I’ve been fascinated with emergency services ever since I was a young kid. My father was a 911 dispatcher in my hometown of St. Marys as well as a member of the volunteer emergency squad in Pleasants County. Growing up, it wasn’t uncommon to walk into the St. Marys Police Department to ...

The Marshall County Courthouse will undergo three major improvements within the next year, as the commissioners this past week approved a $6.7 million contract to SQP Construction Group Inc., of St. Albans, West Virginia. SQP stands for Safety, Quality and Performance. This will be the first ...

There’s a slow-motion train wreck unfolding for U.S. consumers. Inflation is on the rise — and is now hitting a four-decade high. If consumers aren’t yet feeling the full effects, they will soon. What’s driving these price hikes? A number of issues are converging, including pandemic ...

All I can say about last Tuesday's primaries is "wow." I would have never thought that Rep. David McKinley would have lost by such a margin as he did to Rep. Alex Mooney in the 2nd Congressional District Republican race.I typically keep my predictions out of this column and off public social ...

May is Foster Care Family Month, a time to focus on what we can do to support foster care families. These special families step up to help children during traumatic times in their young lives, being taken from their parent(s) and removed from their homes. While it is nice to take a month ...

One day last fall a father in Belmont County said to me, “I wish my kids wouldn’t leave the valley, but I hope they do.” ... and it crushed me. Because some 40 years ago that’s how my mom felt when I left and I remember how sad it made her despite her efforts to hide it. But she ...