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Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put out a new report looking at the national population’s coverage of vaccines typica…
— The many who have served — and still serve — in the West Virginia National Guard. Whether it’s war, natural disasters or a pandemic, the Gua…
As we enter into the period when most of us will pause to give thanks for the blessings in our lives, it is also important to realize that for…
MONTREAL — Forgive me, please, for repeating myself, as people of a certain age often do. I’ve written columns before on major anniversaries o…
As a writer, I’ve always loved songwriters and performers who could tell a story.
There’s a reason we say that West Virginia is “Almost Heaven.” Our state’s wild and wonderful mountains and hollows are what make it special, …
In the nauseating demonstrations celebrating Hamas’ slaughter of Israelis, one hears repeated, again and again, the refrain that Israelis are …
Don’t you love those polls that have pundits racing to the news channels bucked up with hyper confidence? When you have one like the recent Ne…
On Thursday, the Drug Court Program for the Northern District of West Virginia celebrated its 2023 Thanksgiving luncheon for team members, par…
As attorneys, lawmakers and state officials went round and round over lawsuits and motions regarding the condition of West Virginia’s correcti…
The government announced Tuesday that the Consumer Price Index rose 3.2% in October from the same time last year. That is less than the 3.7% p…
Few politicians say things that immortalize their words. Abraham Lincoln was a notable exception.
It seems we live in an era where those who shout the loudest, protest the most, and ignore all aspects of decorum are often followed by those …
It was a chaotic time, with no one prepared to handle the various challenges that seemed to emerge on an almost daily basis.
Republicans don’t know how to “talk about abortion.” Donald Trump said that following a string of losses blamed on his party’s efforts to seve…
It is part of the 2017 Charter of Hamas, which rejected “any alternative to the full and complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to t…
We have again entered the season of gratitude. You remember gratitude, don’t you? It was what we expressed before we became entitled.
Frankly, we’re tired of writing “here we go again” editorials about the dysfunctional U.S. House — and at times, the U.S. Senate — and their f…
West Virginia is on the brink of an extraordinary transformation in the nation’s energy landscape, all thanks to the creation of the Appalachi…
In case you were wondering on this Veterans Day, Veterans Affairs population estimates show a little under 18.5 million living veterans in our…
— To the many West Virginia military veterans who served the country honorably in times of war and peace.
As we stop to reflect on Sen. Joe Manchin’s 42 years of service thus far to the people of West Virginia — as a legislator, secretary of state,…
By their words the world knows them.
What’s with young voters? It’s a question prompted by two surprising and perhaps contradictory developments that are out of line with conventi…
The biggest threat to Joe Biden’s reelection is not defection, it’s discouragement.
“The nation owes a great debt to its veterans, whose service to the nation spans every decade, every year, every day of our country’s existenc…
The greater Tri-State area once was a manufacturing hub dominated by people who made tangible objects. From Portsmouth, Ohio, to Point Pleasan…
It was a cold November morning just a week after my family’s store had burnt to the ground, losing the lives of four people, when tragedy stru…
With West Virginia lawmakers returning to Charleston for interim meetings this Sunday and with the regular 2024 legislative session on the hor…
Elections, especially in Virginia and Ohio, should convince pro-life Republicans of their need to come up with a different strategy when it co…
How may we, as individuals or as a nation, ever amply repay our veterans? No other group can begin to equal the contribution of service and sa…
How may we, as individuals or as a nation, ever amply repay our veterans? No other group can begin to equal the contribution of service and sa…
This past Saturday, West Virginia University’s football team put on quite a show in beating Big 12 newcomer BYU, 37-7, in front of more than 5…
President George Washington said, “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving the peace.”
We applaud the 11 members of the West Virginia First Foundation, the organization that will determine how the state will use about 72% of the …
SAN ANTONIO — Gov. Gregg Abbott has called a third special legislative session in an attempt to push through three priorities that previous se…
At the beginning of this week, the West Virginia Division of Forestry was fighting several dozen active wildfires all over the state. There we…
Almost exactly a year from today — on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 — the American people will choose a president.
When I was growing up in Morgantown, my father stressed the importance of preparing for financial independence. I explored many career possibi…
— The Mon Health Medical Center Auxiliary, whose 59th Annual Ball of the Year raised more than $500,000. The money will support the developmen…
As I sat and read some of the accounts of the ongoing conflicts in the Ukraine, Gaza and Israel, it reminded me of just how fortunate we are t…
FRAMLINGHAM, England — This little market town 14 miles from the North Sea is an unlikely place to discover the meaning of World War I, whose …
The ongoing federal lawsuit regarding conditions and treatment of inmates at the Southern Regional Jail has begun to shed light on some of the…
In Senate testimony on Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that antisemitism was reaching “historic levels.”
