On Wednesday and Thursday, some of the state’s top business, government, education and community leaders will gather at The Greenbrier for the…
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America’s permitting process is broken, consumed by bureaucratic delays and endless litigation at every turn. Our inability to permit projects…
The expected announcement this week from Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that he is running for president will come as no surprise.
After two straight positive decisions regarding the Mountain Valley Pipeline, we are left with a feeling of optimism that maybe — just maybe —…
— Volunteers and organizers of the West Virginia Strawberry Festival in Buckhannon. The event has entertained, and the mostly great weather ha…
One of the best mountain bikers in the state — and someone who’s been excellent at the sport for decades — took a tumble during a recent race …
Donald Trump’s solution was to build a wall and insult migrants. Left off his playbook for curbing illegal immigration was any punishment for …
WASHINGTON — Increasingly, it appears that it may take a phenomenon from the old Democratic Party for the new Republican Party to move beyond …
While state officials are emphasizing that there is no known danger from the synthetic chemicals known as PFAS that were found in 37 of the 27…
While her husband, the governor, and their much-beloved bulldog, Babydog, often get much of the attention, we pause today to recognize the out…
This year, Buckhannon, West Virginia, will be a destination for individuals from 17 countries across the world. Our state will hold the honor …
As the nation marks National Police Week, it is an excellent time to pause to thank those officers in North Central West Virginia who serve to…
Virtually unnoticed amid alleged drone attacks on the Kremlin, a looming Ukrainian spring offensive and aggressive Chinese military activity a…
Imagine, if you would, preparing 500 meals and then delivering them to seniors around Harrison County. Then imagine doing this every day. As d…
I’m not sure there’s much fire beneath the smoky ethical allegations swirling around the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Clarence Thomas stands ac…
“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.” — George Carlin
Some may advise me to stay away from this subject, but a question keeps recurring in my inquisitive and confused mind. This question is undoub…
If you’ve ever spent much time around a toddler, you’ll undoubtedly hear them utter the word “Mom” or “Mama,” sometimes dozens of times.
As the school year winds to a close, I always find myself thinking back to all those teachers who have influenced my life.
As the bureaucrats at the U.S. Census Bureau sort through the data collected not just in this most recent census, but over the past several de…
— Mom.
I’m going to guess the toughest part of being a mother is saying goodbye.
Over the past few days, efforts have been made in many schools and communities to recognize the important work done in schools across the coun…
On Wednesday, a panel of independent advisers to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted in favor of approving over-the-counter ava…
MOORESVILLE, W.V. — Here, in this tiny unincorporated community equidistant from Shinnston, West Virginia (population 2,306), and Smithfield, …
There has been plenty of news about the bad behavior of some in law enforcement in West Virginia. But Mountain State residents know the majori…
President Joe Biden was born Nov. 20, 1942. That has been a well-known fact, or at least a widely available fact, since Biden entered national…
For all presidents, naming federal judges is one of the most critical ways they leave their mark on history. Donald Trump failed to keep most …
The unveiling of Pierpont Community & Technical College’s new state-of-the-art veterinary tech facility in Clarksburg is the result of wha…
The American Psychological Association has issued its first advisory on social media use in adolescence. What’s most striking in its data-base…
When he ran for president a second time in 1968 on the American Independent Party ticket, Alabama Governor George Wallace said, “There’s not a…
It is once more time to honor those special and irreplaceable women in our lives who hold the elite and meaningful title of “mother.” We celeb…
President Joe Biden would be wise to heed the calls of a bipartisan blend of lawmakers who are calling for rule changes that give the United S…
As state bureaucracy unwinds the many changes it made during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Virginia residents will see another retu…
As state bureaucracy unwinds the many changes it made during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Virginia residents will see another retu…
The crowning of Charles III as king of England and the shrinking realm of the United Kingdom was not the only coronation taking place in the world.
President Joe Biden will meet Tuesday with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to discuss the national debt ceiling, but their intensifying conflict …
We’re getting into tick season in West Virginia, and we’re not just talking about dangers to your cats and dogs. We, too, are at risk. The ris…
Editor’s Note: Chris Rizer is a historian, preservationist and director of Main Street Point Pleasant in Mason County. His column appears regu…
VERO BEACH, Fla. — I saw it lift into the dusky heavens, reaching upward in a stunning ballet of determination and grace, creeping across the …
It’s possible that the Russian people will rise up due to the brutal fighting in Ukraine that is costing them the lives of so many thousands o…
— Members of the Harrison County Honor Guard, who play such an important role in giving military veterans the final send-off they deserve. The…
With Kroger agreeing to pay $68 million to West Virginia, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s efforts to hold pharmacy chains responsible for …
What does it say about politics today that Donald Trump is surging in the polls?
