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Editorials

Golden Years

West Virginia has the third highest percentage of residents over the age of 65 in the country, at 20.9%. Plenty of Mountain State residents find themselves spending their golden years trying to stretch fixed incomes to meet their needs. But there are supports available for our seniors — ...

Inadequate

It is astounding the degree to which we continue to let down those who were willing to give their lives for us through service in the military. Here in West Virginia, it is a pattern at our Veterans Administration medical centers. An audit has revealed that a second facility has been found to ...

‘Bad Actors’

As the state Department of Homeland Security investigation of the West Virginia State Police continues, Gov. Jim Justice took the not-so-bold step of saying he fully supports “cutting out bad actors.” Investigators are looking into an anonymous letter that claims inappropriate use of ...

Regulation

Clean air is on the minds of many as we watch the aftermath of a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Here in West Virginia, communities have had questions about what they were breathing near industrial facilities for generations. But an agreement between the state Department of ...

New Steps

Clean air is on the minds of many as we watch the aftermath of a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Here in West Virginia, communities have had questions about what they were breathing near industrial facilities for generations. But an agreement between the state Department of ...

COVID-19

West Virginia’s COVID-19 state of emergency ended at the beginning of this year. President Joe Biden has announced the national public health emergency will officially end May 11. And now, West Virginia’s Department of Health and Human Resources has changed the way it reports COVID-19 data. ...