You didn’t need to wet your finger and hold it in the air to know which way the wind was blowing from Sunday into Monday. It was blowing down trees, […]
Columns/Opinion
In a season of change, West Virginia finds itself with the right attitude
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Not to get into a whole lot of detail about this, but the games we love to watch today have all changed. The NFL is all about […]
A governor for all his companies: Justice’s pleas of fiscal woes in lawsuit to beleaguered state falls on deaf ears
So what the heck was Gov. Jim Justice doing at the Governor’s Mansion last week? It’s not like he lives there or anything, despite the state Constitution requiring him to […]
Hub for change in community: Former Ramada site offers options for homeless, social services center
One proverb goes, the secret of getting ahead is getting started. That might best describe the news last week of plans for the former Ramada Inn hotel on Scott Avenue. […]
They surely will go off: Allowing guns on campus only foreshadows a tragedy
“If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don’t put it there.” A master of […]
Counties on horns of a fiscal solution: Lawmakers look to give commissions power to raise revenue with 1 percent sales tax hike
Read our words: Yes, (potential) new taxes. That’s a knock-off of a famous phrase by a presidential candidate at his nominating convention in 1988. It’s uncertain how SB 580, which […]
But we’re not the Founding Fathers: Calls for a constitutional convention pose potential threat to our form of government
We’re not in the habit of opining on resolutions before the Legislature. Unlike actual bills, they typically concern benign issues — naming bridges, designating certain days this or that or […]
A battle neither side chose wisely: Republican-led Legislature, teachers’ unions should have both gone in better direction
The Republican-led Legislature did not choose its battle wisely this time. Today marks the 43rd day of the ongoing 60-day regular legislative session. Of the 1,789 bills introduced since this […]
Did someonesay an epidemic? Update on state’s pilot project to fightopioid crisis lacks any sense of urgency
“You know I’m an impatient guy. We’ve got to move on this, that’s all there is to it.” Most assumed when Gov. Jim Justice said that on Feb. 5, 2018, […]
Lenses can help slow, stop nearsightedness progression
Q: I was surprised to learn that my 9-year-old daughter needs glasses, because she had made no complaints to me, but even more when my eye doctor recommended contact lenses […]
