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President George Washington said, “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving the peace.”
Tomorrow, we celebrate Veterans Day. Sometimes called Armistice Day, it is celebrated in many countries around the world other than just the U…
New mandates buried deep in the 6,198-page state budget bill passed June 30 by Ohio legislators will remove some requirements that local gover…
I am writing to share the good news that West Virginia is winning!
Oh, the stories we have told and the stories that remain.
Nearly 220 million American adults turn to their local newspapers regularly for news and information they need to stay informed, feel more con…
As U.S. lawmakers continue to try to find a way to avoid a government shutdown, there remain concerns about helping to fund Ukraine’s war effo…
Last spring, my tween was begging for more independence, starting with being allowed to walk home from school alone. The mile-plus walk involv…
Pandemic-era subsidies propping up U.S. child-care providers expire on Sept. 30. About 3 million children could lose their spots, leading some…
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.…
When it comes to West Virginia’s financial picture, May roared in with record-setting numbers from April collections that continued the state’…
VERO BEACH, Fla. — I saw it lift into the dusky heavens, reaching upward in a stunning ballet of determination and grace, creeping across the …
As a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates Banking and Insurance Committee and a member of a Wood County family with about a century …
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…
A commutation of a socialist convicted of sedition. A pardon of a president criticized for traducing the Constitution. A former president indi…
Energy remains a major issue in the United States and Mountain State as we navigate the pathway to a cleaner tomorrow, one that perpetuates th…
Judging by opinion polls, Donald Trump looks to be the overwhelming favorite for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, while Florida Go…
America is fast approaching another needless emergency —the raising of the national debt ceiling. This impending crisis isn’t an accident but …
Memo to members of the greatest generation and baby boomers
President Abraham Lincoln, in a speech in 1858 before he became president, foreshadowed the events that would unfold with his famous words, “A…
While the “money” proposals involving pay raises, tax cuts and the state budget got the most attention during the recently completed session o…
TikTok’s CEO is asking America to trust him to stand up to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Let’s not.
Next Wednesday, March 29, is a special day for me to remember and for all of our citizens. On that day, at about 11 o’clock, the last combat v…
Like many Americans, I was pleased when I heard President Biden in his State of the Union address call for supporting Medicare. The health of …
Like many Americans, I was pleased when I heard President Biden in his State of the Union address call for supporting Medicare. The health of …
Great jobs, abundant opportunities and new industries are finding a welcoming home in West Virginia. On a regional, national and international…
It’s a case of simple biology.
International Women’s Day was last week, and I am still reflecting on my own life and journey as a woman, a single mother, a sister, a friend,…
For those who like to believe the boilerplate arguments that Democrats are for protecting Social Security and Medicare while Republicans are f…
The poor risk management at Silicon Valley Bank is stunning. But what went wrong is actually pretty common. There is often confusion about wha…
It wasn’t a 9/11 terrorist attack, a Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, a new COVID-19 pandemic or still another mass shooting, but the opposite.
Throughout the West Virginia Legislature’s regular 2023 session, we’ve heard a good amount of talk about historic this or that. About bills th…
West Virginia’s One Stop Business Center (WV One Stop) is proud to announce its fifth anniversary of empowering business growth in the Mountai…
On a February night in 1975, as the chief political writer of The Associated Press, I attended the second annual meeting of a new conservative…
Lost in the debate over whether the U.S. economy is headed for a recession is the extraordinarily robust condition of state and local governme…
Nobody likes it when costs go up. But look around and you’ll see we’re all dealing with rising costs, especially when it comes to health care.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice isn’t hesitant to talk about his basketball coaching career or compare his current post as the state’s top exec…
When the Wall Street Journal reported in a front-page lead story that the Department of Energy had concluded the COVID-19 pandemic resulted fr…
For most Americans, a secure retirement is the ultimate goal. It is something we work towards, diligently save and plan for in the hopes that …
It is a time of Russia indulging in nuke talk, yanking people out of prisons to replace the dead soldiers in Ukrainian battlefields and China …
With some personnel in the West Virginia State Police currently under investigation by Homeland Security Secretary Jeff Sandy on an array of a…
“Left-leaning” was once an accurate description of college faculties in the United States. In 1990, a survey found that professors who conside…
Unless you’re Taylor Swift, you’ve probably noticed the price of eggs has increased dramatically. And, unless you’re Taylor Swift, you’ll be s…
There is no question that West Virginia lawmakers must find answers to the huge problem the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation has in …
The Biden administration has big plans to expand the government’s role in the economy. It’s also promising that no one who earns less than $40…
Credit President Joe Biden for making clear where the U.S. stands as Ukraine continues to fight off the imperialistic and tyrannical attacks o…
MADISON, N.H. — Some 21 months before the 2024 election, the Democrats seem decided on renominating Joe Biden for the White House. But this ap…
As the Legislature continues to hammer out some type of compromise on tax relief for West Virginians, it is clear there are two very different…
WASHINGTON — When the 1996 presidential campaign approached, Bill Clinton faced an uphill struggle to win a second term. His biggest legislati…
It is beginning to look as though the train derailment in East Palestine will have more far reaching effects than many of us were led to belie…
“We used to be No. 1 in the world in infrastructure,” President Joe Biden lamented last week. “We’ve sunk to 13th.” And then, as if he couldn’…
Legal advertising in community newspapers gives local residents advance “public notice” of action our state legislators and other government o…
You may have heard about the FirstEnergy bribery scandal in Ohio. Federal prosecutors have accused the former speaker of the Ohio House of Rep…
BRETTON WOODS, N.H. — You can go to sleep for a year, maybe more. Or cancel your newspaper subscriptions. You may as well terminate your cable…
We’re disappointed that President Joe Biden continues to ignore the increasing problems along the southern border between Mexico and the Unite…
This week, the West Virginia Legislature considers HB 2882, a bill that will bring 750 advanced manufacturing jobs to Weirton in Hancock County.
