Firefighters go above and beyond for dog On Valentine’s Day evening, my wife and I had the opportunity to witness the Morgantown Fire Department in action and gained a greater respect and appreciation for their bravery, resourcefulness and skills. Walking along the reservoir trail in ...
Good: SB 216, requiring all schools to instruct students on Holocaust, other genocides and financial literacy. This bill has passed the Senate and is being reviewed by the House Education Committee. We give two thumbs up for the requirement to teach financial literacy. Not everyone needs ...
MORGANTOWN – Under the Capitol dome on Thursday, bills concerning the school bus driver shortage and education on the Holocaust drew unanimous support. But a bill dealing with adoption tax credits and grants for “pregnancy help organizations” drew some Democratic dissent. HB 2002 was ...
Joe Engel died last week. It’s unlikely you will know the name, especially if you don’t live in Charleston, S.C., his hometown since 1949. Joe never wrote a great novel or made a scientific breakthrough. His accomplishment was less gaudy, yet no less significant. Joe lived to ...
by Trudy Rubin Ukrainians refer to Vladimir Putin as “Putler,” an amalgamation of Putin and Adolf Hitler. The label is more than a jab at Putin’s obscene lie that Russia invaded Ukraine to fight Nazis — or a reaction to Russia’s relentless bombing of civilian targets. ...
by Barbara Steinmetz I recently gave a lecture to students at the University of Colorado about my childhood experiences as a refugee survivor from the days of the Holocaust. Aside from relating my story, I had a message to deliver: “Vote. Talk to your friends, parents, neighbors and ...