The Intelligencer As tax day approaches (remember, you have until the end of the day Tuesday to file taxes digitally, and if you’re using the U.S. Postal Service, make sure you have taxes there during business hours for the postmark), Mountain State residents might find themselves wondering, “What does all[Read More…]
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EDITORIAL: Freedom of Information should be same for all
The Weirton Daily Times A bill making its way through the West Virginia Legislature this session would aim to allow legislators to decide which of their records are available to the public. The Freedom of Information Act is in place to provide processes for the public to view and obtain[Read More…]
Editorial: School lunches should have fresh, local food
The Logan Banner Fresh, healthy food on a school cafeteria tray if it was bought with a program begun during the COVID era? Not if the federal government has any say in it, which it does. Any aggressive, hasty and ideology-driven program will have what is euphemistically called “collateral damage”[Read More…]
Region remembers former Daily Telegraph Editor Samantha Perry
By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — People across the region were sharing fond memories Thursday of a journalist who, with passion and dedication, recorded life’s good and the bad moments while striving to give people a voice and improve their quality of life. Susan Samantha Myers Perry,[Read More…]
Social Security changes present a challenge
The Journal “If that’s the only way I had to do it, how would I do it?” Veronica Taylor asked while speaking to an Associated Press reporter in Welch about requirements set to go into effect March 31 for interacting with the Social Security system. At the end of this[Read More…]
Stunts: West Virginia lawmakers must address real needs
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel One is tempted to wonder who in the motorcycle insurance industry got hold of state lawmakers this year, after discussion of a couple of motorcycle-related ideas in the House of Delegates. House Bill 2752 has actually been dubbed a “freedom from leg cramps bill” by[Read More…]
Editorial: No need to bring death penalty back to WV
The Herald-Dispatch The West Virginia Legislature is again considering proposals to restore the death penalty. This time it is aimed at people who kill police officers or other first responders in the line of duty. As of Monday morning, Senate Bill 264 and House Bill 2567 were in committee waiting[Read More…]
Register-Herald editor named Editorial Writer of the Year in CNHI contest
The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — J. Damon Cain, editor of The Register-Herald, has been named Editorial Writer of the Year in the 2025 Best of CNHI newspaper contest. In his 10th year at the helm in Beckley, Cain won in the large circulation class for work published in 2024. Last[Read More…]
COLUMN: The time has come
By Katie Long McDowell, managing editor, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — This past September, I wrote a column to serve as a tentative goodbye, should my time at The Dominion Post be coming to an end. As it turned out, that farewell was unwarranted. Today, my friends, it’s for[Read More…]
Pssst, heard the latest: Longtime WV sports writer Chuck Landon announces retirement
By Tim Stephens, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Chuck Landon covered Heisman Trophy candidates, major bowl games and interviewed the biggest stars in sports. Some of his most cherished days, though, were spent as a college student writing for the Parthenon, Marshall University’s newspaper. “It might be when I was[Read More…]