The president didn’t seem to mind. When Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene couldn’t restrain herself from calling out “liar,” he was ready. When othe…
Just when you might think that West Virginia is making inroads in the battle with drug addiction, a new study adds more worry than optimism.
As the drug epidemic continues to plague our nation, policymakers struggle to implement real solutions to ending the crisis.
Since I entered the workforce 13 years ago, I’ve worked in and dedicated my life to child care. Unbeknownst to me, I would be opening up my fi…
Thirteen West Virginia senators have introduced a bill that would provide more exemptions to the state’s mandatory vaccinations that school-ag…
West Virginia has long led the nation in an important public health measure: school-age immunization rates. West Virginia has one of the most …
Vandalia Health System, made up of Charleston Area Medical Center Health System and Mon Health System, has nine hospitals (plus 3 affiliated h…
If you’re on Social Security, rest easy: Nobody’s cutting it. If you’re not on it yet, worry a little: Nobody’s making it solvent either.
Last Thursday was a special day in Gallia County, as the Chamber of Commerce held its 86th annual achievement awards dinner at the Holzer Heal…
At the end of 2022, Congress approved a nearly 1,000 page $1.7 trillion omnibus package to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown be…
“We have no choice but to make hard decisions,” Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern recently said. He leads the Republican Study Committee, a group of mo…
The first significant stage of post-Roe abortion litigation is underway and focuses heavily on abortion pills. GenBioPro, a pharmaceutical com…
How did it come to pass that public employee unions, which scarcely existed 60 years ago, have come to run public schools and myriad state and…
During his State of the State address, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said he was making fighting hunger in West Virginia a priority of his ad…
Once again, West Virginia is at the top of another list, or at the bottom, depending on your perspective. Forbes Advisor has released a survey…
This month’s extended fight over the House speakership confirms once again that America’s two major parties don’t operate as mirror images of …
As part of a deal to increase the debt ceiling, Joe Manchin III wants Congress to appoint a bipartisan commission on entitlement reform. I kno…
With the House of Delegates overwhelmingly on board with Gov. Jim Justice’s plan that would cut personal income tax by 50% over the next three…
The effort to provide our young children a better opportunity for educational success is definitely on the minds of West Virginia lawmakers, a…
In his inauguration speech last week, Gov. Mike DeWine pledged to showcase Ohio through our state’s celebration of the nation’s 250th annivers…
Good taxes: Something difficult to imagine and hard to come by. Can there be such a thing? For the past two years, West Virginia’s political p…
Last week, the Dominion Post in Morgantown inexplicably attacked my gubernatorial campaign announcement where I said the Governor of West Virg…
A well-thought-out plan that will benefit West Virginians.
It is well-known — at least in these parts — that West Virginia has long powered much of the country, first with coal and now with the additio…
Kevin McCarthy finally claimed the House speakership after 15 embarrassing ballots, but it was a hollow and hazardous victory. By caving to th…
Republicans have spent two years demanding that President Joe Biden visit the U.S.-Mexico border. They wanted Biden to face the real-world con…
As we watched the drama and foolishness play out in the U.S. House of Representatives this past week, we found some solace in the knowledge th…
After almost two years in office, President Biden has said he is finally going to visit our southern border. This checks a box, but it doesn’t…
One of the final, unseen triumphs of the 117th Congress was the passage of the Food Donation Improvement Act, an obscure bill that could catal…
After years of inactivity, it’s clear that West Virginia lawmakers all agree that the state’s Child Protective Services system is broken.
HEALTHY LIVING
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — World Pancreatic Cancer Day is observed on Nov. 16 this year to raise awareness of this deadly disease. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States, and it is estimated that over 62,000 people will be diagnosed with the disease in 2023.
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