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Editor's Notes: Not just food for thought

With any luck at all, most of you are reading this while I’m making my way as quickly as my legs will allow up Fort Boreman Hill. Or perhaps flailing my arms like a muppet aaallllllll the way back down it and Marrtown Road to West Virginia 95. (I watched someone do that once during a ...

Education: One-size-fits-all approach will not work

As West Virginia Board of Education members digested the results of this year’s summative assessment, newly appointed member James Paul asked an important question: What is happening to our older students? “The picture that I see is some gains in grades three, four, five, elementary ...

Op-ed: Local leaders should be in control of their own story

Traveling across West Virginia teaches you something quickly: no two regions are alike. From the Northern Panhandle to the Southern Coalfields, and from the Ohio Valley to the Eastern Panhandle, each area boasts its own distinct beauty and culture. While we all share the unifying principles of ...

Letter to the Editor: Don’t wait until it’s too late

Global gun control activists are preparing a new trap for American gun owners and it could be prepped and ready to be sprung by 2028, when possibly a new socialist Democrat president could take the White House. The next United Nations “Conference of State Parties” is scheduled for this ...

Kiki's Corner: Friendship is one of life's greatest gifts

As we go through life, we realize how important friendship is in good times, sad times and difficult times. Good friends are one of life’s greatest gifts. They don’t have to be perfect. As time goes by, you begin to realize that every day is just another page in the story of our lives. ...