If you have a cellphone, you may know that you need a SIM card or the phone won’t work. But what exactly is the SIM card, and […]
Opinion
Don’t shelve higher ideas to save lives from gun violence
It’s not only bad things that come in threes. Sometimes good things, or in this instance advances, happen three times in a row, too. No, there looks […]
Why Sen. Manchin passed up the governor’s race
Sen. Joe Manchin has always been politically stealthy. He has practiced to near perfection the ability to balance in the middle as the political world increasingly pulls […]
Protection protocol anything but
In the eight months since the Trump administration began implementing its euphemistically named Migrant Protection Protocols, the government has returned more than 35,000 asylum seekers to Mexico […]
Poll paints a story of same economy, just different year
Wouldn’t you know it. It always depends on who you ask. Ask Gov. Jim Justice or the state Chamber of Commerce if there’s a reason to cheer […]
Stop the mental health data mining of our children
No, no, no. Hell, no! That’s my response to the latest trial balloon floated by the White House to join with Silicon Valley on a creepy program […]
Sept. 5 letters to the editor
How do other counties manage nicer roads? After numerous calls to the Division of Highways, both local and district offices, and letters to the paper about the […]
In light of Ryan Diviney’s death, lets’s reaffirm our revulsion at assaults
We’re not sure anyone is still counting, but someone should be. The last time we counted the number of aggravated assaults in downtown Morgantown was in May […]
Looking for love in wrong place: The online snake pit
Some scandals reported as shocking are shocking for reasons other than those implied in the coverage. One would be the online scam that bilked millions from businesses, […]
Sept. 4 letters to the editor
Road conditions boil down to unreliable DOH Exit 7 off Interstate -68 to W.Va. 857/U.S. 119 to Easton Hill is a heavily traveled road that has major […]
