A more competent COVID-19 control plan driven by expertise, not politics, was one of President Joe Biden’s key 2020 campaign promises. But two unforced pandemic management errors […]
Opinion
Guest essay: Sen. Manchin must protect seniors’ voting rights. Reconsider the filibuster
by Max Richtman Seniors who voted safely and securely by mail in the 2020 election may find that it isn’t so easy next time, thanks to restrictive […]
COLUMN: Numbers show how it’s possible for WVU to replace Deuce McBride, Derek Culver
Bob Huggins and the WVU men’s basketball team open practice Tuesday, either as a team on the cusp of the Top 25, already in it or considered […]
Hospitals are in crisis
It was hard to watch our last home football game. Not just because the Mountaineers almost gave the game away (thank goodness for the defense), but because […]
Sept. 26 letters to the editor
Manchin voting on W.Va. youths’ future As a West Virginia resident and person who has family in West Virginia, I unfortunately will have to leave the state […]
Guest essay: ‘We, the immunosuppressed, are tired’
by Amber Tichnell I know this is a very difficult time for our state, country and world. I’d like to speak to you as a minority that […]
Think it’s a line of cocaine at that party? Think again
by Robin Abcarian LOS ANGELES — Earlier this month, in a house on a Venice canal, three people who reportedly thought they were using cocaine died after […]
$3.5T plan is about to get a trim
by Doyle McManus The battle over Democrats’ ambitious spending plan is heating up in Congress, but one piece of the outcome is already clear: The $3.5 trillion […]
AGs should have to put lawsuits to a public vote
Anytime the attorney general wants to pursue a lawsuit, it should have to be put up for a vote. Not necessarily a full election-style vote. A survey […]
Sept. 25 letters to the editor
Commission + council = things getting done It would be an act of kindness for anyone to suggest that the progress made by the present Congress is […]