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Inertia: Reversing course will be a challenge

Gov. Patrick Morrisey gave us more insight last week into the idea of a “Backyard Brawl” economic competition with neighboring states. The concept has its merits. Certainly Mountain State residents tend to respond well to being asked to rise above, to compete. “Many of you have followed ...

The Northern District of West Virginia has had a number of excellent U.S. attorneys over the past half-century. Add outgoing U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld to that list. Ihlenfeld, who served as top prosecutor during the Biden and Obama administrations, stepped down earlier this month. In ...

Tax Credit: Don’t leave thousands of dollars on the table

Arriving in the mail for many of us starting this weekend just past was a piece of information that would be profitable not to misplace: the MV-1 form from the West Virginia State Tax Division, which indicates how much of a personal property tax credit you’re eligible for on your 2024 ...

High Points of the Valley

* Across the region, municipalities are touting the effectiveness of their winter weather preparations, and rightly bragging a bit about the workers who executed that plan. In fact, when asked about their communities’ responses to recent rough weather, nearly all local leaders talked about ...

Public Forum: Parkersburg City Council has a duty to listen to constituents

Members of Parkersburg City Council may not have intended it, as Councilwoman Cathy Dailey said, but their discussion earlier this week about changing — perhaps even eliminating — the public forum during council meetings certainly “makes us look like we don’t want to hear what they ...

Education: One-size-fits-all approach will not work

State Sen. Charles Clements, R-Wetzel, is injecting a voice of reason into conversations about what the West Virginia Legislature’s approach to education might be this year. Speaking ahead of the legislative session that is set to begin Feb. 12, Clements talked about the state’s approach ...