While the narrative tends to focus on the rapid rate at which West Virginia’s population is shrinking, there are some spots in the state where population is actually growing. It’s worth taking a look at why. WorldAtlas compiled a list of the communities bucking the trend here, noting ...
You’ve got to give West Virginia Board of Education President Paul Hardesty credit. He keeps trying different ways to get the attention of lawmakers and Gov. Patrick Morrisey to tell them our 55 county school systems are heading toward a fiscal cliff. The question is whether the legislative ...
* Approximately 150 volunteers at 16 sites joined in the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley’s annual Day of Action last week. Completing service projects for local nonprofits, the volunteers spent the day on everything from building a walking path to organizing and pricing items for ...
Spencer S. Sharp was born in Fauquier County, Va., in 1762. In 1781, at the age of 19 years, he enlisted in the Virginia militia, serving as a private under Col. Robert Warren. Sharp was present at the battle of Cornwallis. Following his service in the Revolutionary War and marriage, Spencer ...
As a person who was born and raised on farms in Ohio, I was very upset when friends drove me past a site for a huge data center which will sit on some of the best farmland in the state. This is disgusting and very upsetting to learn that homes were being destroyed, the farm land will no longer ...
I had an opportunity this week to visit a town in another part of the state for a meeting, and while I was there, noticed a juxtaposition that is common all over the state — even here — but tends to be more noticeable when you observe it outside your own community. Alongside municipal ...
