Washington, D.C., got nearly 10 inches of snow recently. That was more than enough to shut down the nation’s capital. Thankfully, all of D.C.’s lobbyists and politicos stayed safe at home. Their local utility, Pepco — which relies on natural gas and coal for roughly half of its power ...
The merger of the Follansbee and Wellsburg chambers of commerce into a single organization representing businesses for all of Brooke County will help to strengthen the ties of our local communities. The two chambers have done well over the years, working on behalf of their members, which ...
Whether it be willful ignorance or a genuine misunderstanding of the broad range of strategies necessary to tackle a dual public health crisis in Appalachia, elected officials and policymakers are handicapping efforts against one of the major dangers spawned by our region’s substance abuse ...
During an age in which a universe of information is at most people’s fingertips, it is no surprise to learn some are changing their approach to how they consume what they consider to be news. In fact, Pew Research Center analysts, with funding from the Knight Foundation, reported in November ...
As West Virginia’s economy diversifies and the education and career paths of the past are no longer the right fit for as many students, the state’s young people are taking advantage of a program that allows them to take college courses — for free — while they are still in high school. ...
While there was a lot of anticipation, no one at the Herald-Star or in the group of local educators who helped to organize the competition was really sure how the area’s foray into the national spelling bee would eventually play out. As it turns out, there was little reason for that ...