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Opinion

Foster Care: Officials must improve communication

Editorials

West Virginia’s Department of Human Services has begun its statewide tour of child welfare listening sessions. Kicking off in Hurricane on Monday, the tour will run through Beckley, Wheeling, Parkersburg, Burlington, Philippi, Martinsburg and Morgantown in an effort to hear from foster ...

Boat Safety: Learn the rules and follow them

Editorials

Once National Police Week wraps up, law enforcement and other agencies will dive straight into National Safe Boating Week. In West Virginia, the Division of Natural Resources police are ready to remind those who can’t wait to hit the water this summer that they must do so ...

Legal-Ease: The clash of perspectives

Local columns

As an Elder Lawyer, my work is about helping clients age safely, avoiding institutional care if possible, without becoming a burden on their loved ones. Sometimes this goal becomes difficult because various well-meaning family members have conflicting perspectives of how to best accomplish the ...

How do you handle a small estate?

Local columns

It was time for Joe to start what was needed to handle his sister Carrie’s estate. She had died recently. He had her will and thought her estate was likely to qualify as a small estate under West Virginia Code sec. 44-1A-1 et seq. This law authorizes a simpler estate administration when ...

Police Week: Show appreciation for law enforcement

Editorials

Ahead of this National Police Week, law enforcement officers from across the Mid-Ohio Valley traveled through our communities as part of Operation Blue Sky. It was a recognition of officers serving now AND those who have sacrificed their lives while protecting the rest of us. It is a local ...

High Points of the Valley

Editorials

* During last week’s celebration of National Nurses Week, WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center honored its nursing and clinical teams. “We also celebrate the influences nurses have on the healthcare industry,” said Camden Clark President and CEO Sean Smith. “You are so impactful and ...