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 turn, the memories […]
Opinion
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 highway river and […]
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 lofty ideas. And […]
How Bob Huggins failed his alma mater
Alma, our Alma Mater, The home of Mountaineers Sing we of thy honor Everlasting through the years. — The first verse of the West Virginia University Alma Mater The current […]
I’m going to Barbie Land
by Jackie Calmes It’s my full-time job but wallowing in our broken politics can sometimes make for a dark world. Why wouldn’t I look forward to going to Barbie Land […]
SAG and WGA strike over use of technology
With the Screen Actors Guild having now joined the Writers Guild of America in a walkout, the actors and writers of most of the nation’s film and television projects are […]
Guest essay Federal asset tax would penalize Americans for investing in our economy
by Sen. Eric Tarr President Joe Biden, still intent on destroying the value of a dollar you earn, has proposed a new tax that would initially fall on both the […]
Putin playing a game of food blackmail
by Trudy Rubin ODESA, Ukraine — One year ago, just as I arrived in this historic port city, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to stop blockading Ukraine’s grain exports and […]
Courts vs. Congress: Who overstepped?
As part of the debt-ceiling-catastrophe-diverting Fiscal Responsibility Act passed in June, Congress added a rider meant to ensure the Mountain Valley Pipeline would be completed without any further challenges or […]
How we got summer breaks from school and what we can do about it
by Jonathan Zimmerman Our long summer vacation is a relic from an agricultural past when kids were needed for seasonal work on farms — or so we’ve been told. Since […]
