by Alicia Kalka Growing up in West Virginia, I’ve always loved this time of year. Fall is a reminder that change is on the horizon. West Virginians, […]
Guest Essays
Guest essay: Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with free event
by Cari Carpenter The City of Morgantown, one of hundreds of places proclaiming the second Tuesday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, is the site of the […]
Guest essay: Taking a stand
by Barbara Evans Fleischauer Sadly, on Sept. 5, 2023, West Virginia lost a heroine: Cindy D. McCrobie was a brave trailblazer who stood up for herself and […]
Guest essay: The library you see is everyone’s library
by Tracy Grimm Traditionally, we think of libraries as buildings where books can be borrowed instead of purchased. Today, libraries in the United States and around the […]
Guest essay: Don’t subsidize dirty hydrogen, carbon capture with tax dollars
by Betsy Lawson As reported in The Dominion Post on Aug. 17, the governor announced a big state investment in a hydrogen plant to be built in […]
Guest essay: Reimagine police as helping build strong, safe communities
EDITOR’S NOTE: In this essay, James Nolan expounds upon research he and his colleagues are doing on situational policing, as mentioned in The Dominion Post’s July 20 […]
Guest essay: This time, VFDs are calling for help
by G.T. Parsons West Virginia’s volunteer firefighters place their communities above themselves, donating their time and risking their lives in the name of public safety. When people […]
Guest essay: It’s time for Medicare to cover anti-obesity medications
by Sabrina Weekley For many West Virginians, food means family. We grew up with our grandmothers fixing big meals as an expression of their love. And in […]
Guest essay: What the ‘M79’ designation would really mean
by Wallace Venable When we talk and think about rivers, many of us tend to mix romance with reality. That is certainly true of the editorial “A […]
Guest essay: Multi-cancer early detection tests save lives
by Delegate Joey Garcia All politics are local. It’s an old saying that still endures today. It encapsulates the concept that personal concerns are more important than […]