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Professionals: D.C. bureaucrats made a shameful decision

U.S. Department of Education officials missed the mark badly when they decided, purportedly in a revision that is part of the Big Beautiful Bill, to eliminate nursing, physical therapy, public health and other fields from those graduate study fields in which students are able to borrow loans ...

Give Thanks: Many reasons to be grateful

While the origins of our modern Thanksgiving Day are more a matter of many traditions eventually running into a single idea than the straight line from familiar paintings of the Plymouth Colony’s observance more than 400 years ago to our holiday tables today, there is a common theme: ...

NOPAIN: Bipartisan legislation should become law

While the acronym might have been a bit of a stretch, the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation (NOPAIN) for Veterans Act is still a long-overdue piece of legislation, introduced last week by U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. Given all this country — ...

High Points of the Valley

* Parkersburg First Christian Church, the Salvation Army of Parkersburg, Williamstown Legion Post 159, Norwood United Methodist Church, and the Washington County Veterans Service Commission in partnership with Settlers Bank and Westlake Dimex are among those hosting or delivering holiday meals ...

Broadband: West Virginians require better access

Federal money is helping a little when it comes to West Virginia’s broadband internet woes, but despite being one of the most improved states in the country on that front, we STILL are the worst connected state in the nation — worse than even Mississippi and Puerto Rico. That gives some ...

Poverty: COPE program teaches lessons

Perhaps you’ve heard the expression that being poor is expensive. But either you are or have been in that position and understand exactly what that means, or it is very difficult for you to understand. Those who organized the Cost of Poverty Experience in Marietta earlier this week did ...