If you have experienced pain at the grocery check-out lately — and not because you still haven’t mastered ringing up your own produce — you’re not alone. In fact, according to a WalletHub study, States Where People Spend the Most and Least on Groceries, West Virginia is second only ...
One of the biggest concerns that comes up with every election is the lack of voter turnout. If you look at the numbers from Jefferson County during the last couple of presidential elections, you will find that about 69 percent of registered voters vote. Those numbers are a little bit lower in ...
Monday is Presidents Day, and it should be a chance to reflect, to honor and to give thanks. It should be an opportunity to remember that while our president changes every four or eight years, our democracy continues to set a standard that is the envy of the rest of the world. The office itself ...
To the editor: With so much emphasis placed on the mistakes of police officers nowadays, I feel the need to applaud the good that they do as well. Last week, I asked my wife to pick me up at a local car garage where my vehicle was being serviced. Unfortunately, she got lost and was seen ...
To the editor: “Promises made, promises kept.” President Donald Trump has been in office for almost four weeks. He has moved quickly to undo the harm that previous administrations, especially Democrats, did to the citizens of our country. He pledged to find and stop government fraud and ...
To the editor: On Jan. 20, the inaugural ceremony for the 47th president of our great nation, Donald J. Trump, was graciously attended by his predecessor, President Joe Biden, in spite of Trump not showing him the same, long-established professional courtesy when Biden became the 46th ...