To the editor: While more than 11 million Americans are living with heart valve disease at this very moment, leading to 25,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, an estimated three in four people have little to no knowledge of what it is. Heart valve disease occurs when one or more of the ...
Parts of West Virginia are less than an hour’s drive from Washington, but the two places could not be any more different. It’s not about the size of the cities or how many people live there, it’s about the way we think. It’s about culture, priorities and how we approach government. ...
Merry Christmas! No, I haven’t lost my mind. (Completely.) I know that the calendar tells me it’s Feb. 14 ... Valentine’s Day. And if, by chance, you happen to be reading this column, it will already be Feb. 15, even though the newspaper indicates at the top of the page that it is ...
It’s good to be back at Historic Fort Steuben. I love spending time with our local history and helping to make it accessible to the public through our programs and events. I am constantly reminded, however, that the longer I interact with local history, there is so much more out there I ...
During his first State of the State address Wednesday, Gov. Patrick Morrisey painted West Virginia as being at the start of a comeback. If that is the case, it is a resurgence long overdue. Our challenge now is to engineer that comeback with a focus so strong it is not slowed by those ...
The Tri-State Area received good news on Friday with the announcement Premium Guard Inc. will be locating a new operation in the community. As part of its plans for growth, which include expanding its market into Canada, the Memphis-based company, which manufactures automotive filters and ...