I’m devoting more time to my garden than ever before. It’s mostly due to coronavirus keeping me home. Covid-19 changed Sarah Hoblitzell’s gardening plans as well. She’d intended to grow […]
Opinion
Memorial Day: A yearly reminder of how much it took
“Oh beautiful, for heroes provedIn liberating strifeWho more than self their country lovedAnd mercy more than life.”— “America The Beautiful,” by Katharine Lee Bates And Memorial Day came around once […]
U.S. rushes to develop COVID-19 vaccine
If there is a silver lining to the flawed U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, it is this: The relatively high number of new cases being diagnosed daily — upward […]
Different ways we observe Memorial Day
Memorial Day was yesterday. Many couldn’t observe the holiday the way they usually would; others found ways to make their Memorial Day traditions work. Some held somber remembrances; some gathered […]
Reimagining education after COVID
by Ron Iannone The COVID-19 has forced us to rethink how we deliver instruction in schools. Distance learning has been the major model of instruction during this pandemic. Some people […]
Why have people started mistrusting scientists?
by Larry Harris The COVID-19 pandemic is being viewed from two sides in America: Health and economics. Those leaders who follow advice from our health scientists are taking the approach […]
May 24 letters to the editor
Pets are forever, not just for quarantine One of the few heartening headlines we’ve seen these last few months has been about the increase in pet adoptions. Shelters and rescues […]
Endorsements for Mon and Preston BOEs
The Primary Election is just around the corner and everyone is gearing up to cast their ballots — by mail or in person. This year, COVID-19 derailed our tradition of […]
60th anniversary of historic W.Va. Primary Election
The West Virginia Primary Election 60 years ago this month was one for the ages. John Kennedy, the young Senator from Massachusetts, started his presidential campaign as a long shot […]
May 22 letters to the editor
In support of Arlie Campbell for magistrate I endorse Arlie Campbell for Division 4 Magistrate in the forthcoming Monongalia County election. We have been friends for over 40 years, and […]
