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The Way I See It: The highs and lows of being a photographer

My life as a photographer has had a lot of ups and downs. I don’t mean metaphorically, I mean high places, and some really low places. Sometimes the location is the story, and other times it’s just a good angle. One of the tricks of good photography is putting your camera at a location ...

Life Through the Lens: Bees, conspiracies and fallacies

“The bees, they're dying, and that's the way they planned it. To make us the same as the bees.” *** Humanity instinctually knows of its futility and faults; it has always been able to sense its temporary nature. Primitive cultures were no different – it was that underlying ...

Reporter’s Notebook: SNAP out of it

November legislative interim meetings began Sunday at Pipestem Resort State Park near Hinton in Summers County, continuing today and wrapping up Tuesday. This is the second time lawmakers have traveled for interims. The Legislature held interim meetings at Stonewall Resort near Roanoke in ...

Look Back: Log cabin living

LOCAL WOMAN RECALLS DAYS IN LOG CABIN Many Unusual Happenings From Her Early Life Recalled by Mrs. Celia Jane Miller By Cordelia Moellendick Wooden knives and forks whittled by her father at night out of hickory wood by the light of a pine knot torch were the only cutlery Mrs. Celia Jane ...

Monday Morning Quarterback: Hope afterall for WVU

From the opening kickoff Saturday, West Virginia looked nothing like the team which had struggled over the last several weeks. Beginning with the first series on offense the Mountaineers were able to control the line of scrimmage and successfully run the ball. With four minutes remaining in ...

Editor’s Notes: Uncivilized readings of history

I didn’t know how I felt about the newly created Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University until I read a comment from its director, Patrick Lee Miller: “We should revere this civilization. In my view, it is the greatest and like it or not, our ...