KINGWOOD — Leroy Forbes said his office is usually the great outdoors. Forbes and his wife Marlene own Silver Eagle Security in Kingwood. “We do a lot of park security,” […]
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WVU men’s soccer continues homestand against Loyola (Md.)
MORGANTOWN – The WVU men’s soccer team continues its four-match homestand with a matchup against Loyola (Md.) on Monday at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. […]
Labor Day 2021: A remembrance of Rosies (and a comedic, cautionary tale about Zoom)
Rod Ponton and Jean Malone don’t know one another. They’ve never met and no one knows if they would become friends, if they did. Both have one thing in common, […]
Masks, mandates & individual choices
Sign-wielders on Patteson Drive. Angry parents at school board meetings. “Karens” berating store employees, as seen on social media or in real life. They all have something in common: Cries […]
Sept. 5 letters to the editor
Can nothing really change their minds? We are told by those health care workers who feel they should be able to reject being vaccinated for COVID and yet still work […]
Why we need to expand voting rights for all
by Judy K. Ball In 2021, West Virginia’s Legislature considered one significant voter suppression bill. Senate Bill 565 would have eliminated the most popular early voting day (the Saturday before […]
Protect right to assemble by preserving listening
by Gene Policinski Two of the least-known freedoms protected by the First Amendment — the rights of assembly and petition — are being tested in today’s rancorous, confrontational social atmospherics. […]
Americans deserve publicly owned generic drugs
by Dana Brown It’s an all too familiar story. A company with some of the best-paying jobs around — a vital anchor for the community — decides to “restructure” to […]
‘Best places to live’? Maybe not
by Pete Saunders Newly released 2020 Census data give us a better sense of where Americans think the best places to live are. Cities such as Phoenix, Dallas, Houston and […]
WVU FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Right tackle, cornerback have mixed results in loss to Maryland
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Two of the biggest fall camp battles for WVU were at right tackle and cornerback, and both spots had mixed results in Saturday’s loss at Maryland. […]
