* During last week’s events for the 100th anniversary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Veritas Classical Academy student Aadkya Adhikari made it through the first two preliminary rounds — ranking 100 out of 243 spellers before being among those who did not advance after taking a ...
Here we go again, the merry-go-round that simply will not end. If it seems like I’ve written a whole column on the efforts by some to eliminate West Virginia’s certificate of need law, I did back in March. Remember, I got to shoehorn in a “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” reference. ...
The following are excerpts from appendix XI of Dave McKain and Bernie Allen’s book, “Where It All Began.” The reporter, on a mission to document and share about the oil regions of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, has left the Pennsylvania oil fields and begun his journey to Burning ...
Gov. Patrick Morrisey arrived in Welch, W.Va., this week with a determination to let the people of McDowell County know they have not been forgotten. In addition to announcements regarding money for other parts of the state, Morrisey touted the awarding of $1 million to address sewer system ...
Whoever wrote the Appalachian Regional Commission’s report “Classifying Economic Distress in Appalachian Counties” for fiscal year 2026 declares that ours is “a region of great opportunity,” while reminding readers of the agency’s mission to help Appalachia achieve socioeconomic ...
It has become obvious that the Trump administration as well as Republicans in Ohio and West Virginia no longer believe their own mantra “all of the above” when it comes to energy sources. Instead, this administration has put a halt to as many renewable energy projects as possible and is now ...