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There is no hiding on social media

A New Philadelphia municipal court’s creative sentence for a 21-year-old’s 17 wildlife crimes is fitting, yes; but also an important reminder to all of us about the boundaries we seem to forget when social media is at our fingertips. According to a Yahoo News report, Carter J. Hickey pleaded guilty to charges involving taking wildlife out of season, hunting without permission, illegally-possessed animals, using a vehicle to spotlight and kill wildlife and failure to follow game-check rules. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigation spanned 17 states. That investigation began ...

Labor Day: Remember what we’re working for

No longer the precursor to the start of the school year for most students, Labor Day weekend now serves as the first three-day weekend break. Kids and their parents get one more chance to take it a bit easy before the grind of the fall semester and all its activities starts to take its ...

Free Speech: Do not punish judges for exposing flaws

Judges in West Virginia get a front-row seat to the mess that is our foster care system, and the damage it is doing to children. When they speak publicly about what they see — when they pull back the curtain and express concerns about what is happening to our most vulnerable kids — fragile ...

Oral Health: Organizations working to improve access

It’s an old punchline, but one rooted in truth. West Virginia is the butt of jokes about teeth, dentistry and oral health because we consistently rank at or near the bottom of nearly every data set that is studied on the subject. Access and affordability are a big part of the problem; as ...

Streamlined: Charleston should weigh benefits of AI

Technology can be a wonderful thing — when it is working properly and we understand it. Though it doesn’t always deliver on its promises, it seems one improvement in the technology in the Hope Scholarship Program IS delivering what taxpayers demand. State Treasurer Larry Pack, also ...

Driving: Teen motorist ranking is a reason to be proud

Those who grew up and learned to drive in West Virginia know there is a certain set of skills acquired on those unlined and winding backroads … in winter. Frankly, we learn how to drive in ways and in places that make visitors gasp. (Sit us in gridlocked metro traffic for an hour or two in ...