For a decade now, coal has been on the way out. The industry’s future was considered mainly dead and buried until the Trump administration decided to pull out every stop to dig it out of the grave. And this wasn’t caused by any “Green New Deal” boogeyman stuff: the coal industry does ...

The Marshall County Board of Education will continue offering free breakfast and lunch to all students regardless of income for the 2025-26 school year under the Community Eligibility Option. Extra milk costs 35 cents and a second lunch is $1.70, payable in cash at the time of purchase, while ...

The Wheeling Academy of Law and Science carries on the tremendous local legacies of Walter Reuther, Augustus Pollack, Everett Lee, Mother Jones and all advocates for Labor, the Environment, and the Common Good. That’s why we’re supporting Bernie Sanders coming to Wheeling; because like ...

Today’s college graduates face a startling reality: many of the jobs they were hoping for are rapidly disappearing because of AI. As Mike Rowe of “Dirty Jobs” fame recently observed, “We’ve been telling kids for 15 years to learn to code. Well, AI is coming for the coders.” Meta ...

They say that heat makes people cranky, and it sure seems like tempers and egos are clashing all over the place within West Virginia state government. Take the recent drama over the Legislative Economic Development Assistance grant program, the reincarnation of the former Budget Digest, where ...

The health and well-being of West Virginia citizens is everyone’s business. Hospitals, local clinics, physicians, and so many others work together to provide quality care at the most affordable price possible for health and wellness throughout our state. West Virginia’s Certificate of ...