Most West Virginians likely believe they have a general understanding of the significance of our coal industry in keeping the lights on for the rest of the country, and the size of its role in ensuring domestic energy security. But sometimes hard numbers make us take a step back from what we ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey gave us more insight last week into the idea of a “Backyard Brawl” economic competition with neighboring states. The concept has its merits. Certainly Mountain State residents tend to respond well to being asked to rise above, to compete. “Many of you have followed ...

The Northern District of West Virginia has had a number of excellent U.S. attorneys over the past half-century. Add outgoing U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld to that list. Ihlenfeld, who served as top prosecutor during the Biden and Obama administrations, stepped down earlier this month. In ...

Arriving in the mail for many of us starting this weekend just past was a piece of information that would be profitable not to misplace: the MV-1 form from the West Virginia State Tax Division, which indicates how much of a personal property tax credit you’re eligible for on your 2024 ...

* Across the region, municipalities are touting the effectiveness of their winter weather preparations, and rightly bragging a bit about the workers who executed that plan. In fact, when asked about their communities’ responses to recent rough weather, nearly all local leaders talked about ...

Members of Parkersburg City Council may not have intended it, as Councilwoman Cathy Dailey said, but their discussion earlier this week about changing — perhaps even eliminating — the public forum during council meetings certainly “makes us look like we don’t want to hear what they have ...