* With the help of West Virginia University-Parkersburg, Metallica’s All Within My Hands program continues to make a difference for local students and our economy. The program’s Metallica Scholars Initiative is in its eighth year at WVUP, and this year includes nursing and healthcare, ...
2026 brought a summer of flash floods. We all remember the devastation inflicted on parts of West Virginia in July and August. Last month, as some areas began recovering while others were inundated, Charlise Robinson used this column to point out the need for more flood resilience in the ...
The U.S. generates about 300 million tons of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) every year, three times the amount generated in 1960. Half of that goes into landfills and about a quarter of it is recycled or composted. The average person generates nearly five pounds of solid waste every single day. ...
I was at an arts and crafts show many years ago speaking to someone who liked my work. I explained I made everything from scratch. She was impressed, or feigned it. The crowd was small at the time, so the other sellers around me could overhear the conversation when I made the mistake of ...
The fake news, CNN, MSNOW, NBC, CNBC, etc., constantly echo the Democratic Socialists of America Party’s “misrepresentations” of President Trump and the Republican Party. The fake news parrot the DSA’s claim President Trump promised there would be no wars, under his administration, ...
A little more than a year ago, we wondered whether West Virginia was even going to show up for Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s proposed “economic backyard brawl.” It has. And the scoreboard is getting tighter. Last August, we put the score at 49-0 in favor of our neighbors. Pennsylvania was ...
