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No Excuses: Real progress needed to fight drug abuse

Despite enormous settlements and creation of a foundation that says it is dedicated to preventing substance use disorder, supporting recovery and saving lives, a study this spring from WalletHub showed West Virginia STILL has the sixth-worst drug problem in the country. Worse, the Mountain ...

Incentives: GROUSE Act deserves support

West Virginia is covered in habitat that suits animals who just don’t do well anywhere else. (The same might be true for some of the humans here, too.) But our abundant natural splendor still needs to be protected — and, in some cases, restored — to ensure those creatures have exactly ...

High Points of the Valley

* Ninety-five classes of students have been inducted into the Order of the Golden Horseshoe by the West Virginia Department of Education. The most recent class includes 32 eighth-graders from the Mid-Ohio Valley. The honor goes to students who have demonstrated a master of Mountain State ...

Memorial Day: Remember what they died for

Memorial Day will feel a little different this year, as across the country, communities are also preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of our Declaration of Independence. It was the beginning of what some have called “the American Experiment.” Even before that day ...

TANF: Funding issue must be resolved

On the same day in which Gov. Patrick Morrisey celebrated an audit finding $168 million in savings across executive branch services, he also threw a scare into vulnerable West Virginians when he said the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program is facing a structural deficit. He ...

Changes: Potential savings require monitoring

Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced this week that more than $168 million in savings had been found after audits of executive branch services. And, on the surface, he was right to be impressed with what BDO USA found. Potential savings will bring up plenty of questions for the Office of ...