To say it could be worse sounds … callous. Heartless, even. It’s hard to balance pragmatism and compassion, because to acknowledge one seems like a dismissal of […]

As the primary inches closer, the November general election looms and campaigns start again in earnest, it’s increasingly hard to tell if what we’re hearing from our […]

A local woman was shot to death at the end of April, and more than a week later, we still know virtually nothing about how it happened. […]

Turning 18 is a trap. Especially if you turned 18 before the coronavirus hit. Being 18 is that awkward place of legally being an adult (you can […]

If you’ve driven through Star City lately, your heart may have stopped as you noticed the large, red “for sale” sign posted on the lawn in front […]

We never thought we’d have to write these words, but here we are: Please, please, please do not drink or inject bleach. Or Lysol. Or Clorox. Or […]

“In my family, we don’t talk about our feelings. We just make soup.” The above quote came from the April 17, 2020, episode of MacGyver, and it […]

“It is tough. Most days you don’t mind and you shake it off, but sometimes you get those comments … and you think, ‘My God, what more […]

Balancing a budget is tricky. Balancing a city budget is trickier. Balancing a city budget during a pandemic when no one can predict exact lost revenue is […]

In West Virginia, we pride ourselves on our connection to the Earth. Something about living in the mountains’ embrace — surrounded by rolling hills, snuggled into valleys, […]