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Funding: Child Advocacy Center grant is a positive step

Gov. Patrick Morrisey and lawmakers could — and should — have their hands full with work that would support the most vulnerable children in West Virginia if they would just drop the political nonsense and remember whom they serve. But that said, there are small steps being taken that ...

GoPacks: Program providing a vital service

A bag of groceries is one of the most ordinary things a family can buy. But, for many households, filling that bag has become a checkbook-balancing act. Meat or fresh produce? Food or medicine? Groceries or the utility bill? Grocery prices were 2.7% higher in June than they were in the same ...

Reporter's Notebook: Failure to communicate

The issues raised about structural deficits in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program since May and the pivot to accusations of fraud in the School Clothing Allowance program could be taught as a masterclass in how not to communicate. Let's start with May when Gov. Patrick ...

High Points of the Valley

* It’s a wonderful thing when community members can have fun while they are supporting an important local organization. That’s exactly what happens each year at the annual BrAva Fight benefit golf scramble. At the 11th annual event July 25, the organization raised more than $21,000 toward ...