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Local Columns

We Must Be Willing To Listen — and To Learn

George Bernard Shaw once said, “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” And yet we live in an era where it seems everyone’s mind is made up about everything. If our politics seems broken, it is not because we have ...

Marshall Memo: Pride & Progress; Lifeguards; Animal Shelter; and Bus Drivers

The Marshall County Schools Pride & Progress committee concluded its meetings for the current school year on Tuesday. Fourteen members of the committee were in attendance at which Superintendent Dr. Shelby Haines outlined a number undertakings some of which have recently completed, while ...

Understanding How W.Va. Chamber Scores Lawmakers

On April 3, the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce rolled out its annual legislative scorecard. This annual project shows how members of the West Virginia Legislature — regardless of party — vote on issues that will affect job creation, workforce participation, education outcomes and many ...

Cannonball Right Into The Deep End

If the West Virginia governor’s race is a swimming pool, Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s entrance into the race was akin to that one kid yelling “cannonball” before jumping into the deep end. Between a three-day announcement tour last week and two independent groups ...

The Hope of Something Better on the Horizon

Most authorities agree that a missionary, Mr. Roberts, first introduced the lovely Bermuda Easter lily, which so many of us enjoy today. Many of the Easter lilies that symbolize the Resurrection in churches everywhere are Bermuda lilies. Thousands and thousands of lily bulbs and stems are ...