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High Points of the Valley

* Mid-Ohio Valley residents can be caught off guard by a winter storm featuring snow, ice (so much ice) and sub-zero temperatures. Worse still if those temps keep many of us snow-and-ice-bound for a week or more. But we are fortunate to have among us those who go to work when the rest hunker ...

Cracking the Code: Knowledge reduces anxiety

Preparing for our trip to Turkey, I was a little anxious. The first major overseas trip for Lynnda and me was to Tokyo, Japan, a few years ago. Shale Crescent was part of an economic development mission with the West Virginia Development Office and several other companies. Then, I was ...

Tax Cuts: Morrisey’s impatience does West Virginia no favors

Though Gov. Patrick Morrisey may have had the weight of Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist behind him on his recent visit to Parkersburg, the reality is unchanged: Lawmakers have already put in place a mechanism to reduce what West Virginians pay in income tax, and the state ...

Letter to the Editor: Blood on their hands

Currently, protests are occurring nationwide over the shooting of a reputed anti-ICE activist, Renee Good, by ICE officer Jonathan Ross, when she allegedly attempted to run down ICE officers with her Honda Pilot SUV. Videos seemingly support this narrative, which show Good’s SUV tires ...

Op-ed: Students - beware of naive educators who promote socialism

First of all, you must understand that the vast majority of educators at all levels do not have a clue as to what it is like working in the real world. Once they acquire “tenure,” K-12 teachers and higher education professionals have a job for life unless they do something really stupid. ...