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Education: Homeschooling needs better assessment

It should take no time at all for a proposed bill by the West Virginia Association of School Administrators to find a sponsor. After all, state lawmakers have become acutely, sometimes tragically, aware in recent years of the cracks in our home- and micro-school monitoring through which some ...

Nonsense: Landmark’s W.Va. roots should trump political brownie points

Joining the chorus of socio-cultural distractions being pitched in Charleston at the start of the 2025 Regular West Virginia Legislative Session was House Concurrent Resolution 33 — one of the most nonsensical pieces of sycophantry ever to be placed in the legislative records. HCR 33, is ...

Cancer: Policy changes needed to improve health

Those living in Appalachia have long been accustomed to the idea there are greater risks to our health here than in many other regions. New research from the American College of Surgeons confirms that, while cancer diagnoses and deaths are decreasing in Appalachia, the numbers are still ...

Flooding: Pull together to aid recovery

It is the reality of living in this wild, wonderful land we love that it seems almost annually — sometimes more often than that — flooding and mudslides turn our waterways and hills into a deadly landscape. We have almost become accustomed to the news reports — and the calls for ...

Immunization: Weakening of standards should be rejected

West Virginia’s children and families have long benefited from the state’s strong immunization laws requiring children attending public school to be vaccinated. Now, an effort to reverse that is gaining momentum in Charleston, where it appears the pretense of “personal freedom” trumps ...

High Points of the Valley

* Boys and Girls Club of Parkersburg is racking up the accolades, as it was recently named by its parent organization for its youth advocacy efforts and is considered a Hero for Youth. “Advocacy is an incredibly crucial part of our mission to serve youth and help families live, work and ...