* 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 ...
State Sen. Charles Clements, R-Wetzel, is injecting a voice of reason into conversations about what the West Virginia Legislature’s approach to education might be this year. Speaking ahead of the legislative session that is set to begin Feb. 12, Clements talked about the state’s approach ...
Mountain State residents have had just about enough of the rough road conditions lately. Cold, snow, overnight freezes and other hazardous conditions are bad enough; but we are also dealing with a perpetual cycle of potholes and road work, right? Imagine being one of the individuals whose job ...
Pursuing a higher education is a financially daunting task for many West Virginia students. Yes, there are lot of avenues for getting financial assistance, but the process seems complicated — sometimes to the point of leading students and their families to give up. Certainly the federal ...
A “golden age,” one in which the United States of America can aim even higher than the moon, was proclaimed Monday during President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration speech. And while Elon Musk may have thrown his hands in the air to cheer the goal to “pursue our manifest destiny into ...
