Rep. Alex Mooney’s run for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate just got more difficult. Mooney said this week he does not believe he will get […]
Hoppy Kercheval
Salango’s exit from governor’s race clears the way for Williams
The decision by Kanawha County Commissioner Ben Salango not to enter the race for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2024 offers insight into just how challenging […]
The state Board of Education’s big decision
The West Virginia State Board of Education meets this morning to accept the resignation of Superintendent David Roach. Roach’s forced retirement comes after Board President Paul Hardesty […]
A threadbare democracy
The story goes that in the closing days of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a lady asked Benjamin Franklin whether the participants had decided upon a republic […]
The gift of life
West Virginia State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard spent 15 years in service to this state and his community. On June 2, Maynard made the ultimate sacrifice when […]
Jefferson County Commission split on obscenity ordinance
When it comes to defining “hard-core pornography,” the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart provided an explanation for the ages: “I shall not today attempt […]
Is panhandling protected speech or conduct that can be regulated?
Monongalia County is moving ahead with plans to restrict panhandling. The proposed ordinance would make it unlawful to ask for money or distribute materials to “the drivers […]
When I wasn’t throwing up or falling down, my vacation was great
My two-week long vacation did not turn out as planned. My wife and I scheduled a series of day hikes along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia. We […]
Mike Lindell’s 2020 election conspiracy theory debunked
Mike Lindell must have been feeling confident. The businessman famous for his My Pillow bedding products had acquired computer data he believed would show China’s interference with […]
Yes, we know corrections staffing is a crisis. Now fix it
State government’s attention to the shortage of jail and prison correction officers feels like a wash, rinse, repeat cycle. Legislators and state Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation […]