U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., did an important thing this week as they talked about the potential for th…
Democrats should be deeply grateful to Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate leader. He has emerged as the strongest defender of President Bi…
About 50 years ago, the efforts of four doctors to nurture more physicians to serve in rural West Virginia took root in Lewisburg in the forme…
I never saw an episode of “Friends,” but that is probably because I am from the television era that began with black- and-white pictures and t…
After more than a week, we are still building an impression of the new House speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson. Moderates like me, and others to my l…
Homeschooling, which used to be at the least unique and in some areas illegal, may not be the norm yet, but it is definitely trending — high.
WVU Medicine and Marshall Health have come together to offer Medicare-eligible West Virginians a new option in Medicare called Peak Advantage.
WVU Medicine and Marshall Health have come together to offer Medicare-eligible West Virginians a new option in Medicare called Peak Advantage.
With the cost of everything seeming to be on the rise, it’s good to see state officials respond, especially when it comes to building or repai…
Among the top priorities for newly selected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-L A) was his announced intention to form a bipartisan panel to cut m…
Who is Mike Johnson?
US consumer spending surged at a 4% annual rate last quarter even after accounting for inflation — and inflation is rapidly slowing. But say a…
U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., on Thursday announced that he would run for president in 2024, challenging President Biden.
— The FBI Criminal Justice Information Service Division, which hosted the FBI Teen Academy earlier this week. The Teen Academy gives high scho…
We’ve made it clear that we believe U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has brought a knowledgeable and pragmatic voice to the halls of C…
On Saturday, the Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will provide residents with the opportunity to properly di…
In an interview with Politico, former Republican Rep. John Katko described the damage to his party since Speaker Kevin McCarthy was deposed mo…
Before asking whether new House Speaker Mike Johnson is up to the task ahead of him, it’s worth detailing just how challenging that task is.
We were pleased to see the Federal Reserve step in Wednesday with a proposal to lower the fees that banks can charge retailers for processing …
When Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was struggling over when to order the D-Day invasion of Europe in 1944, he wrestled with uncooperative weather,…
We get the allure of the Great American West, the majestic landscapes, rivers teeming with trout, clean air. When TV talk show star Kelly Clar…
Often in life’s journey, the reservoir of emotions hidden deep within our beings swells to an explosive volume, and release is imminent. The v…
North Central West Virginia remains one of the state’s most economically viable areas, but rising national interest rates could stifle growth.
Ask any parent about the time their kids spend on mobile devices, and you’ll likely hear the same refrain: It’s too much. Excessive use of sma…
While the past year has been difficult at times for those associated with West Virginia University during its academic transformation, there a…
Peter Hotez, a vaccine scientist from Baylor College of Medicine, has been receiving a stream of hate mail. Much of it is unhinged, paranoid a…
Like many people my age, I look back fondly on my free-range childhood. Now many of my generation have become neurotic helicopter parents — an…
Some popular shows on PBS and cable TV are about renovating old houses — taking dilapidated, out-of-fashion and dreary houses and turning them…
— The WVU Medicine Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center. Its hundreds of employees are responsible for countless incidences of lifesaving work each year.
For decades now, the U.S. military has thrived with an all-volunteer military.
When government leaders ponder cutting taxes, there is always a bit of concern, a fear that tax cuts will drain the pool of money available to…
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. During the next week, WV News will share stories of women who have battled the disease, as well as t…
At Wednesday’s Board of Governors meeting, Marshall President Brad D. Smith said Marshall has seen a 4.5% overall growth in enrollment this fa…
The 2020s are starting to look like the 1930s, as I wrote last week in the wake of Hamas’ unprecedentedly vicious attack on Israel.
The statement in support of Hamas by over 30 student organizations at Harvard was nothing short of rank antisemitism. Almost as shocking was H…
West Virginia’s leaders must do better in addressing longstanding problems that put the state and its residents in a bad position.
The U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) made a commitment to taking care of the health and wellness of our veteran community here at hom…
As the violence in the Middle East escalates, attention has focused, and rightly so, on the devastating impact the conflict is having on innoc…
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The United States is bracing for another presidential contest in 2024 that will see the use…
On October 10, the WV Secretary of State’s Office officially launched West Virginia Businesses Against Trafficking (WVBAT). WVBAT is a statewi…
As this weekend marks the fifth anniversary of the rebirth of the Robinson Grand Theater into the Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center, it is…
On “ 60 Minutes” last Sunday, President Biden said he thinks it would be a “mistake ... for Israel to occupy ... Gaza again.” He also conceded…
If officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were hoping that tying an annual COVID booster to the fall flu shot would incre…
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