As West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee winds down his tenure at the helm of the state’s flagship institution of higher learning, it is clear incoming President Michael T. Benson does not intend to try to fill those big shoes — he intends to lead WVU wearing his own.

West Virginia’s Department of Human Services has begun its statewide tour of child welfare listening sessions. Kicking off in Hurricane on Monday, the tour will run through Beckley, Wheeling, Parkersburg, Burlington, Philippi, Martinsburg and Morgantown in an effort to hear from foster famil…

Once National Police Week wraps up, law enforcement and other agencies will dive straight into National Safe Boating Week. In West Virginia, the Division of Natural Resources police are ready to remind those who can’t wait to hit the water this summer that they must do so safely.

We have witnessed multiple accidents, several of them fatalities, over the past weeks and months. How many of those could have been avoided if drivers simply followed the rules of the road?

Every day, local businesses, organizations, and individuals across our community go above and beyond — serving with heart, dedication, and excellence. They’re the coffee shops that know your order before you say it, the nonprofits lifting up neighbors in need, and the small business owners w…

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Kelly Workman, director of West Virginia’s Office of Broadband, are right to keep up the pressure on federal officials over the pace of their review of grant funding for high-speed broadband.

Del. Joe Funkhouser and his fellow legislators who co-sponsored House Bill 2871 should take pride in doing something that is such a necessary move in West Virginia. Funkhouser named that bill as one of those he was happy to see pass into law during a recent Town Hall meeting recapping the le…

On a daily basis those on the front lines in our community respond to fires, automobile accidents, disasters of nature, criminal activity and any other number of things where they do their jobs to save property and lives and to keep people safe. For them, it is a job for which they have a pa…

“We know West Virginia has some real challenges,” Gov. Patrick Morrisey said last month, on his 100th day in office. And, as he said, he HAS been busy during those early days of his term. Unfortunately, we learned during this year’s legislative regular session, the sense of urgency in addres…

Though a step behind some of our neighboring states, lawmakers and Gov. Patrick Morrisey did an important thing with House Bill 2003 this year. It bans the use of cell phones and other personal electronic devices in K-12 classrooms during instructional time, and requires county boards of edu…

Members of the West Virginia First Foundation are not taking a “mission accomplished, time to call it a day” approach to recent data that shows a continued decrease in drug overdose deaths in the Mountain State. Instead, they are working to understand the data and build on each victory.

Despite the many diverse individuals who inhabit the Eastern Panhandle and all of the differences of opinions they may have, when it comes to joining together to support one another, there is no better place. When organizations are in need and present fundraising events, the people step up—n…

As efforts from Washington, D.C., to reduce the size of the federal government continue with a sense of urgency that has yielded mixed results, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was right to urge U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reverse c…

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration calls our country’s substance abuse epidemic “a clear and present public health, public safety and national security threat.” No one needs to tell those living in our region that. We see it every day. And most of us wonder whether there is anything WE…

They say the state flower of West Virginia could be orange construction barrels, given the number of them that pop up as the weather allows for continued work on our Roads to Prosperity.

It fills one with sadness to watch the video of the NCTC Eagle Cam as the strong winds caused the eagle’s nest to fall from its perch Saturday. The demise of the three eaglets is devastating to so many who have spent hours watching first for eggs, then for the hatching and later as the tiny …

For the second time, the Jefferson County Commission’s meeting livestream was hacked, portraying pornographic images to those watching. A quick shutdown of the system addressed the immediate problem; however, a long-term solution needs to be found and found quickly.

Last week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey ramped up his health initiatives with a new challenge for West Virginians — get out and walk in our beautiful state.

Though rain, wind and a lingering chill in the air may have us searching for some sunshine, the event many of us celebrate on Sunday reminds us — the Light is coming.