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Editor’s Notes: Keep the lights on HERE

I woke up the other day and walked down to the kitchen to find no light switches working and no time glowing from the clock on the microwave. I thought for a minute there was a power outage — happens a lot out there — but then the fog cleared and I remembered the lights had been on ...

Op-ed: Prepared, educated voters make for stronger elections

CHARLESTON — Election Day isn’t just a single day’s worth of activities, but the culmination of more than a year of preparation. My office has been working with West Virginia’s 55 county clerks since last summer to get ready for the 2026 midterm elections. It is our job to make sure ...

Letter to the Editor: Worth a mention

I would like to discuss the recent announcement by the WVSWA of the boys basketball Class A all-state teams and those players given honorable mention all-state. First of all, I want to congratulate the only two Wood County players honored on the all-state teams. Luke Anderson was selected ...

Letter to the Editor: Just grow

There’s something quietly powerful about standing in a place like Point Park and realizing that, no matter how much we trim, shape, and clear, life insists on returning. The trails feel more open now, the pathways more defined after the brush was cut back — but already, those small, ...

Letter to the Editor: Who do you want in control?

When you start seeing outside groups pour money into Wood County with ads and attacks, understand this: There’s a reason. They’re not focused on areas where they already have control. They come after the places that still think for themselves. Right now, that’s Wood County. Our ...