More than one statewide effort is focusing on a problem most of us did not fully grasp until recently. Too many Mountain State children do not have a bed, crib or bassinet of their own to sleep in each night. The West Virginia State Hospital Initiative is a nonprofit that is not only ...
Too many in our communities have grown addicted to harassing public officials and public workers for both not doing enough with our money AND spending too much of it. Meanwhile, there is an element of troublemaker that just wants to cause problems for all sides. In Belpre, city officials ...
The West Virginia Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Program has provided grant funding for some important efforts in the state. More than $700,000 will be distributed to programs ranging from the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc., which ...
* What a wonderful stretch it has been for entertainment and events in the Mid-Ohio Valley, as Pride Fest, Taste of Parkersburg, Marietta鈥檚 Second Sunday, Parkersburg鈥檚 Meet Me on Market, the Multi-Cultural Festival, the West Virginia Day celebration on Blennerhassett Island, Marietta Main ...
Sometimes it is the legislation that seems smaller 鈥� perhaps grabs fewer headlines 鈥� that can make the biggest difference for individuals. That is the case for state House Bill 4089, which recently became law in West Virginia after legislators finally supported it during this winter鈥檚 ...
Given so many politicians鈥� efforts to block thorough and accurate teachings of our country鈥檚 history 鈥� for example, a fair look at the Civil War and what caused it 鈥� it is possible some Americans are unaware that it was not until June 19, 1865, that the final enforcement of the ...
