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Opinion

Pay your taxes to earn tax credit

Editorials

In the past few weeks, many West Virginia residents received two of their favorite annual reminders — a postcard-sized bill that shows the amount of tax owed on your home or any land you own, and also a separate bill showing what is owed on your personal property — cars, trucks, car ...

The curious case of Caiden Cowger

Local Columns

When writing about lobbyists in my column last summer, I wrote about Caiden Cowger, a Republican political operative and the president of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia. While Cowger’s predecessor at the Family Policy Council, Allen Whitt, was a registered lobbyist with the West ...

Putting an emphasis on our ‘ruggedness’

Editorials

It comes as no surprise that federal officials don’t quite have the right words to categorize Appalachia in a way that is useful to the National Center for Education Statistics within the U.S. Department of Education. But U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is hoping to change that with a letter ...

Remember the importance of poll workers

Local Columns

We’re under the two-month mark leading up to West Virginia’s primary election, and while there is much attention on the various candidates set to appear on the ballot, there is something else just as important we should consider. In order for the election to be as successful as we have ...

We continue to miss the target

Editorials

It’s no wonder the federal government doesn’t really know how to interact with West Virginia state agencies. Sometimes we’re ahead of the game, other times we are slow spenders – or simply do not do what we said we would do. The latter is the case with more than half a million dollars ...

Time to fix household leaks

Local Columns

A simple household leak can cost you a lot of money. Most are simple to fix once you locate them, but leaks can be sneaky. The Public Service Commission of West Virginia is participating in Fix a Leak Week, March 18-24 by encouraging everyone to be vigilant in finding and repairing leaks in ...