West Virginia comes in last or very near the bottom in all kinds of significant categories. It’s been that way for so long, it’s almost a running joke. And when we’re on top, it’s usually for something like leading the nation in overdose deaths. Now, U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
It doesn’t feel like it just yet, but we’ve turned the corner into fall and it is time to start thinking about those rapidly approaching holidays. For many of us, that includes thoughts of working with our local nonprofits to make sure the holiday season is merry and bright for as many ...
* What a wonderful collaboration between Belpre Girl Scout Troops, the City of Belpre Tree Commission and Mayor Susan Abdella, as the city celebrated the official opening of its Friendship Orchard last week. Fruit-bearing trees and bushes planted at the corner of Campbell Drive and Boulevard ...
Most Mountain State residents already know what a treasure the late Katherine Johnson was, and how important she and her colleagues were to any successes the United States had at the beginning of the space race. The White Sulphur Springs native and West Virginia State University graduate was ...
Fall fire season is fast approaching in West Virginia. It begins Oct. 1 (though the ongoing drought has made conditions dangerous already). This will be the first season during which employees of the state Division of Forestry, Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Section and state parks ...
Public discourse has devolved to a dangerous degree as we approach another general election in November — that’s not news. But what is noteworthy is the manner in which public officials who SHOULD be held to a higher standard are willing to indulge in frightening rhetoric. Portage County, ...
