We strongly urge West Virginia’s federal delegation, led by U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, to continue their efforts to push…
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It’s graduation season for high schools and colleges. Some graduates know what they will be doing next month or this fall, while some won’t. M…
On Nov. 5, 2023, The New York Times published a story headlined, “Trump Leads in 5 Critical States as Voters Blast Biden, Times/Siena Poll Fin…
On Election Day 2016, staffers at Hillary Clinton’s Brooklyn headquarters were popping champagne corks and celebrating what they assumed would…
Many people have made money by following the advice of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. His recommendations about which stocks to buy, w…
As we sift through the remnants of Tuesday’s election, we’re disappointed to see that just 30% of the state’s 1,181,437 registered voters took…
The problem with early polls is just that. They are taken early, and they are a snapshot of what voters know and think at the time they are ta…
The first full year of WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital’s efforts to bring high-quality, state-of-the-art care to West Virginia’s youngest and…
Here we are in Times Square. Maniac lights flash across all horizons. Minnie Mouse and Spider-Man are making the rounds. Packed tour buses inc…
Graduations are taking place. “Pomp and Circumstance” is echoing traditionally over and over throughout the hallowed halls of education. Proud…
“The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.”
If you are the parent of young children, are you OK with your kids hearing former President Donald Trump’s language and putdowns, like the one…
There are no good answers to the current situation in the Gaza War.
Mothers come in all shapes, sizes and types. There are mothers, stepmothers, mothers-in-law, adopted mothers and grandmothers who all serve to…
It’s time to get out and vote again.
— Justin Thompson, owner and CEO of Iron Senergy, who donated three tickets and a hotel room so WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital patient Reill…
Anyone who has spent time with a toddler knows that one of their favorite words is often “Mom” or “Mama,” repeated many times throughout the day.
We are a nation of immigrants, not animals, as Trump thinks. Sure, there’s a problem at the southern border, but a bipartisan group was ready …
Living in a rural state, access to health care can sometimes be hard. Whether the problem is distance, timing, or cost, health care options ar…
The violent campus takeover by protesters — some of them students, many not — has had the unintended effect of discrediting the premise underl…
The recent stabbing of a West Virginia state trooper, as well as several other incidents where officers were shot, or at least shot at, should…
Delays and glitches in dealing with the federal government are nothing new for West Virginians. But we tend to get more fired up when those gl…
Sen. Bernie Sanders argued recently that the ongoing conflict in Gaza “may be Biden’s Vietnam.”
Perhaps the weirdest, and by far the most unjust, thing about former President Donald Trump’s trial in New York is that we do not know precise…
What do you think President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s response might have been if another nation had called on him to stop U.S. and Allied force…
After years of obvious need, it’s great to see West Virginia in the financial shape — and with the right leadership in place — to move a conso…
Is it fair to ask teenagers to give up sports and parties to care for parents or other older relatives? That’s an important question these day…
As we are in the midst of Teacher Appreciation Week, we ask you, our readers, to pause for a minute and think about those teachers in your lif…
Most West Virginians have a pretty good idea what the federal government and its partner agencies think of us. But while we were busy bracing …
“ O never give me over to my own heart’s desires, nor let me follow my own imaginations!”— John Wesley
We applaud Gov. Jim Justice for taking what steps were possible on the state level to help West Virginia students overcome the federally cause…
As I have settled in at Fairmont State University one this has become abundant clear to me – the moment of the regional public university is u…
A favorite quote from the recent campus conflicts comes from Adam Young, a freshman at the New School in New York. After student trespassers w…
While some major university campuses are in chaos, degrading America and its flag, my attention has been warmly drawn recently to the blessing…
West Virginia’s Tourism Department has done great work under Secretary Chelsea Ruby.
During this year’s regular session of the West Virginia Legislature, lawmakers had several bills introduced for consideration regarding a sing…
— West Virginia University astrophysicist Maura McLaughlin, who’s been elected to the National Academy of Science. Only 2,617 people have achi…
For the past 7 1/2 years, West Virginia has flourished in many areas, especially economic development.
VERO BEACH, Fla. — The lion has lain down with the lamb.
As the philosopher and baseball player Yogi Berra once (supposedly) said, it’s deja vu all over again.
The majority of West Virginians would likely agree that much about state government over the past seven to eight years has been good: Revenue …
Declaring an awareness month is easy. Using the extra attention given during that month to actually make a difference is another story. But st…
The helicopters were whirring in the sky last night over the UCLA campus as violent clashes broke out on the ground between pro- and anti-Pale…
You’ve heard me say it before: too many politicians, campaigns and interest groups are focused on what divides us. That needs to stop. Negativ…
As West Virginians consider who will serve as the state’s next attorney general, we believe the choice for the Republican nominee is clear.
