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* “We couldn’t do what we do for our community without our nursing staff,” said Martha Dawson, vice president of quality and patient safety, chief quality officer and interim chief nursing officer for WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center. Dawson was speaking during a celebration of ...

Op-ed: Election is about an end to the status quo

When West Virginia Republicans head to the polls Tuesday, the choice could not be clearer: maintain the status quo that has stranded our state at the bottom of national rankings, or elect bold leaders who will put West Virginia first. We witnessed this exact dynamic on the national stage ...

Reporter's Notebook: Pre-primary potpourri

We’re now in the calm before the Tuesday storm, and I’ve never wanted an election to be over more than this one. Seriously, this primary election cycle has been pure obnoxiousness, but I fear this may be how future GOP primaries are from here on out: A combination of ...

Editor's Notes: Escaping a 24-7 siege mentality

I know I’m not alone in driving past gas stations last week and panicking a little at the nearly $5/gallon prices; or worrying about news that other prices are increasing, energy costs are rising, etc. There’s the faint whiff of panic in the air, everywhere. I was talking with a friend ...

Letter to the Editor: ‘Cardboard Rockstar’

Many of you know me as the guitar man who performs the marketing for a local pizza company on Division Street, on the south side of Parkersburg. In the recent past, during the holiday season; I learned that a local musician had written a song celebrating my work as a street marketer for our ...

Letter to the Editor: America drowning in debt

The United States is currently drifting into a fiscal minefield with no clear map and a dwindling supply of luck. As the national debt accelerates past the $34 trillion mark, the conversation in Washington has devolved into a predictable cycle of partisan finger-pointing and temporary patches. ...