West Virginia’s Department of Human Services appears to be looking not just for more people to support its mission, but also for better tools. DoHS Bureau of Social Services Commissioner Jeff Pack told WV MetroNews the state has contracted with Evident Change to develop a Structured Decision ...

* Wood County Schools’ Summit Success Academy is proving to be a lifeline for an increasing number of students. During the past three years, the program has grown from having 44 students to 85 — all of whom are involved because of the extra support needed to learn and grow through ...

Bureaucracy exists to serve itself, rather than the taxpaying public. Bureaucrats can wield licenses, permits, deadlines and other forms of red tape like precision weapons. Their zeal in doing so has bogged down our economic diversification and growth for far too long. But a plan presented by ...

How wonderful a day it will be when the American Red Cross does not have to keep asking, asking, asking for blood donors to shore up the supply. But we are not there yet. Month after month the organization is forced to come up with creative ways to encourage people to roll up their sleeves. As ...

Mid-Ohio Valley residents are proud of our industrial past, and we know some of that industry was really more of an art that is still very much a part of who we are. This week, nearly 100 people, from New Hampshire to Florida and all points in between, have traveled to celebrate the past and ...

A new school year is just around the corner in West Virginia. As teachers and administrators prepare, it is worth taking a look at how well we’ve been doing for our students. According to WalletHub’s “States with the Best and Worst School Systems (2024),” the answer is not so ...