Rapper and celebrity Kanye West has filed to appear on the General Election ballot in eight states, including West Virginia. West’s surprising run for president, which he […]
Editorials
Absentee voting is mail-in voting that requires an excuse
Come one, come all, to the grand opening of the 2020 General Election Absentee Request Portal! The Secretary of State debuts the online application portal today, and […]
Don’t forget to complete the census
Deadline to participate has been moved to Sept. 30 As your local newspaper, we take our responsibility to remind you about important things very seriously. This makes […]
DeJoy’s policies, Trump’s attacks are no coincidence
Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is a pattern. First, Trump started attacking the U.S. Postal Service in April, deriding its services and […]
75 years later: Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings
Seventy-five years ago today, the United States dropped the uranium bomb “Little Boy” on the Japanese manufacturing city of Hiroshima, killing 80,000 people instantly. Three days later, […]
Why did national COVID response plan go ‘poof’?
Over the weekend, Vanity Fair published “How Jared Kushner’s Secret Testing Plan ‘Went Poof Into Thin Air.’ ” In early March, Kushner — Trump’s son-in-law and senior […]
Walmart, Target take Black Friday out of Thanksgiving
With all the divisive hard news dominating the headlines lately, we’ve managed to find a soft news topic with the potential to be equally divisive: Walmart and […]
Are new measures enough?
Like the pandemic, West Virginia University’s back-to-school plan is ever-changing. The university’s start and move-in dates suddenly shifted by a week, catching us all by surprise. Along […]
MHS Mohigan: Keep the name, lose the feathers
Not that anyone has asked, but since everyone else seems to have an opinion on the Morgantown High School Mohigan, we’d thought we’d give our two cents. […]
Absentee voting’s encore performance
The West Virginia secretary of state’s office is proud to present an encore performance of “Absentee Voting for Everyone,” sponsored by COVID-19 and the U.S. Constitution. The […]
