Beloved mother, grandmother, devoted wife and pioneering businesswoman, Juanita Ruth Kinsley Jackson, passed peacefully at her home surrounded by family following a nearly 20-year battle with Alzheimer’s. She was 94 […]
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Edward Payne
Edward Lee “Smiley” Payne, 82, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, surrounded by his family. He was born March 20, 1939, one of four […]
Nona White
Nona Boose White, 80, of Eden, N.C., passed away peacefully Jan. 19, 2022, at her home. Family and friends are welcome to call at Fair’s Funeral Home, 432 Boone Road, […]
House Health approves bill lowering copays for insulin, medical devices for diabetes patients
MORGANTOWN – The House Health and Human Resources Committee passed a bill reducing the insurance copays for insulin, medical devices for patients with diabetes and for insulin pumps, Delegate Barbara […]
Senate Finance OKs mining mutual fund, bank fossil fuel boycott bills
MORGANTOWN — Senate Finance sent President Craig Blair’s mining mutual insurance company bill to the Senate floor Thursday morning, along with the bill dealing with bank boycotts of fossil fuel […]
House Energy OKs nuclear power and cites certification bills, divides on resolution support coal as baseload power source
MORGANTOWN – The House Energy and Manufacturing Committee gave its OK Thursday to the House version of the bill to lift the ban on nuclear plant construction, and to an […]
Leland Byrd, former WVU athletic director, hoops All-American, dies
MORGANTOWN — Leland Byrd, the first 1,000-point scorer in West Virginia men’s basketball history who later became the university’s athletic director, died on Wednesday at his home in Morgantown. He […]
Justice overcame COVID — thanks to vaccine, booster
After a bout with COVID-19, Gov. Jim Justice is back in the saddle and once again leading his COVID briefings. We’re glad to hear the governor is feeling much better. […]
Trump not responsible for Iran’s behavior
by Bobby Ghosh As the nuclear negotiations between the world powers and Iran approach a denouement, the Biden administration is turning up the heat on … Donald Trump!? Facing a […]
Dear white conservatives:
When you’re right, you’re right. And you are definitely right about that quote from Martin Luther King. When he stood at the temple of Lincoln in 1963 and declared his […]
