Employment rates continue to struggle all over the country. The approximately 7.2 million people in the U.S. unemployed during the last week of August pushed the nationwide average up 3.5% week-over-week heading into the Labor Day weekend. That added to the trend of a small overall increase ...
* Organizers of the Parkersburg Engagement Project are 鈥済etting better at community conversations,鈥� as Parkersburg City Councilwoman Wendy Tuck put it. And last week they hosted the first of eight events exploring the impact of substance abuse on Wood County. 鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to get the ...
While plenty of politicians claim they are pursuing the agendas they do because they want to protect children, organizations such as the North Star Child Advocacy Center are actually doing just that. And in the first half of 2025, they are seeing an increase in the need for their ...
As results of the annual WV MetroNews West Virginia Poll by Research America continue to be unpacked, lawmakers who held their ground on vaccine requirements last winter learned their stance reflected the will of the majority of registered voters who were polled. Nearly three-quarters of ...
September is the start of many things: football season, the school year for some, spooky season if you ask the right people 鈥� But this is also Hunger Action Month. Note the difference between this 鈥渕onth鈥� designation and many others. This is not just about awareness; this is about ...
Data from the most recent WV MetroNews West Virginia poll, presented during this year鈥檚 state Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Business Summit, contained 鈥渁 warning sign 鈥� for political leadership in the state.鈥� Despite the incessant dive by too many elected officials for the ...
