MORGANTOWN – Three of the four candidates for the office of attorney general are the single biggest contributors to their own campaigns – either through donations or loans. Two Republicans […]
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Did Stormy Daniels’ testimony help or hurt the case against Trump?
by Harry Litman When Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Susan Hoffinger announced on Tuesday, the 13th day of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, that “the people call Stormy Daniels,” there was a […]
Will you vote in the primary election?
During a contentious campaign cycle — like the one we are in now in West Virginia — there are an overwhelming number of advertisements, campaign appearances, news reports and punditry. […]
Four of five secretary of state candidates subsidizing their own campaigns
THIS STORY has been updated to correct a typographical error. MORGANTOWN — Secretary of State candidate Kris Warner remains the only one of five seeking the office to rely primarily […]
Former Hazelton inmate sentenced for assault on correctional officer
A federal inmate formerly housed at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Hazelton in Bruceton Mills was sentenced Tuesday to 78 months (6 ½ years) in prison for assaulting a correctional […]
Top of the class: Mountaineer Middle named an ‘Exemplary Practice’ school by the state Department of Education
Say you’re a student at Mountaineer Middle School, and you happen to notice Principal Mike Rogers in your classroom one morning. Or Jennifer Potts, the vice principal. Not to worry […]
Region 4 taps Dower for West Virginia First Foundation
MORGANTOWN — In a near-unanimous vote Thursday morning, Region 4 selected Jon Dower as its representative on the West Virginia First Foundation, the 11-member board tasked with distributing hundreds of […]
Preston Commission mulls nonprofit’s parking request
KINGWOOD — Three executive sessions, two for personnel and one to discuss the county’s IT contract, ended in no action taken at the recent Preston County Commission meeting. Following the […]
Donald Trump’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad second term
by Jackie Calmes Millions of us are justifiably focused on seeing that Donald Trump is held to account for what he’s allegedly done in the past. Scheming to flip the […]
Banning menthol cigarettes was always a bad idea
The Biden administration recently stopped a plan to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes. The excellent arguments for why they are dangerous were overcome by good arguments for why making […]
