What more can the Mon County Health Department do — and what can it do better? That’s what the health department would like to know, and it’s […]
Editorials
Where Pulitzer fiction meets W.Va. reality
In case you somehow missed the news, Buckhannon native Jayne Anne Phillips won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel “Night Watch.” This is, of course, […]
Last chance to comment on MIP bridge proposal
Amidst everything else that has been going on — regionally and nationally — discussion of the Harmony Grove interchange and the even more expensive stop-gap bridge has […]
Happy Mother’s Day
Moms are special figures in our lives; they sacrifice much of themselves to bring us into this world, and they help guide us through it, often with […]
WVU faculty get to keep gun-free office spaces
It seems like a strange time to be talking about campus carry, what with spring classes already finished and the law not taking effect until July. But […]
Congrats to WVU Class of 2024!
Do you know what’s special about the college Class of 2024? Four years ago, many of them were the high school Class of 2020: The first graduating […]
Legacy and future of Scott’s Run Settlement House
It is a testament to the Scott’s Run Settlement House’s success that it has grown beyond what its 100-year home can accommodate — and that people don’t […]
Someone has to clean up the mess at Bartlett
It’s disheartening to hear that Bartlett House faces a much more dire situation than we thought. It was bad enough when word was just that the emergency […]
It’s National Nurses Week
Imagine, for a moment, walking into any hospital or urgent care or primary care clinic and there are no nurses around. In our imagination, it’s either pure […]
What to know before you go vote
We are just over a week from the May 14 primary election, and early voting is already underway. If you’d like to know more about who and […]