by Jordan Maynor In the years since West Virginia adopted right-to-work legislation, our state has witnessed a staggering influx of more than $12 billion in new business […]
Guest Essays
Guest essay: Not as simple as ‘trap, neuter, adopt’
by Stephanie Faulkiner As a member of the Monongalia County Animal Welfare Network (MCAWN), I am responding to the guest essay written by the Animal Care and […]
Guest essay: BYU is a ‘class act,’ welcome addition to Big 12
by Barb Howe On behalf of the Goodwill City Ambassadors (Mountaineer Country Tourism Ambassadors) with the Visit Mountaineer Country Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) — we wanted […]
Guest essay: Solutions for Morgantown’s health care landscape
by Tadd Haynes As president of UniCare West Virginia, a leading health care provider in the state, I take it as our responsibility to help drive health […]
Guest essay: What is the value of liberal education?
by Christopher Wilkinson While West Virginia University was in the throes of the fiscal crisis resulting in the elimination of faculty, staff and disciplines, there were repeated […]
Guest essay: Holiday and virus season a reminder antibiotics aren’t cure-alls
by Michael Stevens As the holiday season approaches with its usual festivities, travel and time indoors, respiratory viruses will inevitably appear and spread through households. So, this […]
Guest essay: Lawmakers must move forward on farm bill
by Caitlin Cook Food banks are facing a food crisis. A majority of the more than 200 food banks in the Feeding America network serving every county […]
Guest essay: For West Virginians, paper health care information is a must
by Jennifer Brown There’s a reason we say that West Virginia is “Almost Heaven.” Our state’s wild and wonderful mountains and hollows are what make it special, […]
Guest essay: Manchin: ‘It has been the honor of my life to represent you’
by Joe Manchin It was a cold November morning just a week after my family’s store had burnt to the ground, losing the lives of four people, […]
Guest essay: Achieving abortion justice, trans liberation in W.Va.
by Ash Orr On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization upheld a Mississippi law imposing […]
