Replace competition with cooperation The holidays are a time for playing games with our families and friends. Looking back at 2022, Wordle was the most prominent online puzzle game. Although […]
Other News
Some not-so-serious predictions for 2023
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023: JANUARY — Rep. Kevin McCarthy […]
Keep a light burning
by Steven Roberts Here’s a New Year’s resolution: Support Ukraine. Stop Putin. Kyiv needs all the essential weapons of war — tanks and missiles, howitzers and drones. But it also […]
Science Twitter needs a new home
by Lisa Jarvis I will miss science Twitter. It’s hard to overstate the influence of the social network on science during the COVID-19 pandemic — and the pandemic’s influence on […]
People I don’t want to see this year
There are media heavies we saw written about, talked about, day after tedious day, month after tiresome month. May the obsession over them fade in 2023. ○ Mehmet Oz. Donald […]
Bonnie Nelson
Bonnie Ellen Nelson, 77, of Newburg, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, at home. She was born on March 21, 1945, in Fairmont, daughter of the late Russell Edward […]
Class discussion: Mon Schools’ 2022 anything but uneventful
After the batteries in both megaphones died, the students just yelled louder. “Whose school is it?” “Our school!” “Whose school is it?” “Our school!” The discourse often took on decibels […]
Oklahoma’s offense too much for WVU to handle in Big 12 opener
MORGANTOWN — It’s not exactly frowned upon or even some type of new concept in college basketball to have an offensive-driven team, yet it’s a topic of conversation that is […]
Hugh Felton
Hugh Harrison Felton, 92, of Short Gap, died on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, at UPMC Western Maryland.Hugh was born in Rowlesburg, on June 30, 1930, the third son of the […]
Karen Bryan
Karen Ann Bryan, 67, of Mount Morris, Pa., passed away Friday, Dec. 30, 2022, at her home. Karen was born on May 31, 1955, in Bourne, Otis Air Force, Mass., […]




