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Fire Safety: Use common sense and follow the rules

When we skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, that spring forward on the clocks will not be the only reminder we are moving toward brighter, warmer (Soon? We hope? Please?) weather. Forestry officials across our region are reminding us we have also entered the spring fire ban season. From ...

Expanding Opportunity: Penzance data center could provide a boost

Washington, D.C.-based Penzance Management has unveiled plans that could mark one of the largest private investments in West Virginia history — a proposed $4 billion data center campus spanning 1.9 million square feet on 548 acres in Falling Waters. Gov. Patrick Morrisey rightly described ...

High Points of the Valley

* Bankers and others who worry about those susceptible to vicious scams have been glad to see movement on a couple of efforts to address cryptocurrency kiosks in the state. House Finance Chairman Vernon Criss, R-Wood, took the lead on House Bill 5353, which would create a regulatory framework ...

Income Tax: Courage, strategy needed for economy

It’s a story common for regions of West Virginia that border Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky. A recent college graduate of West Virginia University lands their first job in Pennsylvania. When it comes to deciding which state is more appealing on the tax front, the choice is clear: ...

Stay on Track: Time is now for Railway Safety Act

More than three years after a disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Congress has continued to sit on its hands rather than upset its friends in the railroad industry by implementing desperately needed rail safety reform. Well, most of Congress, anyway. A few have repeatedly tried to ...

Smoke Signals: Vape Safety Act goes too far

Del. David McCormick, R-Monongalia, chose a soft target with his Vape Safety Act — House Bill 5437 — perhaps hoping state House of Delegates committee members would not look too carefully at the language he wielded or be affected by the dog whistles he was blowing. First, it is important ...