If history proves anything it shows if civil rights, human rights, equality and even the right to live are to be denied to a class of people, …
West Virginia voters can begin to exercise their right to vote on Wednesday, as early voting opens in county clerk offices and other locations…
We are each decision makers every day of our lives. Our decisions dictate who and what we are and will become. Some decisions are small and se…
This is not directly about the issues animating the “pro-Palestinian” demonstrations at many colleges. Rather it’s about the air of privilege …
As West Virginians head to the polls for early voting in the 2024 primary election, leading up to the actual Election Day of May 14, those in …
The year was 1966 and Ronald Reagan was running for governor of California. A major part of his platform was to “clean up the mess at Berkeley…
National Small Business Week is a time to celebrate the entrepreneurs, small businesses, and innovative startups that define our communities. …
West Virginia has quite a conundrum with its jail population.
— The Antero Foundation, which recently donated $60,000 to the GameChanger Opioid and Substance Misuse Prevention Education Program.
With early voting beginning May 1 and the primary slated for May 14, West Virginia voters will begin the process of selecting key leaders who …
At a time when state and national reports are showing the need for more power generation, the U.S. EPA’s release of new rules regarding coal-f…
Thanks to great history and civics teachers in school, I learned to appreciate the form of government we enjoy in the U.S., as well as the pol…
“Necessity is the mother of invention” (probably Plato). “I have seen the future and it works” (Lincoln Steffens). “Behold, I will do a new th…
West Virginia, like many other states, faces life-altering challenges of severe weather, adverse socioeconomic situations, and an aging popula…
Was the passage by the House last Saturday and the Senate on Tuesday of the foreign aid package with money for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan a tu…
West Virginia received great news Thursday as officials learned that the state’s plan for using $1.2 billion allocated for broadband expansion…
“The way you take care of a bully is you bloody their nose,” Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican, told CNN. A 20-year Navy veteran who serv…
Public parks belong to the public, right? A billionaire can’t cordon off an acre of Golden Gate Park for his private party. But can a poor per…
Covering former President Donald Trump’s trial on television is a difficult job. There are no cameras in the courtroom, so TV news has to rely…
We’re excited to see the support that the GameChanger Opioid and Substance Misuse Prevention Education Program is gaining, both from private a…
What the Biden administration is doing to the Title IX civil rights law, the purpose of which is, among other things, to ensure equality betwe…
As authorities continue to investigate how a 14-year-old Boone County girl was allegedly allowed to be starved to death, it is clear that the …
The society in which we live is so hurried that we may often forget to portray understanding, interest and common kindness in our actions and …
The Marshall University Board of Governors picked a good day to vote on a tuition increase for in-state undergraduate and graduate students fo…
While credit should go to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., for helping to push a foreign aid package through the divided chamber, prais…
With all that is occurring in our political and cultural life, there are signs some Americans have had enough.
We have entered a new social media hell, where online creeps run sadistic schemes targeting high school kids. Since late 2021, their ruses hav…
When will City of Clarksburg and Harrison County Commission officials come up with a plan to raze the old Waldo Hotel?
— WVU Medicine, which will invest $400 million in health care infrastructure for projects in Morgantown, Fairmont, Elkins, Bluefield and Princeton.
With the majority of West Virginians apparently in agreement with the direction the state is moving, at least on many key issues, the upcoming…
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. — In those black-and-white days, so long ago, my high school classmates Cindy Smith, Cheryl Gordon and Jan Schwartz were pop…
Why was America in the Revolutionary War era, with 3 million people, able to generate leaders of the quality of Benjamin Franklin and George W…
There were plenty of accusations flying back and forth after the U.S. Senate voted along party lines to dismiss the two impeachment charges ag…
“Women put Joe in the White House four years ago,” Jill Biden argued recently, “and women will do it again.” Her first statement is undeniably…
It’s good to see the West Virginia University Board of Governors start the search for the school’s next president a full 14-plus months ahead …
Every approach to curtailing Iran from its threats and behavior toward Israel and other countries has failed.
We would have to agree with Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Chief of Staff Patrick Mirandy, who called the state’s recruitment ef…
Every state is different. Nebraska is quite different. It is one of only two states that doesn’t use the winner-take-all system in presidentia…
As my birthdays continue to rapidly stack one upon the other, I am constantly reminded of the brevity of life. One of the evidences of this im…
As Israeli leaders debate the best response to Iran’s drone and missile attacks over the weekend, the U.S., United Nations and other allies in…
Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean?
It’s been 112 years since the RMS Titanic plunged to the bottom of the ocean.
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