by Yasmin Mariam Kloth Among a stack of photos from my mother’s childhood is a black-and-white picture from when she was 7 or 8. She’s standing on […]
Opinion
SAMUEL: Elk lottery brings big money to Virginia
MORGANTOWN — Between 2012 and 2014, elk were reintroduced into Virginia in Buchanan County. Now there are an estimated 250 elk in that area, and six hunters […]
Federal Reserve is right to suggest slowing rate hikes
Economies are not known for being simple things to untangle. Unlike in the physical sciences, where if you do enough calculations, you can shoot a projectile into […]
Alaska’s voting solution for a torn nation
by Katherine Gehl For a nation torn apart politically, a cure is emerging, of all places, in Alaska. On Nov. 8, voters in the 49th state will […]
Critics of U.S. efforts have it wrong — Ukraine isn’t Afghanistan
by Daniel Silverman and Kyle Larson The U.S. and its allies have been engaging in a significant military intervention to help Ukraine resist Russia’s brutal invasion for […]
What you need to know about Amendments 3 & 4 before Nov. 8
Yesterday, we covered Amendments 1 and 2, so today we’ll go over Amendments 3 and 4 and what you need to know about them before Election Day. […]
What damage will election deniers do?
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Whichever party scores the most victories in next week’s midterm elections, the halls of Congress and the nation’s statehouses are still going to […]
Money, money, money: State’s surplus continues to grow
The surplus money just keeps piling up in West Virginia’s treasury. The just-released revenue figures for the first four months of the 2023 fiscal year show the […]
Amendments 1 & 2 about checks on gov’t, local control
When you go to the polls, either this week for early voting or next week on Election Day, you’ll be asked to vote on four constitutional amendments. […]
The Caucacity of Nope
Let us apologize in advance to Barack Obama, who once wrote a book called “The Audacity of Hope.” You see, our subject today is what might be […]