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Opinion

High Points of the Valley

Editorials

* It’s a course many adults likely wish they had been able to take as students, but West Virginia Central Credit Union’s Mad Money financial literacy program is designed to teach today’s middle schoolers the realities of budgeting (and maybe give them a little sympathy for the adults in ...

Reporter’s Notebook: Red vs. red

Local columns

We are more than three months away from the candidate filing period for the 2026 midterm elections. All 100 members of the House of Delegates and 17 members of the 34-member state Senate will be up for election next year. Unfortunately for the West Virginia Democratic Party, most if not all ...

Look Back: Before the rails

Local columns

Stagecoach Preceded Rail Between City and Baltimore Although Parkersburg has lost [did not keep] the first stagecoach that ran between Parkersburg and Baltimore, the story of early stagecoach travel has been handed down by old-timers in accounts that have been printed in early ...

Monday Morning Quarterback: Picking up the pieces

Local columns

West Virginia wore their 1965 throwback uniforms Saturday. That 1965 squad had a respectable 6-4 record, beat Pitt and Virginia Tech and averaged 28 points per game. So to those from that team who are still with us an apology is to be extended for their legacy having been besmirched by the ...

Energy: Renewables must be part of the equation

Editorials

As the U.S. Senate considers codifying the reestablishment of the National Coal Council, lawmakers have an opportunity. U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli’s bill drew support from enough Democrats in the House of Representatives that it is now moving to the Senate, which will consider whether it is ...

Editor’s Notes: Dream teams needed for beds

Local columns

Ever learn about a new nonprofit and think to yourself “I had no idea that was a problem that needed addressing?” That happened to me this week when I learned about Sleep in Heavenly Peace, which builds beds for children who do not have one. The organization says there are 157,330 such ...