But don’t use gov’t power to compel On grounds that the states bringing the case lacked standing, the U.S. Supreme Court tossed the claim that the Biden administration bullied social […]
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Supreme Court says a $13,000 gift is not a bribe. And that’s right
by Stephen L. Carter Suppose your city awards a lucrative contract for the purchase of new garbage trucks. Afterward, the company that won the bidding offers your mayor a gift […]
Biden has always put duty to country first. Will he do it again?
by Kurt Bardella “I hope Joe Biden runs for president.” That was the headline of a column I wrote back in March of 2019. I believed then that “at a […]
New Westover Council gets Holland Avenue update
WESTOVER — Westover City Council newcomers Mark Gall and Randy Barnett joined fellow councilor Duane Tatar and Mayor Bob Lucci in kicking off four-year terms Monday evening as the city’s […]
West Virginia Botanic Garden celebrates ‘a really special day for the garden’ with ribbon-cutting of new visitors center and gift shop
Monday saw the gathering of local organizations and community members to celebrate the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the West Virginia Botanic Garden’s (WVBG) new Equitrans Midstream Visitors Center. The event recognized […]
Fairmont police say no correlation between three human remains discoveries
A dead person discovered under a bridge in Fairmont is the third set of human remains found in Marion County in the last month and the fourth found in counties surrounding […]
Beer and bullets: Fairmont State student worries about the other side of Campus Carry law
FAIRMONT – It’s the last part of Gov. Jim Justice’s earlier quote that was giving graduate student Taylor Tennant pause Monday on the campus of Fairmont State University. When Justice […]
Three admit guilt in multi-state drug ring
In February, an investigation by the Mon Metro Drug Task Force resulted in a major drug bust leading to federal drug trafficking charges against 25 individuals, 12 of whom are […]
Why require license for jobs that don’t involve driving?
When Kirsten Bladh was searching for a job in urban planning she was surprised that nearly all the public sector listings she saw required a driver’s license, even though these […]
Crime labs are drowning in work. That hurts us all
by Stephen L. Carter In 2013, a chemist named Annie Dookhan pleaded guilty to multiple charges relating to allegations that she’d falsified results while working at a laboratory that performed […]
