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Ethics: Update the Code of Judicial Conduct

It’s been about a decade since the last time the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia worked on updates to the state Code of Judicial Conduct. Think about how much the world has changed since the last revision to that code, in November 2015. For that matter, think about how much we’ve ...

Shameful: Targeting needle exchanges harms substance abuse fight

Whether it be willful ignorance for the sake of scoring political points or a genuine misunderstanding of the broad range of strategies necessary to tackle a dual public health crisis in Appalachia, elected officials and policymakers are handicapping efforts against one of the major dangers ...

Violations: Answers needed on $5M grant

At a time when both public and private colleges and universities in West Virginia are struggling financially, does it make any sense to gift $5 million in taxpayer dollars to a private vocational college based in Steubenville, Ohio — essentially to move into West Virginia and offer the same ...

High Points of the Valley

* Gov.-elect Patrick Morrisey talked last week about his new leadership team and cabinet members, and some of his priorities as he prepares to take office. “We have a great team,” Morrisey said. “They’re outstanding in every single way. They’re deeply experienced, they’re smart, ...

Precautions: Do your part to avoid spreading illness

As the holidays brought many of us closer to friends and family — perhaps in large gatherings where there was lots of hugging, laughing and eating together — the inevitable early-winter surge of illnesses is now upon us. In fact, ahead of the New Year holiday, Memorial Health System ...

“No American should face homelessness,” reads the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s news release accompanying the January 2024 Point-In-Time Count Report. Yes, the data is a year old, but each year’s snapshot give us a better understanding of how many in our ...