For the past two years I’ve lived in Randolph County, I’ve watched the public school system in Randolph County fall deeper into crisis, not because of mismanagement at the Board of Education, but because of deliberate policy decisions made at the state and federal levels. Let’s be ...

Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, stated last Friday that people who participated in the No Kings protests were Marxists, socialists, antifa advocates, anarchists, terrorists, and pro-Hamas. A member of the U.S. Congress should know better than to ...

I grew up in a small town in Zimbabwe called Chakari. I’d walk 10 minutes to school each morning for primary school (elementary). I remember conversations pertaining to my cousins in Gokwe, the more rural areas of Zimbabwe, who would have to walk 30 minutes to an hour, each way to school. ...

“I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way.” — Whitney Houston I attended a lecture from WVpolicy.org at the Kump House on Sept. 5. I would like to thank Dr. Heather Biola for hosting the lecture and Seth for engaging dialogue. Unfortunately, ...

(The following was presented in the public comment section of the Tuesday, Sept. 16 Randolph County Board of Education meeting.) I will begin by thanking you, Dr. Dilly! Thank you for making some proposals regarding our school system that anger most everyone in the county — it may be the ...

As Tucker County faces the prospect of hosting a massive gas-powered data center complex, one question remains unanswered: how much will this cost us? The Ridgeline facility, backed by out-of-state interests and fast-tracked under HB 2014, could reshape our economy and our landscape. ...