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Bringing You The News For 174 Years

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There is plenty that has changed since the first day an Intelligencer came off the press in Wheeling -- 174 years ago today -- including the way you might be reading this. There's the tried and true print edition, a staple of this region since before West Virginia was even a state. You might also be reading this from your desktop or laptop computer. You could be viewing it from your tablet, or even from your mobile phone. In many ways, it's a reflection on our community's evolution. The major industries that have powered this region have grown. We've seen new ones enter and established ...

Flooding Is Not Just Elm Grove's Problem

Editorials

Wheeling city officials’ discussion of solving the flooding problems in the Elm Grove neighborhood couldn’t have come soon enough. Anytime there’s a hard rain, there’s a risk of waters coming onto the roadways — and sometimes coming into neighborhood businesses. Elm Terrace businesses got another dose of that this past June, when a short and strong storm put several inches of water into several shops in Elm Terrace. One business owner said her husband had to wade through waist-deep water in order to unclog a drain to allow the water to recede. That shopping plaza is the ...

Government Carrying Out the Lord's Work

Letters to the Editor

Editor, News-Register: Matthew 25: 34-40 (Revised Standard Version, King James Bible) "Then the King will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? And when did we ...

Trump Should Not Have Accepted Plane

Letters to the Editor

Editor, News-Register: Recent news reports described the security problems of the Air Force One airplane given to Trump by the Emir of Qatar. Trump responded with accusations, "who leaked the story about its security inadequacies?" Reporters focused on us taxpayers having to pay $400 million to upgrade the plane's security, in addition to the $400 million we've already paid. But no one is focusing on what happens to the airplane after Trump leaves office. It should not become his personal possession. That would be a prohibited bribe which the constitution calls an ...

We Must Work to Save the Post Office

Letters to the Editor

Editor, News-Register: What would my life be without the Post Office? I would have to spend more money on gas to pick up my prescriptions, pay my bills, send greetings to friends and family who live miles from me As a kid growing up in the late 1940s, the Post Office was our way of living. Now and for the past several years, it has been the goal of some to privatize the Post Office. Having lived on a farm in three counties in Ohio I was spoiled by great postal workers. I have lived in several cities in Ohio and now in West Virginia. We need the postal service which does a ...

Third Grade Success Act Bad for Our Kids

Letters to the Editor

Editor, News-Register: I have been up most of the night deeply concerned about what is about to happen in local schools in West Virginia — particularly as the Third Grade Success Act reaches implementation this coming 2026-27 school year. It is very much modeled on the Mississippi Miracle in reading, which recent reports claim to be smoke and mirrors. Mandatory third-grade retention and reading laws carry several negative effects, primarily centered around emotional harm, social disruption, and long-term academic risks. Emotional and Social Impacts Lower self-esteem: ...