Years ago, a few politicians and elected officials began to understand it was irresponsible to ignore the downturn in the coal industry. Though acknowledging it at the time drew significant pushback from those clinging to bygone days, today we welcome the support of those in state and federal ...
Rail safety reform is not a matter of partisan politics – or it shouldn’t be, anyway. But since February 2023, when a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, ignited renewed calls for reform, politicians in Washington, D.C., have sat on their hands while their friends in the railroad industry ...
Considering sitting out this November’s General Election? There are plenty of people who feel either so fed up or so helpless and hopeless that they think the best option is to not vote. Nothing could be further from the truth. Low voter turnout tends to lead to more extreme results; and a ...
Though it may seem as though it has rained enough in our region over the past month or so that the ground will never dry out, it will. Eventually. Meanwhile, the change in humidity and all those crisp fall breezes we love so much mean it is time once again for fall fire season in West ...
West Virginia’s Manufacturing Association supports the many different businesses and individuals in the state who make the things all the rest of us use -- here and across the country, in your home and on our way back to the moon. This year’s effort by the association to find the coolest ...
* The Boys and Girls Club of Parkersburg has once again earned the support of the Taco Bell Foundation, through its community grant program. This is the third year the club has received grant funding from the program to support workforce readiness programs for teens. “We’re so grateful for ...
