We might say, “Have a nice holiday” or” Happy Memorial day” to one another today. But there’s little you would call nice or anything to be happy […]
Opinion
White Park’s wood vital to our city’s future
BY ELIZABETH M. SNEATHEN I live in a mobile home park. White Park’s woods are a two-minute drive from my home. I love these woods. Walking there […]
Letters to the editor May 26
Extreme abortion laws don’t value victims I am appalled by the sheer cold-heartedness and cruelty of some conservative Republicans in forcing victims/survivors of incest to give birth […]
We can still change road county is on
Two out of three isn’t bad, but three out of three is even better. And four out of four? Well, it does happen, but not if you […]
Education reform is a high, but reachable, peak
The is the climbing season on Mount Everest. It’s the narrow window when conditions are most favorable for individuals to try to make it to the top […]
Somebody’s always counting, whether our state is or not
Everyone, at times, claims the federal government cannot count. That is, it squanders money in more ways than anyone can count. There’s some truth to that, but, […]
Justice companies’ pattern of litigation grinds us all down
Ambrose Bierce defined litigation best. “Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.” For a second time this […]
Letters to the editor May 22
Federal employees keep this country running Federal employees serve and protect us every day at every level across the country and in our community. At no time […]
Road to crookedness can always be paved with good intentions
Some history: Federal road funds were already stalled before Sen. Robert C. Byrd died in 2010. According to the state’s longtime deputy revenue secretary, West Virginia’s share […]
Faith community doing right thing addressing scourge
Many have asked how are faith-based organizations addressing the opioid crisis? That’s not to imply the faith community is not doing enough. Matter of fact, many churches […]
