What is a virus?
It is officially flu season. Just last week, there were about 100 students at my school who had to stay...
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Opinion
Greyhound racing wins by a mile in the Senate
In 2017, the effort to save greyhound racing in West Virginia won by a nose at the wire. Both the...
Read moreLives depend on sensible laws
Do you think it is permissible to yell “fire” in a crowded movie theater in order to create a panic?...
Read moreThe reason they support Trump isn’t about Trump
Spend any time with people who supported presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2016 and you quickly find out that the...
Read moreThe world is in a bad mood
Many a gloomy doomsayer has gone to his grave disappointed because, despite threatening signs to the contrary, the ever-resilient earth...
Read moreToo many accidents on the road really not even ‘accidents’
There’s a pecking order for obeying and enforcing laws. Bet you can guess where traffic laws fall in that pecking...
Read moreNeedless tragedies costing a lot more than fixing hillside
Talk about waiting for the other rock to drop. In just minutes of research, we documented a long list of...
Read moreApology still owed groups for remarks
It’s a lesson most of us learn the hard way on more than one occasion. Make your words soft and...
Read moreLawmakers’ spats should not stymie people’s business
The people’s business stops where a lawmaker’s tiff starts? What the heck? We refer to Delegate Eric Porterfield, R-Mercer, deciding...
Read moreMore experiments put technology to a vote at the polls
What a difference a week makes at the polls. On Feb. 3, those who swear by smartphone apps got their...
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