Ah, campaign season, a time during which politicians — even if they aren’t on the ballot, but believe they must remain in constant campaign mode or be forgotten — look for EVERY opportunity to be seen and heard. What that means for media consumers is reading a lot of words such as ...
2026 brought a summer of flash floods. We all remember the devastation inflicted on parts of West Virginia in July and August. Last month, as some areas began recovering while others were inundated, Charlise Robinson used this column to point out the need for more flood resilience in the ...
I was at an arts and crafts show many years ago speaking to someone who liked my work. I explained I made everything from scratch. She was impressed, or feigned it. The crowd was small at the time, so the other sellers around me could overhear the conversation when I made the mistake of ...
Can you believe there’s only two weeks left of September? From now on we better start thinking about fall, bad weather and children back to school in full gear. The stores and retailers are confused. They don’t know what decorations to bring out. You go places, and you see a lot of fall ...
Four games into our high school soccer season, no wins. We struggled to score like last year. The difference: Last year we had a strong defense. This year we allowed four goals per game. Game 4 was our worst loss in memory. Game 5 was an away game with our archrival. The coaches saw bright ...
Another month went by, and today this page is devoted to parents and children because we call it the parent page, and it is only published once a month. And you know what that means: I have a whole month to think about it, so I will start today with some lessons that we can teach our ...
