If you have experienced pain at the grocery check-out lately — and not because you still haven’t mastered ringing up your own produce — you’re not alone. In fact, according to a WalletHub study, “States Where People Spend the Most and Least on Groceries,” West Virginia is second ...
During his first State of the State address Wednesday, Gov. Patrick Morrisey painted West Virginia as being at the start of a “comeback.” If that is the case, it is a resurgence long overdue. Our challenge now is to engineer that comeback with a focus so strong it is not slowed by those ...
It would be hard to blame high school seniors and their parents for being uncertain about the financial aid landscape for post-secondary education right now. But it still might come as a surprise to know that now — and for years — fewer students are applying for available college ...
In one of his first actions as West Virginia’s new governor, Patrick Morrisey ordered an economic “Backyard Brawl” with our neighboring states. That’s a great goal, as the least we can do is be competitive with our border states — Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky and Virginia ...
Last week, the West Virginia Child Advocacy Network released its annual statewide data report for the 2024 fiscal year. Though most of us have some idea of the damage being done to Mountain State children, the report is eye-opening and horrifying. The network’s child advocacy centers ...
* What a wonderful resource we have, right here in the Mid-Ohio Valley, for those seeking to learn more about our history. When the Castle in Marietta hosts its All Ages History Camps, there is always something we can learn about what got us where we are today. In this era, that is essential. ...
