The current COVID-19 epidemic inevitably brings up comparisons to the “Spanish Flu” of 1918, which was a deadly global pandemic. It was called the “Spanish Flu” even […]

We are beginning to hear more optimistic predictions from Gov. Jim Justice and state health officials about the pandemic’s impact on West Virginia. “I honestly believe within […]

We will soon see the largest one-month jump in unemployment in West Virginia in the state’s history because of the pandemic. The state’s jobless rate has been […]

Gov. Jim Justice called for Wednesday to be a Day of Prayer in West Virginia, as our citizens adjust to life under the threat of the COVID-19 […]

Last month I wrote a commentary about Alzheimer’s cruel toll in West Virginia. According to the West Virginia Alzheimer’s Association, 38,000 West Virginians are living with the […]

One of the ways municipalities can annex land is through the “minor boundary adjustment” provision in the state code. That method requires no approval by owners of […]

The first lawsuit over the suspicious deaths at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Hospital in Clarksburg has been filed. This is the first of many. The suit […]

The effort to phase out the state’s property taxes on machinery, equipment and inventory, and on vehicles has died in the Senate. Proponents — all Republicans — […]

In 2017, the effort to save greyhound racing in West Virginia won by a nose at the wire. Both the House of Delegates and the Senate passed […]

In 2018, two to three West Virginians died every day on average from drug overdoses. Figures from the West Virginia Health Statistics Center for 2018 — the […]