MORGANTOWN – After a long day of haggling and back-and-forth amendments, the final version of the Third Grade Success Act passed in the final half hour of the last day […]
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March 12 letters to the editor
Thanks to Mountain Line Bus service Times are tough. Family budgets are strained, wages are not competitive and not all jobs appeal to the masses. A couple weeks ago, the […]
Guest essay: Why coal remains necessary
by Syd S. Peng As the nation’s transition to renewable energy gains speed, with rapid deployment of wind and solar power and grid-scale batteries, a misguided idea is taking hold: […]
Guest essay: The ‘deschooling’ of West Virginia
by Ron Iannone Most people know that it’s very difficult to recruit students to go into teaching. In school districts, they are also finding it difficult to keep teachers. Studies […]
Could our love of sugar literally break our hearts?
by Robin Abcarian I love sugar and, as a kid, I had a lot of cavities. Once, when I was in junior high, my dentist, the late Harvey Levinson, looked […]
Advantages abound with changing clocks twice a year
by Dr. David Prerau Today’s daylight saving time (DST) system — spring-to-fall DST followed by winter standard time — is an excellent compromise, providing DST’s many advantages the majority of […]
‘Our friendship will be always’: Friends remember the Tire Lady at her memorial service
MASONTOWN – Madison Wolfe kept fluttering her hands Saturday afternoon in the social hall at the Masontown Volunteer Fire Department. That was because people kept making the request. “Oh, my […]
Michael unopposed on the ballot in Morgantown’s 3rd Ward
MORGANTOWN — For the first time since the 2017 election, Morgantown’s 3rd Ward will have the name of a candidate on the ballot who wants to be elected. Louise Michael. […]
Nashville songwriter Kevin Major celebrates W.Va. roots with tunes about Jerry West and place
It was the existential angst of execution, the whole perception-vs.-reality thing, that plagued many a wannabe rock ‘n’ roller coming of age in the late 1970s. Back then, the pioneering […]
A look at Senate floor action on Saturday, March 11, the last day of the legislative session
MORGANTOWN – The Legislature marked its 60th and last day of the 2023 legislative session on Saturday. It was an unusual last day, with no bills in either chamber up […]
