Last Thursday, the House State Affairs Committee recommended passage of a bill that claims to ban sexually explicit public performances, a bill that was drafted to try to end public […]
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Westover Council approves 2024 budget, the first of two sewer rate increases
Westover City Council on Monday unanimously approved a 2023-24 budget anticipating just under $12.4 million in revenues for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The spending plan reflects a continued […]
‘Mohigan Idol’ brings in more than $30K for children’s hospital
If Saturday’s “Mohigan Idol” show on the stage of the Metropolitan seemed like it had some Hollywood aura attached, that’s because it did. That was given the diversity of the […]
Delegates embrace broad tax cut with week remaining in session
CHARLESTON — Delegates passed a multi-faceted tax cut bill late in a Saturday session. “This is lowering the tax burden for the people of West Virginia,” said Delegate Marty Gearheart, […]
Colorful embroidery thread and creativity can add charm to plain shirt
A plain button up shirt or other garment can be transformed into a charming one with one simple change — sprucing up the buttons. You can change the buttons altogether […]
YCF accepting scholarship apps for 2023-24 academic year
Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia Inc. (YCF) is accepting scholarship applications for the 2023-24 academic year. YCF oversees more than 40 scholarship funds primarily to benefit students […]
Sen. credits teamwork for battery plant
CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin credits teamwork — along with incentives in the federal Inflation Reduction Act — for encouraging a cutting-edge battery manufacturer to develop the site of […]
‘Dilbert’ creator isn’t a victim of cancel culture but of the free market
The saga of the comic strip “Dilbert” and the racist rants of its creator, Scott Adams, isn’t the out-of-control cancel culture that Twitter boss Elon Musk and others on the […]
Conservative justices hit a snag in the case to block student loan forgiveness
by Harry Litman Oral arguments before the Supreme Court last Tuesday in a much-watched student loan forgiveness case, Biden v. Nebraska, pitted two of the conservative majority’s beloved legal doctrines […]
What I wish people knew about Orthodox Jews
by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz In my life as a rabbi, it’s quite common for me to hear Jews passionately expressing their dissatisfaction with the latest portrayal of Jews in the […]
