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Safety: Check detectors in your home

Though the winter has been mild for many in our region over the last several days, we have entered a season during which we have even more reasons to be cautious about how we heat and light our homes. Working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are essential. On Christmas Day, four adult ...

A New Year: Let’s lift each other up as we enter 2025

We’ve done it. We’ve reached the end of 2024 and are looking ahead to all the possibility 2025 holds. Some may be planning to put 2024 firmly behind them and not look back, others may have much upon which to build from one year to the next. Whatever the case — whether our dreams include ...

High Points of the Valley

* When we think of what children want and need at Christmastime, most of us are thinking toys, maybe coats … but our minds don’t often turn to shoes. Fortunately, there those among us who DO make sure children in need have the shoes they need. Through the Robert E. Fouss Memorial Fund, Rob ...

LevelUp: Lawmakers should build on program’s success

As our economy diversifies and the education and career paths of the past are no longer the right fit for as many of our students, West Virginia’s young people are taking advantage of a program that allows them to take college courses — for free — while they are still in high school. In ...

Hopeful: Opioids recovery grants are a start

West Virginians have been desperately searching for the means to loosen the grip of the substance abuse epidemic that has plagued us for so long. Perhaps this week’s distribution of the first round of West Virginia First Foundation Initial Opportunity grant funding will mark the turning of ...

Senators: Capito, Justice are there to serve W.Va.

West Virginians have become accustomed to having strong representation in the U.S. Senate, by elected officials who have earned influential positions on important committees. It seems as though that influence is set to be extended — perhaps even strengthened — as U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore ...