American politics continues to be determined by social media, whose tone remains reliably shrill. Republicans peddle philosophies that are not particularly conservative. Everything has been reduced to sentimentality, and core complaints are rooted in notions that are considered good because ...
I have thought about writing this letter for the last couple of years. I live in downtown Elkins. The speed limit on most of the streets where families, retired neighbors, children and pets live is 25 mph . Some areas are 15 mph, others 35 mph. But mostly 25 mph . I have lived downtown for ...
Join us for a Fox Forest foray starting at 1 p.m. this Sunday afternoon near the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) boat dock landing on Scotts Ford Road. This hike was organized by the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area (AFNHA) as part of a “Community Trail Talks” ...
On behalf of the Rotary Club of Elkins, we offer our heartfelt thanks to all who supported our International Festival, allowing us to award $13,238.98 in grants to many of our local schools and libraries: Elkins High School, Elkins Middle School, the Elkins-Randolph County Public Library, ...
Ben Wattenberg and Richard Scammon, in their book “The Real Majority,” exposed the problem of the "New Politics" by describing the electorate as "unyoung, unblack, and unpoor." At the time, this description drew the fire and ire of liberals and the New Left. However, Richard Nixon's ...
Enjoy dinner and a special performance of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” performed by the Rustic Mechanicals at Graceland Inn at Davis & Elkins College at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 20. The Rustic Mechanicals are the only professional Shakespeare troupe in West Virginia, ...