Long ago I had a federal law enforcement commission. I didn’t get it by answering an ad and I didn’t get a huge sign-on bonus when I was hired. I sacrificed years and much else to get it. I did the job I had the best I was able to. I received Federal Law Enforcement training from both ...

Dear Senators Robbie Morris and Bill Hamilton, and Delegates Elias Coop-Gonzales and Jonathan Kyle: I am writing this letter to you in reference to the upcoming proposed legislation to relax vaccine requirements in the schools in West Virginia. I have been a pediatrician here in Elkins for ...

I knew Dennis “Denny” Baxter as I had gone to school with him and played ball with him in the city park numerous times. His parents got divorced so he lived with his grandparents Jessie and Dennis Baxter on River Street in Elkins. His dad moved back to Summit, N.J., and his mother ...

Most people may assume that the West Virginia State Board of Education’s decision to accept the closure of Harman School on December 10, 2025, concluded the matter. That is not necessarily the case. There is an appeal process in contesting the State BOE’s decision. A formal appeal must ...

I too am concerned about the travel of Harman School students to Elkins and back every day. When I was in school during the 60’s we traveled from the Sinks of Gandy to Harman every day by bus. We left our house at 6:45 a.m., arriving at Harman High School at 8:45 a.m., and left after ...

House Bill 2014 that is currently being considered by the West Virginia House of Delegates hands over almost all decision-making about data centers and microgrids to the state, while shutting out the local communities that will have to live with the consequences. In the interest of West ...