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* Building a habit of connecting to and helping your community is an important part of what it means to grow and learn during the college years. Football players at Marietta College are getting a good start on that lesson by doing work such as the cleanup at Oak Grove Cemetery last week. Led by Marietta resident Roger Kalter, the players and other community volunteers helped to clear out a drainage ditch and clean up a sidewalk, among other tasks. Regarding his team, head coach Tom Hinkle said “They’re not coming to just play football. They’re coming here to learn life skills and ...

McCuskey: Foundation decision may offer benefits

West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey made an important decision earlier this week, when he announced a change in the method of distribution for any future opioid settlement money to be received by the state. No longer will it be distributed by the purportedly private nonprofit West ...

Fun Times: Attracting, keeping residents requires effort

Most of us are proud of the state where we live for many reasons (and not so proud for others). But we don’t usually tend to think of our home territory as “fun” as compared with other places. California, for example, is ranked the most fun state in WalletHub’s “Most Fun States in ...

Funding: Lawsuit should wake up sleeping politicians

Decades after former Ohio County Circuit Judge Arthur Recht’s ruling sparked what was meant to be a fair state school funding formula, the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia is bringing the matter back into the courts. It’s possible that 44 years ago those who developed a ...

Economy: Supporting tourism supports our future

Two summers ago, then-Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Tourism Chelsea Ruby said “Our problem … is an exceptionally good one to have: Tourism is growing so fast that our workforce is straining to keep up with demand.” Ruby deserves the lion’s share of the credit for that ...

Precious Cargo: Obey school bus safety rules for kids’ sake

Parents with school-aged children are already well aware, but other drivers will have noticed by now: School is back in session, and the buses are on the road. That means students — of all ages, experience and supervision levels — will be walking to and from schools and bus stops at least ...