During my college days, I spent the academic year working at The Daily Athenaeum and my summers working at The Intelligencer and News-Register in Wheeling. My formal education as a journalist was happening in Morgantown, but my real-world education as a newspaper person was happening in a ...
West Virginians lost a determined champion last week with the passing of former U.S. Rep. David B. McKinley. Many of them might never have known how much thought — and work — he put into serving the state he loved, but they are better off because of him, just the same. Never the kind to ...
As lawmakers continue to look for ways to kick-start our sluggish and somehow still backward-looking economy, West Virginians are falling prey to another draining and damaging addiction at a higher rate than in most other states. WalletHub’s “2026’s Most Gambling-Addicted States” ...
When I was a child, my dad planted a sweet gum tree in our Florida backyard. The tree grew quickly in the sandy soil and became a great tree to climb. The many branches provided easy-to-reach “rungs” on which I could climb higher than the house. Decades later I had my own house in ...
Gov. Patrick Morrisey chose Wood County this week for a ceremonial signing of House Bill 5438, which is meant to improve instructional programs and technology; and teacher and leader induction and professional growth. Among the highlights of the bill is the LETRS initiative. Language ...
Lawmakers just can’t help themselves when presented with an opportunity to exert more control over local decisions. Among more recent examples is a provision in Ohio Senate Bill 311, which “Regards the operation of public and chartered nonpublic schools.” There is a lot in the bill — ...
