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Opinion

Setting the stage for West Virginia

Editorials

Tonight, Gov. Patrick Morrisey will deliver his first State of the State Address to lawmakers and West Virginia residents from the state Capitol. There will be the usual pomp and circumstance surrounding such events, but Morrisey has much work to do in the months ahead — there will be no time ...

Our surest sign spring is near

Editorials

There has been plenty of evidence during the past month or so that winter continues to hold its grip on the Tri-State Area. We’ve seen snow, bitter cold and freezing rain — a pretty good sampling of what winter has to offer. And even though the region’s groundhogs offered different ...

Consider origin of animal products

Editorials

Most of us try to shop responsibly, but for some items, we don’t know what we don’t know. For example, how many use coyote urine to keep deer out of gardens? How many think about how the key ingredient is acquired? “People don’t know that when they buy products that they might be ...

Our area loves football

Local Columns

How many times have you looked at a survey and thought to yourself that its findings are just so obvious that you wonder why anyone would have spent the time gathering and then analyzing all of that data? We saw another pretty good example of that earlier in the week when WalletHub released ...

Commitment to the community

Editorials

Lee West’s life might have been short, but the exuberance he displayed during the limited time he was on Earth has not been forgotten. An honors student and multi-sport athlete at Steubenville High School, West was just 15 when he lost his life in a fatal house fire in 2011. Since then, ...