Happy New Year’s Eve! It’s the last day of 2020 and we don’t know anyone who isn’t ready to kick this year to the curb. And because […]
Editorials
The bill no one read: What’s even in the omnibus legislation?
Under normal circumstances, we would lambast our elected officials for pushing through a 5,593-page piece of funding legislation before anyone really had time to read it. Confusion […]
What you missed in the holidaze
Welcome to the holidaze — that limbo between Christmas and New Year’s when the first round of holiday hangover hasn’t quite worn off and no one has […]
Revive the Civilian Conservation Corps for the modern era
With the coronavirus pandemic having resurrected a Depression-like economic downturn, it may be time for us to consider reviving some Depression-era solutions. Hawaii brought back Franklin D. […]
Most wonderful time of the year: Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but in true 2020 fashion, Christmas is … different this year. Some of us decorated until the […]
Downtown may need to adapt to survive
Yet another downtown Morgantown business will close this week. Starport Arcade and Pub is the latest casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic, though unlike other businesses that have […]
Take precautions to prevent holiday COVID-19 surge
West Virginia’s COVID-19 numbers are devastating; America’s, even more so. In the 24-hour period from 10 a.m. Sunday to 10 a.m. Monday, the Mountain State gained 995 […]
The vaccine is the light at the end of the COVID tunnel
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel and, unlike the rest of 2020, this time it isn’t a metaphorical train barreling toward us. The announcement […]
Celebrate Christmas safely, please
Christmas won’t look the same this year. It’s hard to write those words, but they are true. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to cancel or alter […]
Scrooge McConnell allowing COVID-19 relief before Dec. 25
At the time of this writing, Congress is still negotiating a COVID-19 relief package to be finalized before Christmas, and we have mixed feelings about it. At […]