It was a coal mining region, blanketed in rolling hills and fall foliage, gray skies, and a history of back-breaking labor in mines and mills. Traveling to the Ruhr Region in Germany, I find that I am home without even speaking the native language. Like the Ohio Valley, the Ruhr Region in ...

The make-up of the Moundsville Middle School LEO Club has changed during the current school year. Since being founded by the Moundsville Lions Club in 2002, the Leo Club had only eighth grade members. However, since new club advisor Trista Parsons, the school’s site supervisor, is ...

Those surprised by the party switch from Democrat to Republican for Putnam County state Sen. Glenn Jeffries, shouldn't be. Jeffries is a smart guy and can read the tea leaves like anyone else. Jeffries was already an anomaly. His home county is one of the most Republican red counties in the ...

An appearance by Landau Eugene Murphy on Dec. 20 at the Strand Theatre in Moundsville will be one of several special events set to take place there this month. Other attractions will be a Christmas Cabaret, an Oglebay Institute Production of the Nutcracker Ballet, the Ron Retzer Trio, Free ...

Americans know that inflation has hit hard. Food prices alone are up 10 percent this year. And energy costs are now a key problem—thanks to OPEC and Russia manipulating oil prices even as natural gas prices surge. To put it bluntly, the news isn’t good. Americans are going to face some ...

With the midterm elections now behind us, West Virginians are turning their attention toward 2024 and the opportunity to send a principled conservative to the Governor’s mansion. In a race that is still yet to begin, one name stands out among should-be contenders: West Virginia State Auditor ...