Despite enormous settlements and creation of a foundation that says it is dedicated to preventing substance use disorder, supporting recovery and saving lives, a study this spring from WalletHub showed West Virginia STILL has the sixth-worst drug problem in the country. Worse, the Mountain ...
In drawing the parallels between local business communities and baseball teams, Roberto Clemente Jr. hit a home run. Clemente, the son of Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente Sr., was the keynote speaker at the recent Lunch with Leaders held by the Wheeling Area Chamber of ...
May is National Melanoma Awareness Month and, while the month is almost over, the message it sent will become especially important the further we get into summer. Melanoma is the most dangerous form of skin cancer, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation, because of its ability to spread to ...
After the recent primary election period, I think we could all use a break from politics for a bit. This is when I traditionally re-publish a Memorial Day column with some minor changes from year to year to keep the column relevant. In that piece, I write about the Memorial Day parade in my ...
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 ...
With all the talk about the huge sums of money that were invested into political campaigns in West Virginia in an attempt to affect the primary and now the general election here, it was easy to miss another announcement. According to the state treasurer’s office, West Virginia-based account ...