by Hollis Lewis With the school year ending, a hot topic amongst local sports enthusiasts is HB 2820, which allows West Virginia high school student athletes a […]
Guest Essays
Guest essay: Gardening access must be addressed in Mon County and all of West Virginia
by Shannon McNicholas Summer is a time when everything is blooming and growing. It is a time to be around friends and enjoy the outdoors. For me, […]
Guest essay: Trade with Taiwan can further economic development in W.Va.
by Don Smith When it comes to growing economic development in West Virginia, despite all the rhetoric, there is a single most important element. Workforce? […]
Guest essay: To the mawmaws and pawpaws: We need you to encourage kids to go to college
by Alicia Kalka I grew up in southern West Virginia, in the small town of St. Albans (about 30 minutes south of Charleston). My mawmaw and I […]
Guest essay: Workers Memorial Day
Honor fallen West Virginians by doing your part to protect others by Blake McEnany On April 28, we commemorated Workers Memorial Day, where we remembered and […]
Guest essay: Biden’s 2024 agenda a raw deal for West Virginians
by Chris Stansbury The Biden administration seems to be a fan of doubling down on bad ideas. After adding more than $5 trillion to the national […]
Guest essay: Inclusion’s fine print: Some limitations may apply
by Sen. Mike Caputo In a recent radio interview about some of the socially divisive laws just passed by the Legislature’s Republican-led supermajority, West Virginia GOP Chairwoman […]
Guest essay: Pleasants deal bad for Mon County
Also unfair to MonPower consumers by Jim Kotcon The Pleasants power plant is a 43-year-old, 1,300-MW, coal-fired power plant in Pleasants County. MonPower’s parent company, FirstEnergy, tried […]
Guest essay: What is Medicaid and WV CHIP renewal?
Here’s what you need to know By Tadd Haynes Three years ago, the federal government declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE) in response to COVID-19 that […]
Guest essay: Here’s how we grow West Virginia’s economy
by Stephanie Catarino Wissman and Charlie Burd From its early beginnings in 1860, West Virginia’s oil and gas industry has generated extraordinary job and economic growth. […]
