At the Monongalia County Commission meeting late last week, parents of Ridgedale Elementary School students raised concerns about the intersection of Grafton and Goshen Roads. The matter came up again […]
Editorial
When health care is more inclusive, it saves more lives
Last week, public health nurses with the Monongalia County Health Department underwent LGBTQ+ “safe zone” training. The adjacent term “safe space” is too often met with eyerolls and derision, but […]
Turn AMD into cash
The Dominion Post reported Nov. 16 that the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Energy was briefed by Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of WVU’s Water Research Institute, on a budding system to […]
If Rittenhouse had stayed home, two men would be alive
For weeks, the nation’s attention was on the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse for the deaths of two protestors in Kenosha, Wis., and the wounding of a third. When the jury […]
Gratitude is as much a practice as an emotion
It’s as much a Thanksgiving tradition as turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce: Naming the thing — or things — you are grateful for. (After all, it is Thanksgiving.) It […]
Gosar’s conduct is unbecoming of a U.S. representative
On Sunday, Nov. 14, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) posted to Twitter and Instagram a video created by his campaign that depicted him committing violence against fellow representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) […]
Can weed save W.Va.?
On Nov. 12, West Virginia introduced its first medical cannabis dispensary: Trulieve Medical Cannabis Treatment Center opened its doors in Sabraton, with plans for sister stores to open in Charleston […]
Get an immunity boost before the holidays begin
Instead of beating the dead horse of “get the COVID-19 vaccine” (which you really should), we’re going to move on to a closely related topic: Get the COVID-19 booster. Gov. […]
What does it really mean for America to be ‘center-right’?
In an interview on CNN, Sen. Joe Manchin claimed the United States of America is a center-right country, politically speaking. He may have gotten this figure from a Gallup poll […]
It’s time to make some MMAGIC
We often lament the inefficiencies of bureaucracy, which is what makes an idea like MMAGIC all the more appealing. MMAGIC — Monongalia Morgantown Area Geospatial Consortium — would be a […]
