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Education: Hands-on learning activities are important

Many of us have probably been trained to do something new on the job and said to the trainer “Just let me sit down and start working on it. I learn better by doing it.” That’s not something that happens only to adult employees. Kids often learn better when they are able to get their ...

Safety: Workplace risks must be reduced

State officials moved quickly last week after a chemical leak led to the deaths of two people, the hospitalization of dozens more, and a shelter-in-place order for those in Nitro and Institute, in Kanawha County. West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection officials, with the help of ...

High Points of the Valley

* A response team made of teachers, coaches, administrators and support staff at Fort Frye Local Schools is trained and ready to take potentially life-saving action should a sudden cardiac arrest occur. They are a “heart-safe” school system, as designated by the Nationwide Children’s ...

Reporter's Notebook: Seeing green

If you read my weekend story about the spending by five independent expenditure groups and political action committees, then I assume you’re as shellshocked as I am. Quite frankly, I have never seen this amount of money spent in midterm statehouse races in my life. We’re talking more ...

Letter to the Editor: Re-elect Heckert

The voters of your county are fortunate to be able to vote to re-elect Del. Scot Heckert to the State Legislature in the upcoming election. I know I am not from your county. But this is the age of unreliable social media, spam texts and emails, and high-priced, half-truth negative election ...