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Broadband Delay Not Good for State

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Kelly Workman, director of West Virginia’s Office of Broadband, are right to keep up the pressure on federal officials over the pace of their review of grant funding for high-speed broadband. “As we have discussed, I am concerned that West Virginia may be told to move back from the 1-yard line to the 40-yard line after the review concludes,” Capito wrote in a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. “I urge you to expedite not only the review and release of updated guidance but the program as a whole.” The ...

Improve Dental Health in W.Va.

We’ve all heard the jokes about West Virginians’ dental health that plenty of us rushed to call unfair and untrue. They’ve been around for generations. The problem is, there is some truth to the idea that we’ve got a problem here. WalletHub’s “States with the Best and Worst Dental Health (2025)” notes the Mountain State is not quite dead last, but close. We are 49th, ahead of only Mississippi and Arkansas. We are 38th for dental habits and care, and dead last (51st) for oral health. West Virginia is 50th for the percentage of adults who visited a dentist in the past ...

Housing Issues in Ohio

Efforts in Columbus to address the shortage in affordable housing appear to be making a difference, though the momentum must be maintained. According to the 2025 Gap Report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, there is a deficit of 264,083 rental units that are affordable and available to the 438,108 extremely low-income households in the Buckeye State. That’s an improvement over last year, when the shortage was 267,382. COHHIO Executive Director Amy Riegel called on the General Assembly to “maintain forward ...

Show Gratitude for Those Who Gave All

Here we are, in the midst of a three-day weekend that serves for many as the end of the school year and the beginning of summer. For some, it will be their first getaway of the season. For others, it will be the weekend on which they open their pool. For some, it will be the day on which they remember and honor loved ones lost in service to their country. That is, after all, the real reason for Monday’s observance of Memorial Day. For 155 years our nation has paused for just this one day to honor and grieve the men and women who have died while serving in the armed forces. ...

Showing Our Respect

Today, in the midst of summer celebration, we must remember “to observe Memorial Day by praying, according to (our) individual religious faith, for permanent peace,” as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reminds us. It’s not much to ask from those of us who will be able to enjoy the results of the sacrifice by those who were willing to give everything for this country. It’s not too much an inconvenience to participate in the National Moment of Remembrance at 3 p.m. Monday, to offer a moment of silence for those who have died in service to the nation. Since December ...

It’s Race Day in Downtown Wheeling

Runners, walkers, dog owners and urban challenge conquerors taking part in the events that make up the Ogden Newspapers Wellness Weekend presented by WVU Medicine have every reason to be proud of themselves. Simply being prepared mentally and physically to challenge the grueling race course, or to tackle the obstacles arranged through downtown and East Wheeling, is a notable achievement. Competing in these events is a highly personal thing. Do well, and you can pat yourself on the back. Don’t do as well as you had hoped, and you know you will have to work harder next time. But ...