We’re making progress on the split of West Virginia’s Department of Health and Human Resources into three agencies. Late last month, Gov. Jim Justice announced the leaders of those new agencies. Dr. Sherri Young will lead the Department of Health. She thanked the governor for the ...

If you are looking for a way to make a powerful impact on the lives of your friends and neighbors, you will have the chance to do just that on Wednesday. That’s when this year’s Jefferson County Media Blood Drive will be held at the St. Florian Event Center in Wintersville. Set to run ...

Father’s Day brings good thoughts for many, hopefully most, people of a dedicated worker, a patient taskmaster, an adviser for life. That’s not the case for everyone, so, today, for those who do have such positive thoughts, be sure to let your father know what he means to you. Fathers ...

West Virginia is used to the feds putting the cart before the horse in an attempt to cripple fossil fuel power plants before renewable options are — affordably — up and running. But elected officials such as U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., ...

Juneteenth, a celebration of the end of slavery in the United States, will be commemorated in the coming days. According to tradition, Juneteenth is observed on June 19 because it was on that date in 1865 that Union soldiers arriving in Galveston, Texas, at the end of the Civil War told ...

It proudly flies in front of schools. It is raised in front of public and private buildings. It is displayed from the porches and in the front yards of countless homes around the nation. It stands near the podium when speeches are delivered. It is raised each day at outposts in the far ...