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Memorial Day

Since the years after the Civil War, Americans have looked for healing on one day each year dedicated to the memory of those who died fighting for this country. In fact, since 1775, nearly 1.4 million men and women have done so. Back in 1868, it was the Grand Army of the Republic commemorating the sacrifices made by Union soldiers. It sparked a nationwide understanding of the importance of honoring those whose lives paid for our freedom. Today that understanding seems to be fading. Maybe it is because war has changed. During the six years of World War II, 405, 399 died in service ...

Photographs Wanted

Are you a devoted shutterbug? Do you enjoy taking photos of nature? Do you love documenting historic sites with photographs? Do you have photos showing our local area as it looked years ago? Have you held onto pictures of local leaders and dignitaries from yesteryear? If your answer to any of those questions is yes, then we have a terrific opportunity for you. The Inter-Mountain is accepting submitted photographs to be considered for inclusion in an upcoming Randolph County photo book. The book will be hardbound, and devoted to the natural beauty, and history, of Randolph ...

Experience

It’s good to have friends, and West Virginians know they’ve got someone they can rely on in Washington, D.C. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., continues to use her experience and her rank to serve Mountain State residents wherever she can find the opportunity. This week, she’s among those pitching the Water Resources Development Act of 2024, in her role as ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The bill would authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to continue work on projects that include many right here. Examples include addressing ...

Across the Globe

For many Mountain State residents, their knowledge of the work of the West Virginia National Guard begins and ends at disaster response and recovery. Maybe we know a little about the work that was done during the COVID-19 pandemic, or when other states ask for our help. Far less familiar are the international relationships the West Virginia National Guard builds through the State Partnership Program. Last month, Maj. Gen. William Crane, adjutant general of the West Virginia National Guard, joined a delegation that met in Peru. Officials discussed everything from upcoming ...

Childcare

As lawmakers returned to Charleston Sunday, they had a lot on their plates. Supplemental appropriations were needed for restoring funding for the Department of Health and Human Services, a new agriculture lab for West Virginia State University, an emergency food fund, paving projects, the Hope Scholarship program, contract nursing for West Virginia Veterans Home and veterans nursing facilities … and let’s not forget $2.8 million for a historical mural project in the upper rotunda of the State Capitol Building, were all included on the list. Childcare was not. “When people and ...

Drug Abuse

First, the good news: According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of fatal overdoses in the U.S. decreased last year — down 3% from 2022. Now, the not so great news: That’s still 107,500 people who died at the hands of a decades-long substance abuse epidemic; and those same CDC researchers say the last time there was such a decrease, the number of fatal overdoses increased dramatically in the following year. Further, Brandon Marshall, a Brown University researcher who studies overdose trends, offered some less-than-comforting reasons for the ...