic…
As I step into the executive director role for National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP) in West Virginia, I am honored to follow in the footstep…
Donald Trump has just a few weeks to find a way to pay, or guarantee that he will pay, the $355 million fine that a New York judge imposed on …
Over the years, one of the symbols of our country has been Lady Liberty. She has graced coins and patriotic memorabilia and frequently has the…
We’re glad to see the West Virginia House of Delegates continue to advance a bill that would help senior citizens by doing away with the state…
Over the years, one of the symbols of our country has been Lady Liberty. She has graced coins and patriotic memorabilia and frequently has the…
What the West Virginia Department of Transportation has here, at least in the eyes of many in the city of Wheeling, is a failure to communicate.
Dels. David Kelly, R-Tyler, and Trenton Barnhart, R-Pleasants, were right to loudly express their concern with the enshrinement of a tax calcu…
Like many of you, I am concerned about the effect that social media is having on America’s youth. I have eight grandchildren, and while I am g…
As the West Virginia Senate takes up House Bill 4654, which would allow criminal prosecution of schools, museums and libraries for permitting …
During questioning of Fulton County, Georgia prosecutor Nathan Wade about his “relationship” with District Attorney Fani Willis there was a mo…
“Turn on the TV,” my friend Annie said. No hello — it has to be something bad. “The Super Bowl.” At first I thought Las Vegas. But no, this mu…
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