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“We are a family, 6,000-plus strong,” said Maj. Gen. James Seward, adjutant general of the West Virginia National Guard. “And so, when we lose one of our family members, I can tell you that every guardsman I’ve talked to is grieving.” In the case of Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, the family of those grieving her death extends across the Mountain State, as does those praying for the recovery of Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who was also shot during an attack in Washington, D.C., last Wednesday. But the initial shock of that horrific event has rightly evolved to include a desire to know as ...

Holiday Home

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As Davis & Elkins College’s fall semester winds down and Christmas nears, our campus feels more than ever like home. For many of our students, D&E is not simply where they study—it is where they live, grow, worship, celebrate, and find belonging. They have made this campus their home, and during the holiday season that truth becomes especially vivid. We have literally “decked the halls” to reflect the warmth of the season. Christmas trees glow softly in the gathering spaces of our buildings, twinkling lights brighten the evenings, and fresh pine is in the air. These simple ...

On the Board

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For nearly all of 2025, West Virginia has been standing on the sidelines, biding its time while our border states marched into the end zone in Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s “Economic Backyard Brawl.” That’s come to an end. The recent announcements from Morrisey signal that West Virginia is finally stepping onto the field, racking up yards and even scoring a couple touchdowns. We noted a few months back that, midway through the first quarter, the score was 49-0, in favor of our neighboring states. Now, that scores stands at 49-14, and let us hope the Mountain State maintains the ...

Giving Tuesday

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You’ve made it through Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Artists Sunday and Cyber Monday. It’s a long series of days on which businesses big and small and even some individuals are hoping you’ll be spending some (or all) of your holiday shopping budget with them. Now we have reached Giving Tuesday, a day organizers say “unleashes the power of radical generosity around the world.” Sure, there’s a financial component to this, too. Those who have the resources should, indeed, take advantage of today to give what they are able to nonprofits that support the most ...

NOPAIN

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While the acronym might have been a bit of a stretch, the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation (NOPAIN) for Veterans Act is still a long-overdue piece of legislation, introduced recently by U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. Given all this country — and particularly our region — has been through because of the substance abuse epidemic, it is a bit of a surprise no one has worked toward such a measure for those who have served. This one would expand veteran access to non-opioid alternatives by creating pathways for Food and Drug ...

Cheney was not intimidated

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The word that best describes how former Vice President Dick Cheney, who wielded the responsibilities he undertook in public affairs over a long career, began improbably early in life and extended into years of repudiation by his fellow partisans, is “unintimidated.” He was unintimidated by his rise to become White House chief of staff at age 34 in 1975, after flunking out of Yale University and not finishing his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin (while his wife, Lynne Cheney, earned hers). Cheney, who died last month and was eulogized in a ceremony to which the current ...