Sign-wielders on Patteson Drive. Angry parents at school board meetings. “Karens” berating store employees, as seen on social media or in real life. They all have something […]
Editorials
Will investigation into Mooney be a waste of time?
As we reported Wednesday, the Office of Congressional Ethics found Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., misspent campaign money for personal use and the OCE referred the case to […]
Repealing state income tax still just a pipe dream
On Aug. 22, a short essay by Delegate Eric Householder, a Republican and chair of the Finance Committee, discussed the potential “generational opportunity” that cutting the state […]
Legacy of labor in the Mountain State
The Mine Wars of 1912-21 were the height of labor organizing in the Mountain State. Organizing to demand real money for wages and less lethal work environments […]
Firefighters v. Morgantown: Set trial date or settle
In mid-June, Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge Phillip Gaujot punted the International Association of Firefighters Local 313’s lawsuit against the City of Morgantown back to mediation. IAF […]
It’s only right for all kids to get free meals
As horrible and horrifying as this pandemic has been, there have been a few silver linings. One of them is that Monongalia County Schools, for the first […]
Don’t use W.Va.’s drug crisis as cover for anti-immigrant lawsuit, Morrisey
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s choice of lawsuits tends to leave us scratching our heads. Like supporting lawsuits to overturn the 2020 election results in swing […]
Babydog already did it, so we may as well just do it
While we’ve been watching COVID case numbers climb and monitoring the situation in Afghanistan, Babydog has been busy. In case you missed it, Gov. Jim Justice announced […]
Bring on the vaccine mandates
On Monday, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine received full FDA approval, making it the first of the vaccines to be cleared beyond emergency use. And with that approval […]
The lost chapter: 100 years since Blair Mountain
Aug. 25, 1921, was the beginning of the end of West Virginia’s lost chapter. While the memory of company stores and scrip live on, the nearly decade-long […]