by Keith C. Burris The announcement by Sen. Rob Portman that he will retire at the end of his current Senate term is bad news for Ohio and the Republican […]
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What if we go so fast time turns backward?
If you had the power to time travel, what would you do? Maybe you would visit the future and marvel at the advancements in technology. Maybe you would visit the […]
Sunnyside property owners at odds with city
MORGANTOWN — It’s not every day you deliberately pull your vehicle in front of a steamroller. Jamie Craig, of Blue Sky Realty, and his father, James Craig, have been there. […]
Hospitals offer antibody, antiviral treatments
MORGANTOWN – Mon Health System and WVU Medicine are making use of antibody and antiviral treatments to reduce hospitalizations and speed recovery of COVID-19 patients. Mon Health is using two […]
Harriet Tubman bill long overdue
It looks as though a likeness of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman finally will appear on American currency, resurrecting a plan that has been stalled for nearly five years. It’s the […]
Honor AOC’s pain
Last Monday night, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez broadcast live to at least 150,000 Instagram followers, telling — in raw, emotional detail — how she hid as rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol […]
New party that spans ideological divide?
by David Jolly As a new era has begun in American politics, the always gracious Joe Biden was right to promise in his inaugural address that, while elected as a […]
Myanmar military coup an outrage
by Carla Hall Last Sunday in the U.S. brought sudden news that there had been a military coup in Myanmar, the South Asian country that for five years has been […]
Budget resolution with COVID relief and stimulus checks passes House, heads toward reconciliation
MORGANTOWN – The U.S. House of Representatives passed the budget resolution containing President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 American Rescue Plan on Friday. The House action followed the Senate’s marathon session […]
WVU to honor ‘Hidden Figures’ pioneer, female accomplishment for Black History Month
When John Glenn said to “get the girl,” everyone knew exactly who he meant. It was 1962, and NASA, America’s then-fledgling space agency, was still finding its interstellar legs. And […]
