Opinion

By Stephen Smoot You can find them almost anywhere. They show up at the diner every morning to gab with...

U.S. politicians seem unable to keep us out of foreign wars. The United States has been in a state of...

By Stephen Smoot In early 1918, the brutal Bolsheviks had seized control of the dying Russian Empire. As they killed...

By Stephen Smoot Consider a man who has worked painstakingly to fabricate an entire life that is not his own....

By Amy Pancake, Associate Director and COO, Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation, apancake@ewvcf.org Every August, familiar signs of a new...

By Stephen Smoot Last week The Atlantic put out an article called “Throw Your Children’s Art Away.” That publication, a...

Why our power bills are so much is a constant question we face at the Commission. And there are no...

WVU students have moved in, and classes have started. And the WVU sports year is officially underway! The first official...

With August in full swing, and schools across the state about to start (WVU’s first day of class is the...

Irene Barr Webster, 87, of Moorefield, WV, passed away peacefully at her home on August 6, 2026. Born March 23,...