Set your compass north, south, east or west and you’ll find history was never dull in West Virginia. From Wheeling’s National Historic Area to Matewan in Mingo County, and from […]
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Once again, MLK stands accused
What are you prepared to believe about the private life of Martin Luther King Jr.? Throughout his career leading the civil rights movement, he was the target of extensive FBI […]
Bloomberg going after coal and gas
Back during the Obama administration, we heard a lot about the war on coal. The Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama did its level best to strangle the coal industry […]
A case for restorative justice
Ava DuVernay’s dramatic Netflix miniseries “When They See Us” chronicles the infamous wrongful conviction of five black and Latino teenagers in New York City for the brutal 1989 rape and […]
Mexico was easy target for threats
Mexico is breathing a collective sigh of relief following President Trump’s decision to temporarily suspend his threat to impose draconian tariffs on Mexican goods. But don’t kid yourself: The truce […]
Finding people to fill small town’s empty spaces
A tiny French mountain village with a long name, L’Hospitalet-pres-l’Andorre, has lost half its population over three decades, according to the French newspaper Le Monde. Its name in English would […]
June 12 letters to the editor
Freedom of religion extends to all faiths It’s almost difficult to know how to respond to the ignorance and religious bigotry on display in some recent anti-Muslim letters to the […]
Mon County kids participate in summer activities at 4-H camp
MORGANTOWN — Down a country road of its namesake, Monongalia County kids come together each summer for 4-H camp at Camp Muffly. Deb Dean, a 4-H volunteer, said though not […]
Results roll in for Star City, Preston, Granville elections
Star city re-elects all incumbents STAR CITY — Voters re-elected all five city council members Tuesday. Sharon Doyle led the incumbents with 89 votes, followed by Todd Gregg (72) Dominick […]
Randy Mazey may not be Big 12’s lowest-paid baseball coach much longer
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — On the heels of West Virginia hosting an NCAA baseball regional for the first time in six decades, Big 12 coach of the year Randy Mazey may […]
