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Opinion

Bigotry: We must move beyond hatred and division

Editorials

If it seems as though in recent years the atmosphere has become more charged with hate and division — perhaps even to the point of being dangerous — you’re not imagining things. Hate crimes are on the rise. To examine one category, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reports anti-Jewish ...

Strategies: Understanding data is vital to anti-drug effort

Editorials

Members of the West Virginia First Foundation are not taking a “mission accomplished, time to call it a day” approach to recent data that shows a continued decrease in drug overdose deaths in the Mountain State. Instead, they are working to understand the data and build on each ...

High Points of the Valley

Editorials

* It is exciting news to learn five commercial air service providers were interested in bidding for a contract with the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport. Companies must understand the importance of adding a service region like ours to their portfolio. “We did receive greater interest than ...

Reporter’s Notebook: Tools of the trade

Local columns

I had the great pleasure to go to the Media Innovation Center at West Virginia University last week and attend an enlightening presentation on the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in news reporting. You hear a lot today about artificial intelligence, or AI. Just about every digital product ...

Look Back: Remembering the Sultana

Local columns

In the early hours of April 27, 1865, mere days after the end of the Civil War, the Sultana burst into flames along the Mississippi River. The Sultana was a 260-foot-long wooden steamboat, built in Cincinnati in 1863, which regularly transported passengers and freight between St. Louis and New ...