As the rain kept coming down over the weekend, West Virginians watched in horror while the number of deaths ticked up and damage mounted because of flash flooding in the northern part of the state. At this writing, six people are dead; others are missing. Buildings have collapsed; thousands ...
* Grassroots, community groups willing to work hard and stick with a goal CAN make a difference. The Historic Harmar Bridge Company in Marietta is proof, as the group celebrated earlier this month receiving a $950,000 grant toward the initial engineering and design work for the swing span of ...
I really wasn’t expecting to have to write, in essence, an obituary for former lawmaker and politician Doug Skaff last Tuesday. The accident that killed him remains under investigation, but by all reports it was a freak accident on I-79 near Weston. Skaff’s SUV went into the back of a ...
Excerpts from the 1865 story by a reporter from the New York Herald, taken from Dave McKain’s book, ‘Where It All Began,” conclude: “August 7, 1865 — Home again to say [that] I have reached the monumental city, after a tour of four weeks through the oil regions of western ...
There’s nothing quite like listening to bureaucrats and corporate representatives bicker while something of vital importance to ordinary citizens hangs in the balance. But that’s just what happened last week when West Virginia Public Service Chairwoman Charlotte Lane had to call out ...
Ohio lawmakers are being asked to consider House Bill 269, the THRIVE Act. It’s the kind of sneaky legislation that sounds good on the surface, but even the merest of peeks reveals its flaws. “Not later than January 1, 2026, the department of education and workforce shall develop a model ...