One hundred college presidents, including several in West Virginia and Ohio, are supporting “an informed and dispassionate debate” over lowering the legal drinking age. » Full Story

When Wood County students return to school Tuesday morning, they will be returning to a different situation than the one they left in June. » Full Story

Clean coal technology needs to be a key part of the nation’s energy mix in the future. » Full Story

U.S. taxpayers have provided about $48 billion for various reconstruction projects in Iraq, with millions of dollars a day being poured into the program. » Full Story

President Bush and other U.S. officials who deal with Pakistan must have to bite their lips frequently, to keep from saying what they really are thinking. » Full Story

Former Vice President Al Gore is correct about one thing. “The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk,” he said last week. » Full Story

Three horrific incidents of violence in Washington County—two of which were murders—rocked the Mid-Ohio Valley. » Full Story

Some employees of the West Virginia Supreme Court are being offered “flex-time” schedules that will require them to be in their Capitol offices only four days a week, not five. » Full Story

The West Virginia Interstate Fair and Exposition might be a long name to digest, but it is still a county fair at heart with its rural and agricultural roots. » Full Story

Ohio Supreme Court justices are considering a variety of recommendations that procedures and policies in the state’s courts be changed—and one of them would limit the public’s access to information. » Full Story