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Money: Find out if you have unclaimed property

State Treasurer Larry Pack regularly announces instances of unclaimed property funds being returned to West Virginians. The idea surely is to inspire more people to check whether there is money owed to them, as the state is sitting on more than $536 million that should be in someone else’s ...

Editor's Notes: Responsibility of pet ownership

On March 18, the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association made a post on social media that fired me up enough that I was immediately looking for what I could do about it. Short of adopting Waffles — who appears to be an adorable pit bull mix in his photo, and who looks large enough that I could ...

Op-ed: Coplin Health celebrates late 2025 community efforts

In 2026, we at Coplin Health Systems are proud of our commitment to serve the health and wellness needs of our communities. A big part of that commitment is our ongoing efforts to engage with community members while expanding our impact. While we look ahead to another busy year for Coplin, ...

Op-ed: Trump-era Republicans are terrible at paying the bills

A report in Fortune Magazine this week by Steve Hanke and David Walker begins with the sentence “The U.S. government is insolvent.” According to the Treasury Department’s consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, the federal government had $6.06 trillion in total assets ...

Kiki's Corner: Grateful for a wonderful weekend

Ahhhh… what a weekend I had last week… Busy, busy, busy! Life moves so fast for many people like me. I can’t believe three months are already gone from the year 2026. But it’s all worth it when you put in all your energy and everything goes great the way I was expecting. I’m ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: World Water Day

Last Sunday, March 22, was proclaimed by the United Nations as World Water Day. The theme this year was “Where Water Flows Equality Grows.” This year, attention was given to the plight of women around the world. Globally, more than 1 billion women lack access to safely managed drinking ...