Colin Allred, a former NFL player now in his third term in the U.S. House, plans to give up a safe Texas seat to take on Ted Cruz for the U.S.…
On Wednesday, the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security and Gov. Jim Justice recognized the inaugural class of Medal of Valor honorees…
When politicians talk about the amount of taxpayer money available to help with everything from education to infrastructure improvements, they…
This was all completely predictable. The government is facing a massive fiscal crisis because House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is a lethal combina…
In a state that is home to a number of international companies, including Japanese automaker Toyota’s plant in Putnam County, West Virginians …
That loud clucking sound we are hearing from “sanctuary cities” and other cities run by Democrats is the consequence of lax immigration polici…
For more than two years now, Republicans have been predicting that President Joe Biden’s big-spending policies will crash the U.S. economy int…
We would like to feel encouraged about Sen. Joe Manchin’s latest attempt at passing energy project permitting reform.
Online, Jack Teixeira played the hotshot. The Massachusetts Air National guardsman, now accused of leaking valuable military intelligence, reg…
Does the radical climate change agenda know no end? Earlier this year, it was gas stoves — and then lightbulbs.
It is one thing to look at the gravestone and see the veteran’s name and date of death and which war the deceased served in. But certainly the…
The very term “debt limit” makes a mockery of any kind of responsible budgeting. Each time the government reaches the “limit” it gets raised w…
America is hurtling toward a historic and potentially cataclysmic default — and its best hope for avoiding it may be one of the least popular …
There are very few people who don’t want to see more economic development in Harrison County and North Central West Virginia.
At times, it is easy to get caught up in the ugliness of the world, to allow our emotions, our issues, our struggles to paint us into a dark corner.
VERO BEACH, Florida — Three-quarters of a century ago, when Joe Biden and Donald Trump were children, this state was a backwater, both the sma…
It’s looking more and more possible that the United States will inaugurate an 82-year-old or a 78-year-old as president in January 2025.
— The family, friends and community members who completed the renovations to the Clarksburg Mission in memory of Eagle Scout Levi Bender.
Last Wednesday, the Marion County Commission did what many government entities do — find a reason to create a new position.
As the war in Ukraine rages and with Kyiv’s forces likely to begin a major offensive any day now, both sides in the conflict are facing shorta…
It is exciting to see the Pierpoint Culinary Academy open in the Middletown Commons because it provides additional space for training opportun…
It is easy to read warnings about burning restrictions during spring fire season and ignore them, or behave as though they do not apply. But u…
The Justice Department has been investigating President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden for a long time. The probe began in 2018, before the elde…
For every action in politics there is a reaction, and here is proof: The Dobbs decision last June, repealing a national right to abortion, was…
With West Virginia’s booming tourism industry, it makes sense to provide an educational track to lead our students on a successful career path…
Nationwide, school-age children’s reading skills are in decline, including in West Virginia. School shutdowns in response to the COVID-19 pand…
At long last, President Joe Biden has made it official that he is running for re-election in what he portrayed as “a generational moment for A…
The West Virginia Public Service Commission was put in an unenviable position when it had to decide at least the short-term fate of the Pleasa…
Spring has sprung. The early flowers are peeking though the soil. The birds are singing. The daylight hours are longer. The sun is already tan…
If discussion during a virtual briefing hosted by the West Virginia State Advisory Committee for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is any in…
The West Virginia Civilian Conservation Corps Museum marked the 90th anniversary of the Depression-era program this past weekend. The Quiet De…
As much as we Americans love our guns, we’re just not very good at using them.
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is behaving like many other politicians. Following massive demonstrations against his enactment of a …
SEBASTIAN, Fla. — Here comes the sargassum.
The pandemic ushered in many changes to American life, to the degree that the tax changes it brought were not initially at the forefront of ta…
I grew up in Southern West Virginia in a small town named St. Albans (it’s about 30 minutes south of Charleston, West Virginia). My MawMaw and…
In a recent radio interview about some of the socially divisive laws just passed by the Legislature’s Republican-led supermajority, West Virgi…
A 33-year-old North Central West Virginia woman recently spent the night in one of the state’s regional jails on a first-offense shoplifting charge.
— Cody J. Mullens, 28, of Mount Hope, Fayette County. Mullens, a West Virginia Division of Forestry forester, died while fighting a forest fir…
As West Virginia officials continue to work to properly allocate hundreds of millions of dollars that various drug makers and distributors hav…
West Virginia should continue to pursue the ability to use nuclear energy in its power generation portfolio, with a goal of lowering costs and…
The Biden administration wants homebuyers who have good credit to cover the risks of lending to homebuyers who don’t. Congressional Republican…
If you listen to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen or President Joe Biden, it sounds like the country will implode if Congress fails to raise th…
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