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Enjoy the holidays with our local parades

Editorials

Communities throughout the Tri-State Area will have a little extra sparkle during the next couple of weeks as parades help to celebrate the Christmas season. Parades offer an opportunity for families and friends to gather and celebrate the season, while giving communities a chance to show off the good things they each have to offer. Floats, marching bands, dancing schools, homecoming queens and members of local service organizations will be joined by vehicles representing police and fire departments and other first responders. The highlight of each parade is the arrival of Santa Claus, ...

We only need one governor at a time

Local Columns

Larry Pack has a good reputation as an accountant and businessman, having operated an assisted living company until selling it off a few years ago. He was an active member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. He continues to be a respected Republican National Committeeman. He moved on to serve as a senior advisor to former governor Jim Justice and easily slid into a vacancy as Department of Revenue secretary during Justice’s final year in office. Pack won election unopposed as state treasurer, taking office early in January so that former state treasurer Riley Moore could be ...

Lighting up our communities

Editorials

The special glow that comes with the Christmas season once again will be seen as communities across the Tri-State Area hold their light-up events. Those evenings help to create a sense of joy and anticipation as they bring residents together to celebrate and enjoy a festive atmosphere where camaraderie always is on display. Celebrations began on Nov. 13, when the Christmas tree in Weirton’s North End was lit. That led up to Saturday’s Christmas on Main Street in Weirton. The annual event, presented by the Weirton Festival Committee, included vendors and family-oriented ...

Show displays students’ talents

Letters to the Editor

To the Editor, The Sixth Annual High School Students Art Exhibition sponsored by the Top of WV Arts Council was held November 12 at the Summit Art Gallery, with an opening reception hosting nearly 100 guests. Brooke, Madonna, and Oak Glen high schools participated in the themed show of “Lost & Found.” The event featured 32 participating student artists with forty pieces of art displayed. Many are three-dimensional works producing a different display. One art teacher also provided artwork. The exhibition provides an opportunity for the young student artist to participate in a ...

Transparency needed in school finances

Local Columns

There has been a great deal of discourse throughout the Hancock County community and beyond since Monday night when board of education members voted on, and approved, the termination of the school system’s former director of finance, followed by the announcement that representatives of the West Virginia Department of Education and others had been in the county in recent weeks to go over the financial record because of incomplete information and other discrepancies. Before the meeting was even over, the rumor mill had gone into overdrive, with questions, commentary, and a lot of ...

Guest Opinion: Finding West Virginia’s path forward

Local Columns

Policies are not just words on paper – they are the driving force behind the reality you experience. They’re the framework that helps shape the trajectory of your life, and those you love. Policies are the difference between whether you have a job created or lost, a bridge built or delayed, a population that is growing or shrinking and a community that thrives or fades. If you live, work or raise a family in West Virginia, you are personally invested in the outcomes of our state’s policy. And that’s exactly what the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce advocates for every day. ...