Election Day is quickly approaching — Nov. 8 — and ballots will include Amendment 2, which would give the state legislature the authority to exempt machinery, equipment and inventory used […]
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What an uprising in Kansas means for abortion in other red states
by Aisha Sultan The conservative “pro-life” movement managed to do something that abortion-rights activists have been trying to do for decades — they have destroyed the stigma around abortion. When […]
Congress is moving toward fixing the way it counts votes for president
by Doyle McManus Last week, a bipartisan group of 16 U.S. senators agreed on a long-awaited proposal to fix the Electoral Count Act, the ramshackle 1887 law that then-President Donald […]
Fascism on our doorstep
Our story so far … The Extreme Court just gutted reproductive rights, shredded a New York law that helped keep guns out of public spaces for more than a century, […]
Friend, Marlin vying for Westover Council seat, Lucci ready to lead the city forward
MORGANTOWN — Early voting for Westover’s June 14 municipal election opens Wednesday. And while there are five seats on the ballot, only one — that representing the city’s 2nd Ward […]
McCrobie wins magistrate seat
KINGWOOD — The Preston County magistrate race started fairly close and ended with only 318 votes between the top two vote-getters. The unexpired term of magistrate Rhonda Sypolt, who died […]
Bautista new Rowlesburg mayor
KINGWOOD — Only four Preston County municipalities held elections this year. Of those four, only Rowlesburg had candidates facing opposition in the race. Eric F. Bautista will be the new […]
Preston Clerk talks early voting, Election Day
KINGWOOD — There has been a nice, steady crowd of early voters in Preston County so far. That’s according to County Clerk Linda Huggins, whose office has been staffing the […]
May 1 letters to the editor
Your vote does matter. Get out to the polls When was the last time you voted? “My vote doesn’t matter” is said too often and just isn’t true. It does […]
April 24 letters to the editor
Response to Delegate Ward’s April 10 essay Mr. Ward’s guest essay, entitled “Demand America be Energy Independent Once Again,” suggests the U.S. was once energy independent but is no longer […]
