by Alicia Kalka I grew up in southern West Virginia, in the small town of St. Albans (about 30 minutes south of Charleston). My mawmaw and I lived in a four-room house with our dog Buffy, across from the railroad tracks. I am one of many West Virginia children who was raised by a ...
It was just one seat in the Rose Garden, but the way Amber Nichols saw it, she had the whole expanse filled, metaphorically. “That seat was for every West Virginia kid,” the state’s 2023 Teacher of the Year said. “I carried every single one with me.” Nichols, who teaches ...
The West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services has awarded Monongalia Emergency Medical Services (Mon EMS) a five-year accreditation as an EMS educational institution. “We are very excited to achieve this honor and to continue the growth and development of Emergency Medicine in ...
In the past week, America has pondered two news stories involving schools, one tragic, the other cynical. Last Monday, an attacker shot and killed three children and three adults in a Tennessee grade school, the latest in an almost-weekly parade of carnage in America’s classrooms. Days ...
The legislative graveyard The 2023 regular legislative session is over, and we’re bringing our “The Good, the Bad and the Stupid” series to a close. While over 300 bills passed and went to the governor for his signature, hundreds more didn’t. We’ve highlighted several bills ...
Tax cuts a mistake when roads are a mess I vehemently disagree with the ongoing cuts to various taxes across our state. Going through with these changes is akin to buying expensive paint to dress up a condemned house. Legislators claim the state budget has a surplus; in ...