For many West Virginians, food is our love language. Want to let someone know you care about them? Ask if they’ve eaten yet. It makes sense, then, that state officials have put together what they call a “whole-of-government” approach to helping those who face food insecurity. At the ...

If you live and work in West Virginia, your paycheck has grown in recent months due to the tax cut enacted by the West Virginia Legislature. For many, the 21.5% income tax reduction is serving as a way to combat rising prices for food and other living expenses. The impact also is being felt in ...

West Virginia’s State Board of Education now has concrete data showing our public schools are failing our kids in more ways than just academics. Last week, the group got a look at a detailed report that confirms our policies and procedures for disciplining students are lopsided and ...

As the bureaucrats at the U.S. Census Bureau sort through the data collected not just in this most recent census, but over the past several decades, a fascinating report has been released on “Persistent Poverty in Counties and Census Tracts.” As one might expect, West Virginia has quite a ...

Mothers may be much different in their public lives than they were 109 years ago when President Woodrow Wilson set aside the second Sunday in May 1914 as a day to honor mothers. Moms then were, by and large, homemakers, what we’d call a “stay-at-home mom” nowadays. They cooked and ...

Law enforcement officers from around the country have been gathering with people from all walks of life to remember the 23,785 men and women who have given their lives in the line of duty. Members of the Steubenville Police Department will hold their traditional service at 9 a.m. Monday ...