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Turn Out For The Nailers In This ECHL Playoff Run

The Wheeling Nailers are in a spot they haven’t seen in 10 years ­— the ECHL Kelly Cup semifinals. The Nailers began their Eastern Conference Final series in Florida on Friday against the Florida Everblades. They’ll play one more game in the Sunshine State before heading back to West Virginia for two, and possibly three, games at WesBanco Arena. And when they do come back, they need a raucous crowd in the arena cheering them on. There have been plenty of fans at WesBanco Arena through the Nailers’ current run. But why not make the party even bigger? This team has come ...

Stay Safe This Boating Season

Most Ohio Valley residents can feel it in the air. Boating season is upon us. But before it reaches its summer peak, the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources is using this National Safe Boating Week to remind boaters (and their passengers) of safe boating practices — in particular, the importance of wearing life jackets. Maybe you haven’t gotten the boat out of storage yet. Maybe you’re just now putting it through its annual safety inspection and getting it all clean and tuned up. Whatever stage you’re in, now is a good time to stock up on the most up-to-date, U.S. ...

Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Problem In West Virginia Must Be Solved

On the same day in which Gov. Patrick Morrisey celebrated an audit finding $168 million in savings across executive branch services, he also threw a scare into vulnerable West Virginians when he said the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program is facing a structural deficit. He described the discovery as “problematic,” even as he said the seeds of this problem were planted in the previous administration. “We saw there were changes that were made going back pre-COVID that kept coming and coming, and then the monies that were going in have led to a situation, a structural ...

West Virginia Must Balance Savings And Service

Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced this week that more than $168 million in savings had been found after audits of executive branch services. And, on the surface, he was right to be impressed with what BDO USA found. Potential savings will bring up plenty of questions for the Office of Technology to answer, as recommendations included saving $865,000 by shutting down an unnecessary data center, saving $456,000 per year by canceling third-party data storage contracts (one has to wonder who will be in charge of making sure the state does not lose access to any vital data), and saving ...

Helping High Schoolers

“We treated you like a kid until you walk across the stage and we’re like, ‘see ya.’ That doesn’t work,” said Canton City Schools Superintendent Jeff Talbert during a roundtable discussion on transforming Ohio high school education. He’s right, but what do we do about it? How do we prepare young people to move into a job market that looks nothing like it did ten years ago, let alone the structure of a public high school education was solidified generations ago. According to a report by WCMH, XQ Institute and Battelle Education gathered education experts and state ...

Bill Flanigan Makes A Great Addition To The W.Va. Supreme Court

West Virginia just emerged from a primary election that was glutted with negative campaigning, from the mailers stuffed into mailboxes to the TV ads running on loop. Yet there were some candidates to refused to latch onto that negativity and partisanship. West Virginia Del. Bill Flanigan was one of those candidates. And he was rewarded with becoming one of the newest justices on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Flanigan defeated incumbent Justice Tom Ewing last Tuesday, and will be sworn in as a new justice as soon as Gov. Patrick Morrisey certifies the election. Flanigan ...