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* Wood County Board of Education members last week heard from Director of Curriculum and Instruction Ashlee Beatty about the results of a recent family and employee survey regarding district communications and nontraditional instructional days. It’s a testament to how involved parents feel ...

Education: Wasting funds on indoctrination

“Fraud, waste and abuse,” was the mantra for so many who rode into Charleston proclaiming their desire to do better for West Virginia taxpayers and eliminate the agenda-based spending and indoctrination of which they were accusing those across the aisle. Meanwhile, over the two years ...

Overreach: Warner right to stand against federal demand

West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner was right to stand firm against federal attempts to force him to produce unredacted statewide voter registration lists. U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston earlier this week denied the motion made by the U.S. Department of Justice AND granted a ...

Foster Care: Children can’t afford more shameful delays

Last week, a federal judge denied a request by state officials to pause a class action lawsuit that challenges conditions in West Virginia’s foster care system. Good. U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin is correct not to allow the state to continue stalling before it faces this case. Gov. ...

Chelsea Ruby: Tourism secretary deserves praise

Across three West Virginia gubernatorial administrations, Chelsea Ruby has been an incredibly capable and steady hand in changing the way travelers (and Mountain State residents) think about the wonders of our state. She has helped turn tourism into a powerful part of our economy, rather than ...

Save a Life: Help meet the need for blood donations

Despite repeated requests, attempts at prize incentives — practically begging for potential donors to act — the American Red Cross is facing an even worse shortage than when it first raised the alarm in late spring. In fact, there has been a sharp decline in donations, which led the blood ...