By Aldona Bird Local business owner Chris Yeager wants “to get our state on the road to healing.” His goal involves making West Virginians feel better emotionally, […]
Opinion
High blood pressure should be taken seriously
High blood pressure typically doesn’t come with warning signs, but it can lead to dangerous health issues like heart disease and stroke if left unchecked. “West Virginia […]
The best treatments for seasonal eye allergies
Q: I have a couple times a year when my eyes feel even itchier than usual, and my husband notices my eyes are red. Should I take […]
There is something special about summer twilights
“Twilight drops her curtain down and pins it with a star.” Lucy M. Montgomery If Shakespeare’s “darling buds of May” are a sweet suggestion of summer, June roses […]
Republic’s lack of service calls for complaints to PSC
Dale Riggs, Morgantown As I set here at my desk this Thursday evening, looking at garbage cans that were to be picked up Monday June 4, I […]
DMV needs to open more windows to serve public
Ralph Correll, Morgantown If you ever have to go to the DMV to get your drivers licenses, photo ID, car title or registration sticker then you better […]
Hunger leaves an impression on us forever
By Jerry Kessel Eating is the most routine ritual of daily life for most of us. But if you are elderly, sick, disabled or homebound you may […]
Effort to distribute 34,000 naloxone kits to first responders can only help
Don’t just put your money where your mouth is. Put it where your heart and mind is, too. But most importantly put it where your government mandates […]
Ensure supply meets demand for education
By Bill Wyant Recently, the story at the fold on the front page of this newspaper featured a growing acronym, STREAM (science, technology, reading, engineering, art, mathematics). […]
‘Orchestrated charades’ could fool the voters
Stephen McElroy, Bridgeport It’s no coincidence that teachers’ unions are forcing strikes only in states which the Democratic Party’s establishment has targeted for election success this November. […]
