To the Editor: It often feels like West Virginia only gets national attention when we are on the bottom of a good list or the top of a bad one. But now something remarkable is happening in West Virginia. His name is Ace Parsi and he has won the Democratic nomination for West Virginia’s ...
Dear Editor, Indigenous Day, what should be a day of true mourning! When I started writing this and other letters to the editor of this paper, and the public who might read it, I base my information on the truth as a whole from finding the facts through research. That should help you and I ...
This letter is not only in preparation for our celebration of our countries 250th anniversary, but a small amount of history, talking about the Declaration of Independence. So we look at our world histories we find out in regard to time that it’s a small time when compared to the Roman Empire ...
To the local New Martinsville area: As the current 2025- 2026 school year comes to a close, the Co-Op Program at Magnolia High School would like to thank the following businesses for providing our students with valuable hands- on learning experiences: New Martinsville Parks and Rec, Open Door ...
Dear Editor, I know it is early in the Paden City Music in the Park Series, however there are some people that I want to thank for helping me. Kellie and Jeff Rexroad from the Lions Club for taking care of selling the food. Also Carla and Dave. Thank you to Clyde Hochstrasser for helping. I ...
Dear Editor, The cell phone, of all devices man has invented, has the potential of not only doing good things, but it also has the potential like many inventions to go for the betterment of mankind or just the opposite. So, as always I feel it’s best to lay the facts out and let you pick ...
Dear Editor, It's just a thought, but what if.. When a government allocates billions to warfare, it makes a quiet but powerful statement about priorities. Every dollar spent on missiles, drones, and combat deployment is a dollar not spent on housing the homeless, feeding the hungry, or ...
Dear Editor, I read Chuck Clegg’s April 15 column “A Question of Freedom.” He stated many people lost medical coverage due to higher costs and made it sound like the government of today is taking away healthcare. This is misleading. There were no cuts to Obamacare benefits. What ended ...
Dear Friends and Neighbors , West Virginia has long prided itself on its deep agricultural roots, yet our current approach to funding agriculture tells a different story—one of missed opportunities and underinvestment. Today, many of our agricultural programs are operating without the ...
Valley high school girls traveled down to Parkersburg on Tuesday, December 23, to battle the Knights of Parkersburg Christian in the Mary “O” Crusaderette basketball classic and came away with a 54-49 victory. The Lumberjills soundly defeated the Knights less than a week earlier in Pine ...
