Colleen Mae “Granny” Moran, 96, of Bruceton Mills, stepped on a bus for her final trip to meet the Lord whom she loved, as He held out His hand February […]
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Patricia Lawson
Patricia Betty Lawson, 71, of Fort Pierce, Fla., passed away peacefully on Jan. 27, 2023, in Pueblo, Colo.The daughter of the late Athol Orion and Paula Busch Armstong, she was […]
Leonhardt says he’ll run for re-election, not for governor
CHARLESTON — Cross one candidate for governor off your whiteboard. Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt, a Republican, put out a statement Wednesday saying he will not run for governor and instead […]
Senators quickly, unanimously pass $600 million tax plan
Wednesday morning, West Virginia senators announced their own $600 million tax plan that they called comprehensive. By afternoon, senators passed the tax proposal in bipartisan fashion, 33-0. To do so, […]
NOTEBOOK: Emmitt Matthews Jr. focused on winning, not scoring big
In his own words, Emmitt Matthews Jr. is a sort of reluctant scorer. It’s a sense of unselfishness the 6-foot-7 forward plays with, in that he would rather find other […]
COLUMN: WVU made the moves that counted this time around
It was just a day earlier when Joe Toussaint sat in front of a microphone and said offense is not what would lead the WVU men’s basketball team back to […]
As politicians obsess over kids’ genitals, useful bills languish
We’ve repeatedly used this space to debunk some of the myths and scare-tactics surrounding transgender individuals. However, the falsehoods persist and they’ve taken root in the Legislature, which has proposed […]
Biden’s opening pitch for a second term
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Like prior presidents, Joe Biden used his State of the Union speech to build on his achievements and to lay the basis for what quite clearly […]
Democrats should not have wanted Omar on that committee
Democrats loudly complained when Republicans threw Rep. Ilhan Omar off the Foreign Affairs Committee. But they should have thanked them, at least quietly. Omar is a problematic presence. The right […]
BOPARC pushes vote on ice arena construction bid to special meeting
MORGANTOWN — They used words like “negligent,” “absurd,” and “crazy,” but the half dozen speakers who addressed the BOPARC Board of Directors on Wednesday were all basically saying the same […]
